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Manitou

2008 Oyster 56 Deck Saloon

San Diego, CaliforniaSail56'
$699,000

Overview

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.

Highlights

  • Complete standing rigging replacement with Reckmann furler factory overhaul
  • Professionally Installed Lithium Battery Bank
  • Full Raymarine Electronics Overhaul (2023)
  • Bow Thruster + Push Button Sailing = Easy Single Handing
  • Well equipped and ready for long range cruising.

Specifications

Length56'
Beam16'
Draft8' 3"
Year2008
TypeSail
HullFiberglass
FuelDiesel
Cabins4
Sleeps8
Heads2
Fuel Capacity277 gal
Water Capacity251 gal

Description

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 (replaced 7/2026) - 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

Honolulu Yacht Brokerage 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

Listing MLS by Yachtr.com

Engines

Yanmar 4HLA-HTP
160 HPDiesel3,344 hrs

Generators

Westerbeke BDT
10.5 kW
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