Engine
Caterpillar 3126
Total Power
350hp
Engine Hours
-
Class
Deck saloon sailboats
Length
24.99m
Year
2007
Model
82
Capacity
-
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Boat Details
Description
Continually Upgraded | Caterpillar Reman Engine | New Rod Rigging 2025 | New Teak Deck 2023 | New Port Onan Generator
The Oyster 82 is widely regarded as one of the finest luxury bluewater cruising yachts ever produced by Oyster Marine. Designed by the renowned Rob Humphreys, she successfully combines exceptional offshore capability with the comfort, craftsmanship and timeless styling that have made Oyster one of the world's leading builders of long-distance cruising yachts.
Built in 2007, ZIG ZAG measures almost 25 metres (82 feet) and offers generous accommodation for up to ten guests in five cabins, making her equally suited to extended family cruising, world voyaging or luxury liveaboard use.
During her current ownership, ZIG ZAG has benefitted from significant ongoing investment with major capital improvements that would be difficult and expensive for a future owner to replicate. Recent highlights include a Caterpillar Reman main engine with approximately 200 running hours, new rod rigging fitted in 2025, replacement teak decks completed in 2023 and a new 20kW port Onan generator with Power Take-Off, installed in December 2025, recently serviced and showing approximately 120 running hours, extensive interior refurbishment with modern maple sole boards, together with a comprehensive programme of maintenance and continual upgrading.
Constructed in GRP and powered by Caterpillar diesel machinery, she combines reassuring ocean-going capability with impressive onboard comfort. Hydraulic bow thruster assistance, twin generators, high-capacity watermaker, reverse-cycle air conditioning throughout and a comprehensive sail inventory further enhance her credentials as a serious long-distance cruising yacht.
Early enquiries are strongly encouraged.
OWNER'S COMMENTS
"ZIG ZAG has been a wonderful yacht for family cruising, allowing us to cruise in complete comfort and safety. Oyster's build quality, thoughtful design and exceptional sea-keeping have given us enormous confidence wherever we have travelled.
She offers the perfect balance between luxurious accommodation and genuine passagemaking capability. The spacious saloon, generous owner's accommodation and large cockpit have made her equally enjoyable for extended cruising and entertaining family and friends.
Over the years we have continually invested in the yacht to ensure she remained reliable, comfortable and ready to cruise at any time. We hope her next owners enjoy her as much as we have."
BROKER'S COMMENTS
The Oyster 82 occupies a unique position within the luxury sailing yacht market. Large enough to offer genuine superyacht levels of comfort whilst retaining Oyster's renowned bluewater cruising philosophy, she remains one of the most respected production cruising yachts ever built.
What immediately distinguishes ZIG ZAG is the level of recent capital investment. Rather than simply maintaining the yacht, the current owner has undertaken some of the most significant improvements buyers look for in an Oyster of this size, including replacement teak decks, new rod rigging, a Caterpillar Reman engine with only around 200 operating hours and a new 20kW port Onan generator with Power Take-Off, installed in December 2025, recently serviced and showing approximately 120 running hours. Together these represent substantial investment and provide considerable reassurance for future ownership.
Her systems specification further reinforces her bluewater credentials, featuring a hydraulic 30HP bow thruster powered via the generator PTO, twin Onan generators, a Dessal watermaker producing approximately 240 litres per hour, reverse-cycle Dometic air conditioning throughout the accommodation and a versatile sail wardrobe that includes a virtually new Dolphin / Evolution membrane genoa.
Nicolle Associates has enjoyed a long association with Oyster yachts. In addition to representing numerous Oyster owners over many years, we supplied the rigging package, sails and safety equipment for the Oyster 82 sistership SARITA during her construction, giving us an unusually detailed understanding of the design, engineering and cruising capabilities of this exceptional model.
As ZIG ZAG arrives in the Mediterranean, further professional photography, inventory details and technical information will be added. Even at this stage, however, she already represents one of the more technically compelling Oyster 82s currently available.
Taken together, the Caterpillar Reman engine, new rod rigging, replacement teak decks, upgraded machinery and recent sail investment represent exactly the sort of major capital expenditure experienced Oyster buyers hope has already been undertaken, significantly reducing the scale of foreseeable ownership costs while enhancing the yacht's long-term appeal.
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SPECIFICATION
Principal Dimensions
Length: 79' 9" (24.30m)
Beam: 20' 8" (6.30m)
Depth: 11' 11" (3.62m)
Gross Registered Tonnage: 88.67 GT
Registered Volume: 150.94 m³
Machinery
- Caterpillar 3126 diesel engine, 350HP
- Caterpillar Reman replacement main engine with approximately 200 running hours
- Twin Onan 20kW generators:
- Port generator: Onan 20kW with Power Take-Off, new December 2025, approximately 120 running hours and recently serviced
- Starboard generator: Onan 20kW, commissioned in 2018, approximately 3,755 running hours and last serviced in February 2026
- Hydraulic 30HP bow thruster powered via the generator PTO
- New Yamaha 70HP tender outboard, 2024
Rig & Sails
Rig and sail inventory includes:
New rod rigging (2025)
Dolphin mainsail (2019)
Dolphin / Evolution membrane genoa (virtually new with approximately two days' use)
Offshore crossing genoa
North staysail (approximately four years old with UV strip renewed in 2026)
AP gennaker (2018) with fitted with zips that can also be used as a true downwind spinnaker
- Snuffer included (Note - The spinnaker is not a furling sail)
Accommodation
Accommodation for up to 10 guests
Five guest cabins
Spacious owner's accommodation
Large panoramic saloon
Dedicated dining area
Fully equipped galley
Crew accommodation
Multiple heads with shower facilities
Beautiful Oyster joinery throughout
Interior
Maple accommodation sole boards fitted throughout the main accommodation
Contemporary lighter interior finish
Deck Equipment
- Electrically operated hydraulic passerelle, which can be operated without engaging the generator Power Take-Off.
- Large centre cockpit
- Wide side decks
- Stainless steel deck hardware
- Extensive deck storage
Ground Tackle - Electric anchor windlass
- 12mm anchor chain
- Electrically operated hydraulic passerelle
- The passerelle does not require the generator PTO to be engaged for normal operation
- Replacement teak decks (2023)
Navigation Equipment
Comprehensive Raymarine navigation suite comprising:
- Raymarine Axiom 12 Pro multifunction displays × 2 at the helm stations
- Raymarine Axiom 12 multifunction display at the navigation station
- Raymarine Quantum 2 Doppler radar
- Raymarine Evolution autopilot
- Raymarine AIS transceiver
- Raymarine depth, speed and wind instrumentation
- Raymarine VHF radio with DSC
- GPS navigation and electronic charting
- Magnetic compass
Communications
- Peplink 4G/5G communications router
Electrical System
12V / 24V electrical systems
Shore power connection
Battery charging systems
Inverter
Twin Onan generators
Domestic battery bank
Engine batteries
Domestic Systems
Dessal watermaker producing approximately 240 litres per hour
Dometic reverse-cycle air conditioning comprising:
16,000 BTU owner's cabin
16,000 BTU lower saloon
12,000 BTU guest cabins
12,000 BTU crew accommodation
Pressurised hot and cold water
Holding tanks
Electric water pumps
Hot water calorifier
Shower facilities
Tender
Avon 4.5m RIB (2024)
Yamaha 70HP outboard
Safety Equipment
- Liferaft
- EPIRB
- Flares valid until 2027
- Fire-extinguishing systems
- Automatic bilge pumps
- Manual bilge pumps
- Navigation lights
- Lifejackets
Construction
Hand-laid GRP hull
Rob Humphreys performance cruising hull design
Oyster engineered structural grid
High-quality teak interior joinery
Designed and built for bluewater cruising
Recent Improvements
Machinery
Caterpillar remanufactured replacement engine (approximately 200 hours)
New 20kW port Onan generator with PTO, installed December 2025, recently serviced and showing approximately 120 running hours
New Yamaha 70HP tender outboard
Starboard Onan 20kW generator commissioned in 2018, showing approximately 3,755 hours and last serviced February 2026
Rig
New rod rigging (2025)
Deck
Replacement teak decks (2023)
Interior
Maple accommodation sole boards throughout
Contemporary interior refresh
General
Continually upgraded and maintained throughout current ownership
Highlights
- Oyster 82 flagship designed by Rob Humphreys
- Caterpillar Reman engine with approximately 200 running hours
- New rod rigging, 2025
- Replacement teak decks, 2023
- Twin Onan 20kW generators (New port Onan generator with PTO, December 2025)
- Hydraulic 30HP bow thruster
- Comprehensive Raymarine Axiom navigation suite
- Peplink 4G/5G communications router
- Dessal 240-litre-per-hour watermaker
- Dometic reverse-cycle air conditioning
- Virtually new Dolphin / Evolution membrane genoa
- AP gennaker (2018) with fitted with zips that can also be used as a true downwind spinnaker complete with snuffer
- Accommodation for up to ten guests in five cabins
- Contemporary maple sole-board upgrade
- Electrically operated hydraulic passerelle
- 12mm anchor chain
2024 Avon 4.5m RIB with Yamaha 70HP outboard
Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
- This vessel is VAT notpaid.
- As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
- This boat is in Falmouth Harbour Marina, Antigua
- © 2026 Nicolle Associates
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Propulsion
Engine Make:Caterpillar
Engine Model:3126
Total Power:350hp
Engine Type:Inboard
Drive Type:Direct Drive
Fuel Type:Diesel
Measurements
Dimensions
Length Overall:24.31m
Max Draft:3.63m
Min Draft:3.63m
Beam:6.3m
Miscellaneous
Hull Material:Fiberglass
Hull Shape:Monohull
Keel Type:Fin Keel
Tanks
Fresh Water Tank:
Fuel Tank:
Holding Tank:
Accommodations
Cabins:5
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Meet the Seller
Adrian Nicolle
Adrian has a customer-focused, service-led background with experience growing businesses from start-ups to London Stock Exchange-listed companies. A 200gt Master of Yachts, he has raced and cruised internationally, served on the Royal Southern YC board, and was Cowes Week Chief Race Officer. He specialises in large sail and motor yachts, providing expert, trustworthy guidance before, during, and after purchase.
