2017 Hylas 63 Shaima

$1,395,000

Saint George, Grenada

Vessel Name

Shaima

Builder

Hylas

Year

2017

Length

Thoroughly Tested German Frers Bluewater Cruiser with 80,000 Nautical Miles and Documented World Voyaging History

Description

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:

Original-owner Hylas 63 commissioned by an engineer and experienced offshore sailor
German Frers design built by Hylas Yachts / Queen Long Marine
Owner-maintained logbooks document nine years of global voyaging, daily passage data, maintenance, operating history, and fuel/use records
2019 Viking Route included Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean
2020 Atlantic crossing from Mallorca to Antigua logged approximately 4,451 nautical miles
2022 Pacific campaign included Panama, the Galapagos, Marquesas, Tuamotus, Society Islands, Fiji, Minerva Reef, and New Zealand, logging approximately 12,325 nautical miles
2023 Southwest Pacific campaign included Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Australia, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia
2024 North Pacific campaign included Japan, the Aleutians, Alaska, British Columbia, and the Pacific Northwest
2025/2026 South Pacific and South Atlantic campaign included Patagonia, the Beagle Channel, Cape Horn region, and Antarctica
Four-cabin, three-head layout with serious long-range storage and liveaboard comfort
Short-handed cruising setup with hydraulic furling, powered winches, bow and stern thrusters, protected cockpit ergonomics, and serious offshore systems
Long-range systems package supporting remote voyaging, including substantial tankage, watermaker capacity, lithium power, solar, and dual-voltage electrical architecture
Remote-cruising deck and tender package with protected cockpit, hydraulic davits, large center-console tender, robust ground tackle, and offshore safety equipment

Worldwide Yacht Sales Inc is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by David Walters 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