IMPRESSIONS
Comfortable, well planned and delightfully detailed…
The Contest 55CS interior is beautifully refined, being caringly crafted by hand and detailed in a choice of finishes and fittings. Pictured here is a warm yet Mediterranean-suited bright pale-toned interior. And according to individual specification, arrangements can be with two or three cabins, with the option also of a workshop and store or study for those looking to more distant, long-term cruising.
The saloon's upper, wraparound windows present excellent standing views, and long hull windows to saloon, galley and cabins make for great outlook and daylight brightness, too. With our advanced engineering and sound-insulation technologies, the silence below deck under motor, or even sailing upwind in 25 knots, is simply exceptional.
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.
We're well known for advancing innovation as well.
Check out the new clever concealed transom window in the aft cabin which reveals when the bathing platform is lowered. Combined with the two, wide hull windows, this provides a fabulous, full 270° panoramic outlook. That's far sighted thinking for you!
FOR AN INSIDE EYE
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So, keep looking at the Contest 55CS, there’s so much more to this yacht than mind and eye first see.
