DESIGNER TALK
Helping shape the dreams we build together, our design partners judel/vrolijk & co and Wetzels Brown Partners draw on long and strong experience in engineering, architecture and creativity. Together in the Contest 50CS they have again advanced the pleasures of performance with personal comforts aboard - all of course in impeccable style.
“IT HAS ALL BEEN WORKED WITH HANDSOME EFFECT... AND IN PHYSICAL TERMS, WE HAVE LESS HEEL, LESS DRAG, LESS MOMENT IN THE WAVES. SO IT IS SMOOTHER, MORE COMFORTABLE.”
- Johan Siefer -
OUTSIDE AND IN
Johan Siefer of judel/vrolijk & co says, “The design of the Contest 50CS is not led simply by fashion and trend. It is properly resolved practicality that leads.
"One of the biggest differences is that we have raised the outer edges much higher to achieve more boat interior while also looking for more hull stability.
"With that came more volume and draft aft, and we also widened the waterline, but only slightly as we wanted it not too extreme, to still have a transom with nice transitions from the bow while also reducing wetted surface.
"We also wanted to avoid the sharp lines you see in some production yachts just following trend.
"With this additional stability, a bigger, taller rig is then possible for enhanced light wind performance.
"It has all been worked with handsome effect, and in physical terms with less buoyancy aft, when we heel we have less trim, less drag, and less moment in the waves when the transom immerses. So, it is smoother, more comfortable.”
“OUR WORK IS TO CREATE VERY SPECIAL INTERIORS, IMPLEMENTING THE FINEST CONTEMPORARY DESIGN THAT ACTUALLY TRULY ACKNOWLEDGES THE DIVERSE REALITIES OF LIFE ABOARD.”
- Gillian Brown -
INSIDE AND OUT
Gillian Brown of Wetzels Brown Partners says: "Contest Yachts are well known and respected for their very highest standards of build, always going the extra mile for comfort, safety and security on board. Specifying upwards, never downwards, always looking to best execution not just effect… and it is the same inside as out.
"So, from deckplan, rig and sailing hardware, right through cabin arrangements, structures, styling and detailing, the entire team is focused always on delivering the very best. And in this all-new Contest 50CS, as interior designers involved from day one of new model concept, we’re proudly introducing yet more innovative ideas and solutions from optimising space and furnishing function, to the pick, finish and detailing of hard and software below for a sense of the 'special' by both day and night.
"Our work is to create exceptional interiors, and building on the shipyard’s 45 years’ experience at this core 50ft length, we extend this expertise into implementing the finest contemporary interior design that actually truly acknowledges the diverse realities of life aboard. Be that out in a big seaway, perhaps for days, weeks at a time, just as much for lazing and local day sailing out of favoured harbours and lunch-stop bays.
"And unusually in this yachting industry, we work with every owner, helping each achieve their own best matching balance of wood grains, fabrics and materials, colourways and final finish effects. After all, this is a very personal voyage, and it is our pleasure to help deliver the dream together."
"WE CALL IT BUILDING DREAMS TOGETHER."
- Arjen Conijn -
THE PERSONAL TOUCH
Arjen Conijn, third generation CEO of this family-owned shipyard and innovator, says, “While some semi-custom builders striving for savings are standardising their yachts more and more, we at Contest Yachts are different. And again in this new model launch we show that the best way to help owners set out on their own personal voyage is to deliver exactly what they want, individually.
"That’s what we do. We always have. We call it building dreams together. And as you might see from these pages, this wonderful new Contest 50CS could be the dream you know you've been waiting for!”
Building dreams together... the Contest 50CS could well be the dream you know you want. Make it yours!
