IMPRESSIONS
Meeting the family call for more equally sized cabins, the Contest 49CS does so with real flair.
Not just in the latest Contest interior styling and outfitting, but in footprint and headroom. The newly drawn hull delivers so much more with a wide waterline beam and tall topsides aft boosting both interior space and form stability under full sail. A great combination with wide ranging options including twin single berths that can be slid together to create double beds if wanted in the unusually tall and open aft cabins. And where before has an aft cockpit design ever offered a two-sided longitudinal corridor galley? This is true cruising innovation.
SPECIFICATION IS PERSONAL
With Contest it's as easy to choose how you want your yacht fitted as it is filling the herb rack with the right flavours to spice up life!
Throughout, the sense of openness is instant. Yet equally evident is Contest's hallmark sea safety with the many handrails plus clever hand-holding lips to cabinetry, all ergonomic in use. The joinery and its finish is to the yard's always exceptionally high standards, as are the soft furnishings and architectural hardware, with all this, of course, adjusted to individual owners' tastes and needs. And, again, underwriting that, there are many varied cabin plan options for the personal best match. That's the Contest way. The industry catchphrases this as semi-custom construction. It's all part of building dreams together … and every sailor has a different dream.
RELIABILITY IS IN-BUILT ... SO TOO IS YOUR SECURITY
On deck you’ll see the craftsmanship in the sculptural shaping and polished welds of the sturdy stainless steel railings. You’ll enjoy the beautiful shaping of the composite mouldings perhaps unaware of the complexity in creating such contours. Below in the well thought layout it’s everywhere you turn, in the seamless grain-matched joinery, the hand stitching of turned corners for the settee cushions.
And then there's what is actually in and under those cushions to maximise comfort and durability. Less glamorous, but no less important in this practice are the boat’s hidden systems, the electrics and electronics, pumps, engine, generator, complex hydraulics. All installed with pre-planned care, minimising noise and vibration, all clearly routed, labelled, sited for optimised access.
Conforming with strict international classification standards, equipment is invariably highly specified. The list runs on and on. Ampage sufficient to run all apparatus simultaneously. Fuel and water tankage to support distant voyaging. So, with Contest Yachts it’s not just what you see that counts. What you don’t see is equally significant. We go the extra mile to make sure you can, too.
Two twinned aft cabins like never before
Not only is this is the first Contest at this length to offer twin aft cabins, this is the first time twin cabins with such size and space have ever been seen at this length. The cabin volume is extraordinary with full standing-height virtually throughout and even a walkway between the berths. And with Contest ingenuity these single berths simply, conveniently slide to meet and create a sumptuous large double berth. Perfect for family and friends.
FOR AN INSIDE EYE
Take yourself onboard with our virtual tour
So, keep looking at the Contest 49CS, there’s so much more to this yacht than mind and eye first see.
