Being a rarely available Oyster OM43, YLVA is arguably the best equipped Oyster currently on the market, benefitting from extensive service and upgrades completed in 2024/25.
FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:
The Oyster Marine 43 (OM43) is a development of Oyster’s ground-breaking LD43 (Lunch & Dinner 43), designed to provide absolute ‘Oyster’ luxury for two couple or a family, with effortless performance thanks to her joystick and mouse-controlled Hamilton jetdrive propulsion system, negating the need for bow or stern thrusters and offering ample performance up to 30 knots via her twin Cummins 485hp engines.
While the LD43 was strictly a couple’s boat with just one main sleeping cabin, the OM43 provides two comfortable double/twin cabins, plus a large bathroom, complete with separate shower compartment. Her inside and outside saloon areas also provide ample accommodation with fantastic all-round visibility, and her fully-equipped electric galley combined with powerful diesel generator, and reverse-cycle air-conditioning/heating allows her to be used very effectively for longer stays aboard at all times of the year.
YLVA is the penultimate boat of the twenty LD43/OM43’s built by Oyster Marine, and the third of four OM43’s constructed at the legendary C.J Broom & Sons boatyard in Norfolk. Having had just two owners since new, and being based in the Baltic Sea for most of her life, YLVA has benefitted from a substantial refit and update in 2024/25 to overhaul, update and upgrade many of her systems.
In addition to her comprehensive refit, YLVA is fitted with professionally installed TDI tuning modules and corresponding engine management software, enhancing engine output and optimisation. As configured, the engines deliver an estimated approximately 501–518hp per engine, contributing to improved acceleration, responsiveness, and overall performance characteristics, while maintaining reliability when operated within manufacturer-recommended parameters.
The vessel is also equipped with a Garmin CCTV camera system, providing enhanced situational awareness during close-quarters manoeuvring, particularly when berthing. This system integrates with Garmin displays and supports remote vessel monitoring, allowing the owner to check the vessel’s status remotely via the Garmin ActiveCaptain ecosystem.
Her specification highlights include:-
• Advanced composite construction using vinylester resin, E-glass, Kevlar and carbon fibre and with solid laminates beneath the waterline
• Resprayed in Alexseal in Oyster Classic Midnight Blue
• Preventative epoxy barrier to underwater sections
• 2x Cummins QSB 5.9 485hp diesel engines, originally rated at 485hp, upgraded via TDI tuning boxes and software to approximately 501–518hp per engine
• Twin Hamilton 292 Jet Drives with joystick and ‘mouse’ controls and offering approx. 23 knots cruise and 30 knots maximum speed
• Lithium-Ion service battery bank with Mastervolt charger
• Mastervolt Whisper 6 5kw diesel generator
• Garmin instrument package with touchscreen plotter
• Radar
• Garmin AIS and Garmin Reactor 40 autopilot
• Garmin CCTV camera system providing docking assistance and remote vessel monitoring via the ActiveCaptain app
• Fusion Bluetooth stereo system
• Ultra Gear HBTV in saloon
• Electric galley with Panasonic microwave, induction stove and front-opening fridge
• Electric heads plus wet-room shower compartment
• Twin stateroom interior layout hand-built and finished in teak with satin varnish
• Leather upholstery
• Hydraulic retractable passarelle
• Large bathing platform with walk-through access to cockpit
• Bimini with cockpit enclosures
RECENT REFIT HISTORY
The combination of engine performance optimisation via TDI tuning, together with advanced Garmin CCTV docking assistance and remote monitoring, places YLVA among the most comprehensively upgraded Oyster OM43’s currently available. These enhancements complement the extensive mechanical, electrical, and cosmetic refit works completed in 2024/25, resulting in a vessel that is exceptionally well prepared for both owner operation and extended cruising.
2024/25
• Installation of Lithium-Ion service battery bank with dedicated fire suppression system
• New engine start batteries
• New Mastervolt battery charging and monitoring system
• New alternators
• Upraded electro-hydraulic Lenco trim-tabs
• Full Garmin navigation suite including autopilot, VHF, and touchscreen displays
• Garmin CCTV system with remote monitoring via the ActiveCaptain app
• Firebuoy automatic fire suppression system installed in engine room, with the option to be opened manually
• Bilge pumps and alarms fully tested and serviced.
• Complete Cummins service including new injectors, filters, belts, and impellers.
• Cooling systems stripped, cleaned, and refilled with Blue Marine antifreeze.
• Heat exchangers removed and cleaned.
• New turbocharger and freshwater pumps fitted
• Hamilton Jet Drives completely rebuilt with new seals, bearings, and internal anodes
• Upgraded Joystick control for precise low-speed manoeuvring
• Raw-water system renewed
• Automatic bilge pumps and bilge alarms serviced
• Pressurised fresh water system with hot water boiler serviced/upgraded
• Wet room with electric heads and shower drains in wet room upgraded
• HD flat screen TV and sound system fully checked and updated
• Bathing platform with stainless ladder serviced/upgraded
2024
• Newly upholstered Bordeaux red waterproof leather seating in cockpit
• Engine servicing, Jet drives fully serviced
2022
• Repainting of topsides with AlexSeal paints
• Underwater hull sanded down to the gelcoat in 2022 and rebuilt with 7x epoxy primer as preventative measure
MANUFACTURER’S COMMENTS:
Combining traditional craftsmanship and good looks with modern design and technology; the LD43 was a groundbreaking Oyster motor yacht. Driven by twin Hamilton water jets with their unique ‘MouseBoat’ control system, the LD43 has unsurpassed manoeuvrability at slow speed and allows her to dry out for a beach party.
The LD (Lunch and Dinner) offered a comfortable and spacious layout with one double master cabin, while the later OM (Oyster Marine) version added a second twin guest cabin. Capable of 30 knot performance, we launched twenty examples between 2005 and 2011.
PRESS REVIEW:
World’s coolest boats: Oyster LD43/OM43
Each month we pick out an iconic boat that can lay claim to the title of world’s coolest boat. This month, we take a closer look at the Oyster LD43/OM43.
UK-based Oyster Yachts has been building beautiful high quality world-girdling sailboats for half a century. If you want the ultimate in production sailing yachts, Oyster is likely to be on your list.
What it is less well known for is motor boats. But not completely unknown because in 2005, Oyster decided to create a motor boat targeted specifically at its discerning clientele.
If you were an Oyster person at heart, but wanted more speed, convenience or perhaps were just finding sailing a little much, then this was intended to be your go-to choice.
Called the 43LD and originally built by McDell Marine in New Zealand, the name referred to the fact that it was a 43ft picnic boat (LD stood for ‘lunch and dinner’), which is why it had just the one comfortable cabin with a centreline double bed, the heads and an oversized galley on the lower deck.
Of course the LD43 wasn’t just about dining, it was about looking good and going fast and it did the former via a beautiful sweeping sheer line and a further swageline that swept from the top of the windscreen down and into the cockpit coamings.
It is a great looking boat. The latter was performed via a pair of 480hp Yanmar diesels linked, unusually, to Hamilton jet drives. The idea was to enable running in shallow waters and improved manoeuvrability, in fact this boat was fitted with one of the very first joystick-type controls, although it looked more like a computer mouse and was indeed called Mouseboat.
But the idea was the same, you move the mouse the way you want the boat to go and it converts that input into instructions for the steering and gearboxes, and away you go. The top speed was 30 knots.
In 2008 Oyster launched an OM43 version (we never did discover what OM stood for). Built by Broom Boats in Norfolk, it featured two cabins on the lower deck, moving the galley up to the starboard side of the saloon behind the helm.
The saloon roof moulding was modified with an extended overhang and engines switched to twin Cummins 480hp diesels, still linked to the Hamilton jets.
Only 20 were ever built, 16 of the LD version and four of the OM model, ensuring that this rare gem remains as exclusive as it is beautiful.
Motor Boat & Yachting – January 2024
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
RCD Status:
• Our understanding is that the vessel CE-certified, categorized B – Offshore for up to 16 persons
Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:
• Advanced composite construction utilising vinylester resin, E-glass, Kevlar and carbon fibre
• Solid laminate construction below waterline
• Underwater sections refinished with 7x coats of preventative epoxy primer - 2022
• Topsides spraypainted with Alexseal in Oyster Classic Midnight Blue – 2022
• Non-slip side decks finished in off-white gelcoat
• Teak laid cockpit and bathing platform
MACHINERY
Engines:
• 2x Cummins QSB 5.9 6-cylinder inline turbo-charged and common rail diesel engines producing approx. 480hp @ 3,400rpm (from factory)
• Fitted with TDI tuning boxes and associated engine management software (installed 2025)
• Resulting estimated output: approximately 501-518hp per engine
• Electronic gear/throttle controls
• Fresh water engine cooling via raw water intakes and heat exchangers
Engine Monitoring:
• Cummins SmartCraft VesselView electronic engine monitoring system with colour display at helm
Performance:
• Maximum speed: approx. 30 knots @ 3,400rpm
• Cruising speed: approx. 23 knots @ 3,000rpm
• Fuel consumption at cruising speed: approx. 120lph
• Range at cruising speed: approx. 264Nm
Engine Maintenance:
• Date of last engine service – 2025
• Engine hours: Approx 984hrs (port), 1,001hrs starboard as of winter 2025/26
• Additional tuning boxes for both engines to improve performance and further improve fuel consumption – 2025
• Injectors replaced 2025
• Turbo replaced in one engine – 2025
• Raw and fresh water systems stripped, cleaned and new pumps fitted
Propulsion & Steering:
• Hamilton 292 Jet Drives with ‘MouseBoat’ and joystick controls
• Hydraulic steering with wheel control at helm
• Lenco electric trim tabs – 2024/25
Jet Drive Maintenance:
• Complete service including dismantling, cleaning, adjusting and calibrating – 2024/25
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Voltage systems:
• 12vDC primary domestic system with 12vDC starting circuit and 220v AC via generator or shorepower.
Battery Banks:
• Lithium-Ion service battery bank with 314Ah x2 capacity - 2025
• 2x 12vDC engine start batteries – 2025
• Mastervolt EasyView battery management system
Charging / Inverter:
• Mastervolt 100Amp automatic battery charger - 2025
Generator:
• Mastervolt Whisper 6 220vAC 50Hz 5kw diesel generator
• Generator hours: approx. 414 hours as of winter 2024/25
• Date of last generator service: 2025
Alternators:
• 2x 12vDC engine mounted alternators - 2025
Shore Power:
• 220vAC 50Hz shore power system with internal ring main and 220vAC sockets
PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS
Fresh Water:
• Pressurised fresh water system with 12vDC high pressure water pump
• Hot water supplied via engine-driven calorifier or 220vACimmersion heater element in well-insulated tank
• Hot & cold pressurised fresh water transom shower
Bilge Pumps:
• 12vDC automatic bilge pumps
• Manual bilge pump
TANKAGE
Fuel Capacity:
• Approx 1,660 litres fuel capacity
Fresh Water Capacity:
• Approx 340 litres fresh water capacity
Holding Tanks:
• Black water holding tank with discharge to sea or via deck extraction point
NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
Navigation Equipment:
• Garmin GPSMap colour touchscreen GPS chart plotter display with keypad remote control – 2025
• Garmin CCTV camera system for enhanced docking visibility and close-quarters manoeuvring
• Remote vessel monitoring supported via the Garmin ActiveCaptain app
• Raymarine closed array radar scanner
• Garmin GMI20 multi-repeater with speed/depth transducer – 2025
• Garmin Reactor 40 Autopilot with Hamiltton blue array
• Garmin AIS
• Backlit steering compass
Communications Equipment:
• Garmin 215i VHF with DSC – 2025
• Raymarine external VHF speaker
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
Galley:
• 220vAC induction hob with 2x burners
• Panasonic 220vAC inverter microwave oven
• 12vDC stainless steel-front opening refrigerator
• Inset stainless steel sink with hot & cold pressurised fresh water supply
Heads:
• 12vDC electric flush toilet
• Hot & cold pressurised fresh water supplied to sink and shower
Heating & Ventilation:
• CruisAir 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning system with 16,000 BTU output
Internal Lighting:
• LED lighting
Entertainment:
• Fusion Bluetooth stereo system with saloon speakers
• HD flat screen TV and fusion sound system fully checked and updated - 2025
ACCOMMODATION
Summary of Accommodation:
• Two cabin interior layout with owner’s cabin forward and twin bed VIP cabin amidships. Single heads. 1.98m headroom in saloon.
Accommodation Finishes:
• Teak interior joinery with satin varnish finish
• Leather upholstery
• Teak floors with contrasting holly inlay
• Synthetic stone counters to galley and heads
• Blinds and skyscreens
• Windscreen demisters
• Opening side windows to forward end of saloon and helm area
• Two large saloon roof hatches
Description of Accommodation from Forward:
Owner’s Cabin:
• A spacious double cabin in the bows with a 1.93mx1.68m queen-sized centreline double berth
• Lockers on either side of central bunk
• Dorade vent direct to cabin
• Large full height hanging locker to port
VIP Guest Cabin:
• Aft of Owner’s Cabin to port
• Twin berths with infill to create double berth
• Storage in drawers and a full height hanging locker
• Window for ventilation
Heads:
• Opposite VIP Guest Cabin to starboard
• Electric flush heads
• Sink
• Separate shower cubicle
Helm Station:
• To starboard
• Height adjustable leather captains chair
• Dashboard with engine and navigation instruments and controls
• Navigators bench settee to starboard
• Access to AC/DC panels in cupboards
Saloon:
• Aft of navigators bench settee to port
• U-shaped settee
• Dining table with folding leafs and drawer stowage
• Full-width glass doors connecting to cockpit and panoramic visibility
Galley:
• Opposite saloon area to starboard
• Linear galley with electric microwave oven and hob
• Large front-opening refrigerator
• Sink with hot & cold pressurised fresh water supply
• Drawers, lockers and storage cabinets
DECK EQUIPMENT
General:
• Stainless steel pulpit and guardrails
• Aft cockpit with seating to port and starboard
• Central varnished teak cockpit table with folding leafs and internal storage
• Centra walkthrough to bathing platform
• Hydraulic retractable passarelle with guardrail
• Large teak-laid bathing platform with bathing ladder
• Stainless steel grab rails on cabin top
Covers, Cushions & Canvas:
• Aft cockpit bimini with stainless steel frame
• Cockpit enclosures
• Cockpit tabke cover
• Leather upholstery for cockpit seating
Anchoring & Mooring:
• 12vDC reversing anchor windlass
• 10kgs Delta anchor with 60m chain
• Deck wash system.
• Six stainless steel cleats for mooring
• Fenders and lines
SAFETY EQUIPMENT:
General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.
Fire Control:
• Fireboy automatic fire suppression system professionally installed in engine room.
• Additional lithium fire suppression system - 2025
VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS
Lying Tivat, Montenegro
Available to view strictly by appointment
Office Hours Mon- Fri 0900 – 17.00
Saturday by prior appointment
For more information or to arrange a viewing please contact us.
Please Note: Due to the varying locations of our yachts, your travel time and the distances that may be involved, we recommend that you only make arrangements to view if you are actively considering purchase.
Lead broker: Matias Renlund – Grabau International (Scandinavia)
Tel: +358 406861501
Email: matias@grabauinternational.com