2008 Oyster 56 Deck Saloon
"Manitou"
Manitou is a 2008 Oyster 56 G5 Deck Saloon Cutter with over $145,000 in documented upgrades since 2021. Turn-key and offshore-ready, she combines Oyster's renowned build quality with modern systems, refined comfort, and serious passagemaking capability.
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MANITOU - 2008 OYSTER 56 G5 DECK SALOON | HULL #61 | SAN DIEGO
Manitou is a well-maintained 2008 Oyster 56 G5 Deck Saloon with over $90,000 in documented maintenance and upgrade items since 2021, including rig, sails, electronics, lithium batteries, and thru-hulls. Receipts available.
The Boat
The G5 deck saloon is the one Oyster 56 owners actually want - more interior volume, better headroom, and windows that make the saloon feel connected to the outside rather than buried in the hull. Triple spreader cutter rig, bulb keel, skeg-hung rudder. Four cabins, two heads, seven berths. A serious offshore layout that lives well at the dock too.
Rig
Complete standing rigging replacement in 2023, along with a Reckmann headsail furler factory overhaul and full replacement of running rigging, lifeline wire, and LED nav lights.
- In-mast hydraulic furling main
- Hydraulic headsail furler
- Manual staysail furler
- Lewmar electric primary winches
- North Sails mainsail and staysail (2021)
- Doyle furling yankee
- Asymmetrical spinnaker with pole
Electrical
Updated lithium battery system installed 2025, with a separate AGM bank retained for dedicated systems.
- 400Ah lithium bank, Bluetooth monitoring, Victron monitoring system
- AGM bank - engine start, bowthruster, and hydraulics
- Dedicated charging from shore power and engine alternator
- Two Mastervolt sine wave inverters (2500W and 800W)
Electronics
Full electronics update completed in 2023 by Shelter Island Marine Electronics, integrating current-generation navigation with the existing instruments.
- Raymarine Axiom chartplotter
- Updated radar
- B&G VHF with integrated AIS, cockpit remote
- Original autopilot, depth, and wind instruments operational and integrated
- ICOM IC-M802 SSB radio
- Iridium SatTrans 9505A satellite phone
Propulsion & Systems
- Yanmar 4HLA-HTP 160hp with Aquadrive, 3,344 hours
- Sleipner bowthruster
- Westerbeke 10.5KW generator
- Watermaker rebuilt 2025, pickled
- All thru-hull fittings replaced 2024
- Reverse cycle air conditioning in saloon and owner's stateroom
Interior
American white oak joinery throughout in excellent condition. Checkerboard teak cabin sole.
Accommodations include a full-beam aft owner's stateroom with en-suite head and towel warmer, a VIP forward cabin, a guest cabin with upper and lower berths, and a quarter berth behind the nav station. Two full heads with separate shower stalls.
The galley runs longitudinally with counter space on both sides - generous storage, dual sinks with water filter, large stainless refrigerator, separate top-loading freezer, microwave, and a gimballed 4-burner propane stove with oven.
Deck
Teak laid decks, topsides buffed and waxed August 2024. Navy Sunbrella canvas, cockpit cushions, teak and stainless cockpit table with cooler.
- Zodiac with 25hp Yamaha outboard on Simpson davits
- 75lb stainless anchor, 300' chain, 40lb Delta kedge, Lewmar electric windlass
Safety
- EPIRB
- Fixed fire suppression
- MOB monitoring system
Specifications
- LOA 57'4" | LWL 49'1" | Beam 16'3" | Draft 8'3"
- Displacement 57,200 lbs | Ballast 16,280 lbs
- Fuel 277 gal | Fresh water 251 gal
- Yanmar 4HLA-HTP 160hp | 3,344 hours
- Westerbeke 10.5KW generator
- Shore power 50amp/220V + 30amp second connection
- Built to Lloyd's standards, EU Category A Ocean certification
Tampa Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Seattle Yachts. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel
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