A huge stowage locker and workshop sits forward in the three-cabin versions, reducing but remaining still very significant when the crew cabin option is introduced, and again still impressive in the four double guest cabin plan. The considerations are complex. Stowage is always held high on Contest’s list of priorities because well kept, dedicated storage is about more than tidiness, it’s about security and safety. The same principles apply in yacht operation and, ever evolving at Contest, have informed the simple but sophisticated short-handed sailing systems which here include the choice of in-boom or in-mast reefing. In-boom for more performance sail shape, from full sail to reefed. In-mast for even more simply managed speedy reefing. And in both options all lines, now including halyards, are led aft for complete pedestal and cockpit control. For further ease there is also the option of self-tacking jib. To further match individual sailing style and intentions, there is the prime choice of carbon or aluminium spars with, up front, Code 0 or Helix furling incorporated within the integral bowsprit, a removable inner forestay and, depending on spec, twin underdeck-furling headsails.