Now built in New Zealand by McDell Marine Ltd to the exacting standards of Oyster Marine Ltd.

The design brief for the Oyster 53 was to create a yacht in a centre cockpit Deck Saloon configuration that offers many of the features of the larger Oyster 56, but still maintains a stylish, well-proportioned outboard profile.

Rob Humphreys designed the hull, deck and rig, while Holman & Pye designed the interior layout and provided the technical and structural specification. The Oyster in-house team have co-ordinated the styling and overall details of the yacht. As with the Oyster 56 they also integrated the ergonomically-designed cockpit, whose technical specifications originated from the Department of Ergonomics at Loughborough University.