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JUST Launched<br />
A selection of recent <strong>Oyster</strong> launchings<br />
OYSTER 66 VOODOO<br />
After display at the London Boat<br />
show, where she was the largest<br />
sailing yacht on show, the <strong>Oyster</strong><br />
66, VOODOO, returned to Ipswich<br />
for a mid February handover to<br />
owner John Edwards - not<br />
something to be undertaken lightly<br />
given the typical UK weather at this<br />
time of the year. Following<br />
John Edwards handover, VOODOO set sail for the<br />
warmer climate of Palma, Mallorca,<br />
before sailing on to her base for this summer in Monaco. VOODOO is<br />
planning to join the UBS <strong>Oyster</strong> Regatta in Palma later in the year,<br />
before crossing the Atlantic to the Carribbean. Plans for 2005 include<br />
a Pacific passage back to John's homeport of Australia.<br />
As a keen rugby player and supporter, John enjoyed<br />
a significant amount of banter with the build crew of<br />
his boat about the Rugby World Cup. To celebrate<br />
the English win, the build crew presented John with<br />
a special the T-shirt. The wording on the shirt<br />
reads "We hope you enjoy VOODOO as much as<br />
we enjoyed Johnny..." As you can see John<br />
accepted this with true Australian humour<br />
and style.<br />
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John, centre, with his<br />
brothers on handover trials<br />
<strong>Oyster</strong> 82 Cygnus<br />
OYSTER 82 CYGNUS<br />
Despite the bitingly cold December day, the<br />
first new <strong>Oyster</strong> 82 to hit the water, CYGNUS,<br />
was launched amid much anticipation and<br />
excitement at <strong>Oyster</strong>'s Southampton Yacht<br />
Services Yard, in readiness for her première<br />
at the Düsseldorf boat show.<br />
Built for her UK owner, his third new <strong>Oyster</strong><br />
yacht, CYGNUS will spend the next few<br />
weeks being commissioned before being<br />
shown at <strong>Oyster</strong>'s Private View at St<br />
Katharine's Dock, London. She will then be<br />
leaving the UK for the warmer waters of the<br />
Mediterranean.<br />
CYGNUS, the largest sailing yacht on display<br />
at the Düsseldorf show, was designed by<br />
Rob Humphreys and the <strong>Oyster</strong> Design Team<br />
and features a stunning mahogany interior,<br />
conceived and styled by <strong>Oyster</strong>'s Chris Lock,<br />
and finished to the highest standards by the<br />
renowned SYS joinery shop. CYGNUS<br />
attracted much attention and admiration at<br />
the show, where there was a steady queue of<br />
visitors to the stand each day.<br />
We look forward to seeing CYGNUS at some<br />
of the <strong>Oyster</strong> Regattas in the future, where<br />
she will make a very welcome addition to the<br />
regatta fleet.<br />
<strong>Oyster</strong> 66 Sistership
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