SHAIMA’s interior reflects the Hylas semi-custom philosophy: built around long-range use, substantial joinery, thoughtful storage, and the owner’s specific experience from decades of passagemaking. The yacht is arranged with four cabins, three heads, and extensive storage, with a warm teak interior, large saloon, proper navigation center, and the kind of systems access and custom details that matter on a yacht intended for remote cruising.
The interior has been shaped by both the original build and later upgrades, with traditional teak joinery, extensive storage, and owner-specified offshore details throughout.
Interior Styling and Additional Features:
- Four-cabin, three-head arrangement designed for owner use, guests, and long-range storage
- Renewed interior upholstery and cushions during 2024 Hylas yard refit
- Traditional teak interior with custom Hallberg-Rassy-style headliner throughout
- Solid soles laid on sealed sub flooring and finished with six layers of gloss polyurethane coating
- Corian counters for heads and galley
- All lighting LED with Vimar switches and outlet plates
- Removable headliner for deck hardware access
- Positive-locking cabin sole hatches
- Solid teak interior handrails for secure movement underway
- Blue rope lighting under berths and saloon seating
- Portlight drop shades in aft cabins and saloon
- Oceanair shade/bug screens on all deck hatches
- Lockers with built-in ventilation grilles throughout for long-range cruising storage
- Companionway with built-in grab handles, additional stainless steel grab handles, and lowering stainless steel/plexiglass companionway hatch
- Four Dometic Cruisair air conditioners upgraded with electric resistance heating before the first Greenland voyage, allowing rapid interior heating for high-latitude cruising
MAIN SALOON
The main saloon aboard SHAIMA is designed for living at sea and entertaining in port. The custom saloon table and settee arrangement provide comfortable seating for meals, watch changes, planning, and daily life aboard. The layout emphasizes secure movement, strong handholds, useful storage, and the warmth expected from a semi-custom Hylas interior.
- Large custom saloon table with seating for seven
- Hallberg-Rassy-style couch arrangement specified by owner
- Reading lamps & fans
- Flatscreen TV on forward bulkhead
MASTER STATEROOM
The owner’s stateroom aboard SHAIMA is arranged for extended liveaboard use, with the privacy, storage, and comfort expected aboard a serious 63-foot Hylas.
- Private owner’s stateroom arrangement with custom king size berth
- Substantial storage for long-range cruising
- Quality Hylas joinery with berth-side storage
- Port-side powder station with mirror
- Bulkhead-mounted flush/recessed flat-screen TV
- Two Hella cabin fans
- Recessed overhead stereo speakers
Master Head
The master head is the private en-suite for the owner’s stateroom.
- Private en-suite master head serving the owner’s stateroom
- Also accessible through crew/bunk cabin with lockable door
- Raritan electric freshwater toilet
- Vanity/sink, storage, lighting, and ventilation
- Separate shower
VIP STATEROOM
The VIP guest accommodation is forward.
- Guest cabin arranged with center line island queen berth for comfortable long-range cruising
- Storage for personal gear and passage equipment
- Hanging lockers, cabinets, shelves, and two Hella fans
- Hinged under-berth access to mechanical equipment
VIP Head
The VIP head serves the VIP guest accommodation.
- Ensuite to the VIP stateroom
- Raritan electric freshwater toilet
- Vanity/sink, storage, lighting, and ventilation
- Jack & Jill shower shared with the day head
GUEST CABIN (PORT FORWARD)
Additional guest cabin for cruising crew or family.
- Located port side, forward passageway
- Plentiful storage under and above berth for long-range voyaging
- Double-size Pullman berth with hanging locker, cabinets, shelf, night table, and large under-berth storage
- One Hella fan
GUEST CABIN (STARBOARD AFT)
The fourth cabin provides further flexibility for guests, crew, spares, passage gear, or expedition equipment.
- Located starboard, aft of the nav station
- Over/under bunk arrangement with hinged upper berth and lower double berth for guest or crew flexibility
- Useful for spares, gear, and extended-cruising inventory
- Engine room access through two sets of double doors
- Able to access aft master head if desired; door lockable from the owner's side
- Berths fitted with lee cloths for offshore use and Hella fans
DAY HEAD
A third head allowing day use for all aboard.
- Located starboard forward passageway, just forward of the saloon
- Raritan electric freshwater toilet
- Vanity/sink, storage, lighting
- Jack & Jill separate shower shared with the VIP head
The galley was specified for real offshore use and long periods away from shore support. SHAIMA carries substantial cold storage, a wider-than-standard Force 10 stove, dedicated appliance storage, ice maker, trash compactor, and included galley inventory.
- Five-burner Force 10 stove installed with custom carpentry
- GE Advantium microwave / convection oven
- Two Frigoboat two-drawer freezers
- One Frigoboat two-drawer refrigerator
- One Frigoboat front-door refrigerator
- U-Line stainless steel marine ice maker
- Whirlpool 15 in trash compactor
- Combination LG vented clothes washer/dryer
- Custom cabinetry for small appliances, plates, glasses, mugs, tableware, and included galley inventory
- Zojirushi bread maker included (space can also be used for dishwasher installation in the future if desired)
NAVIGATION STATION
SHAIMA’s forward-facing navigation station is one of the owner-specified features that reflects the yacht’s serious passage-making role. The station is large enough for real voyage planning, system monitoring, communications, and laptop work.
- Large forward-facing navigation station with Herman Miller-style reclining chair specified for long watches and passage planning
- Extensive logbooks and operating history maintained since new
- Three Raymarine i70 displays at companionway
- Icom M802 SSB with AT140 tuner
- Icom M605 VHF radio
- Raymarine p70 autopilot control
- Raymarine gS165 touchscreen display with Raymarine button remote control
- Schenker watermaker control
- Fuel and water tank gauges
- Mastervolt EasyView digital control
- Cummins Onan generator control
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
SHAIMA carries a comprehensive cruising electronics and communications platform centered around her Raymarine network, Starlink, low-light cameras, and monitoring/control systems.
- Starlink High-Speed internet system with custom mount on the davit structure
- FLIR camera in engine room
- Port and starboard low-light TV cameras on hardtop/bimini to monitor mainsail at night, including from below in rough conditions
- Hailer horn
- Radar reflector
- Raymarine digital radar
- Digital TV antenna for local stations
HELM STATIONS - PORT
- Icom CommandMic VHF remote
- Electronic throttle
- Maxwell chain counter
- Raymarine gS165 touchscreen display
- Raymarine p70 autopilot control
- Raymarine button control for display
- Side-Power proportional bow/stern thruster control
- Ritchie compass
- Cockpit lighting/systems panel with blue backlighting
- Carbon fiber EXT helm wheel
HELM STATIONS - STARBOARD
- Starboard helm includes hydraulic sail-handling controls for mainsail, genoa, and staysail furling
- Harken hydraulic pump panel at starboard helm for boom vang and backstay
- Icom CommandMic VHF remote
- Electronic throttle
- Raymarine gS165 touchscreen display
- Raymarine p70 autopilot control
- Raymarine button control for display
- Side-Power proportional bow/stern thruster control
- Ritchie compass
- Carbon fiber EXT helm wheel
HULL
The Hylas 63 was designed by German Frers as a powerful modern bluewater cruiser with a fine entry, beam carried aft, and the seakindly behavior expected of the Frers / Hylas lineage. SHAIMA’s real-world cruising history is the strongest evidence of the design brief: she has sailed approximately 80,000 nautical miles across a wide range of conditions and cruising grounds.
- German Frers-designed Hylas 63 built by Hylas Yachts / Queen Long Marine built to ABS standards
- Owner describes the hull as a sea-kindly deep-V form with a nearly plumb bow, gentle sheer, and beam carried aft for stability and volume without a flat-bottomed feel
- Solid fiberglass below the waterline with alternating E-glass and Twaron aramid fiber reinforcement
- Vinylester resin with isophthalic gelcoat used throughout for blister resistance
- Vacuum-bagged hull construction
- Navy Blue Awlgrip hull - 2019
- Watertight bulkheads for fore and aft lazarettes
- Solid lead keel with 13 x 30mm stainless steel keel bolts and 8mm transverse backing plates
- Solid bronze bonded through-hulls
- Single spade rudder, above keel plane
- Rudder bearings upgraded to Jefa system - 2019; overhauled in New Zealand - 2023
- Lewmar Mamba steering linkage with Jefa BRG10-67 gearbox upgrade - 2023
DECK
SHAIMA’s deck has been shaped for offshore work, dinghy operations, anchoring confidence, cockpit protection, and both high-latitude and tropical cruising. Her authentic 7/16 in Burmese teak deck, hardtop, davits, anchoring system, and transom reinforcement all speak to a yacht specified far beyond a standard build.
- Baltek balsa cored deck, vacuum bagged with solid laminate in high load areas
- Authentic Burmese teak, shaved only once and noted as in excellent condition
- Hull/deck joint through-bolted and bonded with 3M 5200
- Carbon fiber hard dodger by GMT Composites
- Approx. 20 ft structural aluminum hardtop by Atlantic Towers
- Hardtop ventilation and hinged central window in dodger
- Foredeck sunbathing cushion
- 35 in pushpits extending to midships
- Side-boarding fold-down stainless steel ladder with teak steps
- Folding carbon fiber passarelle with transom-step mounts and lifeline
- Two stainless steel dorade vents with guards on forward deck
- Blue underwater lights
- Forward deck light from dodger
- Deep forward sail locker for storage and chain-locker access
- Spade 240 stainless steel primary anchor with Ultra Flip swivel and 400 ft of 1/2 in high-strength galvanized chain
- Spade 180 secondary anchor with swivel and chain/rode
- Maxwell RC12-12 24 V windlass with capstan and remote cockpit operation
- Custom bow stainless steel protection from top to bottom for protection from anchor & ice
- Electric hose-reel Cablemaster for deck wash hose
- Teak cap rail
- Stainless steel deck grab handles
- Custom full-beam stainless steel protection plate at transom waterline
- Hylas signature swim ladder hidden beneath bottom transom step lid
- Port and starboard Hylas signature stern seats in teak and stainless steel with cushions
- Rod holders
- Large aft lazarette accessible from deck hatches and transom step hatch
- Two folding e-bikes for shoreside exploration
COCKPIT
- Cockpit protected by carbon hard dodger, long structural hardtop, and enclosure
- Enclosure protects lower cockpit, table area, and seating while leaving helms open for unencumbered access to winches and deck
- Engine-room heat can warm enclosed cockpit in cold climates
- Cockpit designed to keep watch crew protected from sun, spray, rain, and cold
- Cockpit red/white bimini lights, under-table white rope light, and blue courtesy lights at helm area and transom steps
MAST AND RIGGING
- Cutter rig with backswept spreaders
- Selden aluminum mast with in-mast furling
- Selden rod rigging
- Hydraulic in-mast mainsail furling with hydraulic outhaul for rapid reefing and short-handed sail handling
- Two Furlex hydraulic furlers for genoa and staysail
- GMT carbon fiber fixed length whisker pole
- Backstays and boom vang with Harken manual hydraulics
- Two Selden hydraulic powerpacks for simultaneous hydraulic use of furlers and outhaul
- Most recent rig inspection in Grenada - May 26, 2026; mast scheduled for removal and routine rigging disassembly and inspection, with seller to complete recommended repairs
- Mast up and down spreader lights on all spreaders
- Custom staysail in-hauler blocks mounted on mast for tighter sheeting angles up to approximately 40 degrees apparent
- Boom preventer and backup manual outhaul
SAILS AND WINCHES
- North 3Di mainsail - 2023
- North 3Di genoa - 2023
- North Sails gennaker - 2021
- Doyle Dacron staysail - 2017
- Doyle storm trysail on separate mast track - 2017; reportedly never used
- Antal W32 mast winches - 2
- Antal XT62 electric mainsheet winches - 2
- Antal W70 electric primary winches - 2
- Antal W60 manual secondary winches - 2
- Running rigging renewed continuously
ENGINE AND MECHANICAL
SHAIMA is powered by a Yanmar 6BY3-220 rated at 220 HP, coupled to a Kanzaki KMH51A 2.6:1 transmission. There are approximately 8,000 engine hours, regular servicing, no oil consumption between service intervals, and no overheating history. The gearbox was replaced with a new unit in 2024.
- Yanmar 6BY3-220 220 HP diesel engine - approx. 8,000 hours
- Kanzaki KMH51A 2.6:1 transmission - replaced new in 2024
- Max-Prop 25 in five-blade feathering propeller on 2 in / 50 mm SAE shaft
- Aquadrive thrust bearing system installed - 2019
- Side-Power bow thruster - 24 V
- Side-Power retractable stern thruster - 24 V
- Fuel transfer and oil change electric pumps
- Dive compressor with two 60 ft hoses for underwater inspection and cleaning
- Racor dual-filter fuel polishing system plus dedicated generator Racor fuel filter
PLUMBING AND TANKAGE
SHAIMA’s shared plumbing and tankage systems are a major part of her offshore brief. With 650 gallons of diesel, stainless steel fresh-water tankage, high-output watermaker capacity, three freshwater-fed electric toilets, and two holding tanks with monitoring, the yacht was set up for long legs, remote anchorages, and meaningful independence from shore support.
- Fuel capacity: 650 gal in six stainless steel tanks
- Approximate motoring range noted by owner: 11 days / 1,700 nautical miles at 6.5 knots and 2.4 gal/hr in calm conditions
- Schenker 100 L/hr 24 V watermaker
- Fresh water: two 158 gal stainless steel tanks
- Fresh water washdown forward for anchor washing
- Fresh water transom shower
- Stainless-steel Isotemp 20-gal 220V water heater
- Double redundant freshwater pressure pumps
- Two holding tanks with Dometic pumps and monitors
- Tank inspection ports/dipsticks and baffled tank construction
- Groco bronze in-line seawater strainers
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Tinned wiring, copper grounding strips, and dedicated SSB grounding plane
- Galvanic isolator
- 24 V DC primary electrical system controlled by Mastervolt EasyView 5
- Additional 12 V DC, 110 V AC, and 220 V AC systems aboard
- Cummins Onan 13.5 kW Quiet Diesel generator - approx. 9,200 hours
- Mastervolt Combi inverter/charger - 4,000 W / 100 A
- Two Mastervolt MASS Charger 24 V / 75 A chargers
- Engine PTO drive with Alpha 24/110 MB Mastervolt alternator
- Mastervolt ChargeMaster 12 V / 50 A charger for 12V house, engine, and generator systems
- Mac Plus 24/24-30 electronic charge relay for independent aft (thruster) and forward (thruster/windlass) banks
- House 24 V bank: three 5,500 W Mastervolt LiFePO4 batteries / 600 Ah - 2020
- 1,000 W hardtop-mounted solar array with two Mastervolt SCM25 solar charge regulators
- Dual 50 A split-phase shore power cables on Cablemaster reels
- Isolation transformer supports 110 V and 220 V use in both US and European power environments
- Palma de Mallorca Mastervolt electrical upgrade - corrected earlier high-output alternator/charging architecture and integrated lithium batteries, EasyView monitoring, DC-to-DC charging, and solar control systems
- Solar panels replaced in New Zealand
- Hylas signature electrical panel with blue backlighting
AUDIO/VISUAL AND ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT
- Two Samsung flat-screen TVs
- Bose audio/video server
- Three Bluetooth audio zones
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
- Six-person and eight-person liferafts in rapid-deployment cages (serviced and up to date May 2026)
- EPIRB
- Built-in emergency manual bilge pump
- Double-redundant electric bilge pumps in saloon plus electric bilge pump in lazarette
- Fireboy fire suppression with engine/ventilation shutdown system
- Fireboy propane control system
- Custom Spectra Ocean Drogue with 110 cones - 2019
- Dedicated stainless Ocean Drogue attachment plates and anchoring points
- Storm trysail on separate mast track
- AB 15 ALX aluminum-bottom center-console tender
- Owner highlights the AB 15 ALX tender as a major exploration asset, providing extended shore, reef, and anchorage access from the mothership
- Yamaha F40 four-stroke outboard (less than 100 hours)
- Tender rated for nine people and reported to plane with six
- Tender equipped with VHF radio
- Hydraulic Cooney Marine / Simpson Lawrence Bluewater davits with up/down and in/out operation for closely securing the tender underway
- Reinforced transom structure and custom aluminum trusses for hydraulic davit/tender loads
- Roll-up spare inflatable dinghy with Torqeedo electric outboard
- Built-in padeyes on davits for Mediterranean mooring stern lines
- Lifting davit custom rigged so line can be led to starboard aft electric winch for lifting gear aboard from dock or tender
BROKER’S COMMENTS
SHAIMA is the rare large cruising yacht whose story is stronger than any brochure description could be. She has done the miles, carried her owner safely across oceans, returned to the Hylas yard for a major refit, and benefited from an owner who understands systems, maintenance, and offshore risk at a very high level. For buyers who value proven capability over theory, SHAIMA is a standout.
The depth of SHAIMA's logbooks is a major part of her value proposition. Few yachts of this size come to market with such a complete operating record: daily passages, yearly totals, fuel use, sailing percentages, service notes, refit history, and remote-cruising observations are all documented. This gives a future owner an unusually transparent view into how the yacht was used, maintained, improved, and proven over nine years of serious world voyaging.
The Hylas 63 is already a compelling German Frers design: powerful, seakindly, semi-custom, and built by Queen Long Marine with the quality that has made Hylas one of the benchmark bluewater brands. SHAIMA adds a level of customization, documentation, range, cockpit protection, tender handling, anchoring confidence, and operational history that places her well above a typical used cruising yacht.
The 2024 builder-yard refit gives the next owner a level of confidence that is difficult to replicate in a standard refit yard.
The owner’s brochure also emphasizes SHAIMA’s practical short-handed usability: hydraulic sail handling, powered winches, protected cockpit ergonomics, thrusters, substantial anchoring gear, long-range tankage, and extensive spares were all chosen to make a large yacht manageable by a couple or small crew.
SHAIMA is not a dock queen with a theoretical cruising resume; she is a proven Hylas 63 with one of the most thoroughly documented private world-voyaging histories you are likely to find.
OWNER’S COMMENTS
The owner describes SHAIMA as a yacht that is ready to cast off for any ocean, whether Antarctica or the Caribbean, with no refits pending other than the planned rigging inspection. He emphasizes that regular use, careful maintenance, detailed logs, and continual system improvement have made SHAIMA in many ways better understood and more dependable than a lightly used yacht.
- Owner has sailed approximately 110,000 nautical miles overall and commissioned SHAIMA for global exploration
- SHAIMA has never been chartered
- Detailed voyage logs, maintenance records, operating cost records, serial-number lists, spares inventory, and annual refit summaries available
- Owner recommends retaining the current Raymarine electronics and Yanmar/generator package at this time based on performance and service history
- Owner is selling because he intends to move into a larger yacht with a similar world-exploration purpose
REVIEWS
- Hylas Yachts describes the H63 as a German Frers design created for both day sailing and long-distance cruising, with modern vacuum-bag construction, a fine entry, broad stern, and serious offshore performance.
- Sail Magazine noted that Hylas yachts are highly customizable belowdecks, with owners often putting their own stamp on each build from the beginning.
