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- Beam: 17' 8''
- Hull Material: Fiberglass
- Max Draft: 7' 4''
- Displacement: 84,800 lb
- Fuel Tank: 1 x 650|gallon
- Fresh Water: 1 x 317|gallon
- Holding: 1 x 115|gallon
- Cabins: 4
- Heads: 3
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Thoroughly Tested German Frers Bluewater Cruiser with 80,000 Nautical Miles and Documented World Voyaging History
SHAIMA is a 2017 Hylas 63, delivered in April 2017, commissioned by her original owner and skipper for serious world voyaging. Designed by German Frers and built by Hylas Yachts / Queen Long Marine, SHAIMA represents the modern Hylas approach at its best: powerful offshore performance, deep-sea comfort, serious construction, and a level of semi-custom execution rarely found in production cruising yachts.
What separates SHAIMA from most bluewater cruisers is not only her specification, but her proof of purpose. Over approximately nine years she has completed an estimated 80,000 nautical miles, including high-latitude passages, remote cruising grounds, and demanding ocean work. Her owner’s detailed operating logs, maintenance history, and disciplined refit program give a future buyer an unusually clear picture of the yacht’s use, systems, upgrades, and care.
The scale of that voyage is unusually well documented. SHAIMA's owner-maintained logbooks record approximately 80,752 nautical miles, 11,893 hours of actual sailing, 1,462 days at sea, 201 marinas, 388 anchorages, and an overall average speed of 6.8 knots. Her logged history reaches far beyond a typical Caribbean or coastal cruising resume, with documented campaigns through the Americas, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, South, West, North & East Pacific, high latitudes, Patagonia, and Antarctica.
SHAIMA was conceived as a short-handed passagemaker. Her cutter rig, hydraulic in-mast furling with hydraulic outhaul, hydraulic headsail furlers, electric primary and mainsheet winches, bow and retractable stern thrusters, cockpit protection, large fuel capacity, watermaker, lithium house bank, solar, Starlink, and dual-voltage electrical architecture are all aligned around safe, efficient, self-sufficient cruising by a small crew.
A major highlight is SHAIMA’s return to the Hylas yard in Kaohsiung in 2024 for an in-depth refit. This is a uniquely meaningful point in her story. The yacht was brought back to the builder, dismasted, inspected, and attended to by the same ecosystem that understands Hylas construction best. Work included keel bolt inspection and tightening, carpentry repairs and modifications, a long list of smaller details, and renewed interior and exterior upholstery and cushions.
For a buyer seeking a genuine global cruising yacht, SHAIMA is not a dock queen with a theoretical offshore pedigree. She is a proven Hylas 63 with real ocean miles, a thoughtful owner-engineer behind her specification, and the systems, documentation, spares, and operational history to support continued world cruising.
The sellers cruising exploits have been produced on the Youtube channel @shaimahylas63.
Key Features:
Denison Yachting - San Francisco is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by David Walters Yachts.
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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:
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.
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.
Master Head
The master head is the private en-suite for the owner’s stateroom.
VIP STATEROOM
The VIP guest accommodation is forward.
VIP Head
The VIP head serves the VIP guest accommodation.
GUEST CABIN (PORT FORWARD)
Additional guest cabin for cruising crew or family.
GUEST CABIN (STARBOARD AFT)
The fourth cabin provides further flexibility for guests, crew, spares, passage gear, or expedition equipment.
DAY HEAD
A third head allowing day use for all aboard.
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.
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.
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
SHAIMA carries a comprehensive cruising electronics and communications platform centered around her Raymarine network, Starlink, low-light cameras, and monitoring/control systems.
HELM STATIONS - PORT
HELM STATIONS - STARBOARD
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.
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.
COCKPIT
MAST AND RIGGING
SAILS AND WINCHES
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.
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.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AUDIO/VISUAL AND ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
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.
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