Description

Blue water cruiser

The Contest 57CS is the first model in the Contest Yachts range with the characteristic double cockpit. She has the sense of a big boat, yet she sails with the natural touch for which Contest Yachts are so renowned. With an accommodation plan to suit every use from cruising couple with a skipper in his separate cabin to sailing with family and friends, this Contest 57CS demonstrates not just great standards of craftsmanship but versatility to. Sound design, sound engineering, together delivering enviable performance, designed by Georg Nissen. Preliminary brochure.

Features

• Manufacturer
  Contest  
• Model
  57CS  
• Boat name
  Pearly Bell

Dimensions

• Beam
  5.12 metres  
• Draft
  2.49 metres  
• L.o.a.
  17.23 metres  

Build

• Designer
  Georg Nissen  
• Builder
  Contest Yachts, Medemblik, The Netherlands  
• Year
  2013  
• Hull construction
  Polyester sandwich  
• Hull type
  Sandwich, vacuum infused, roundbilged GRP hull in AWL-Grip Royal Night Blue with white striping  
• Superstructure construction
  GRP  
• Deck construction
  Teak on vacuum infused GRP sandwich deck  
• Keel type
  Bulb throat  
• Ballast
  Approx. 10.9 tonnes  
• Displacement
  Approx. 27.9 tonnes  

Engine

• Fuel
  Diesel  
• Horse Power
  150HP  
• Engine manufacturer
  Perkins 6-cylinder turbo charged engine  

Accommodation

• Cabins
  3  
• Berths
  6  
• Toilet
   

Rig sails

• Type
  Fractionally rigged with Rod rigging  
• Round wooden rigging
  Aluminum Seldén mast, sprayed in white  
• Lieren
  Lewmar: 2x electric SEST for main sheet, 2x electric SEST for genoa sheet, 2x electric SEST for multi purpose and electric winch on mast  
• Main sail
  North Sails spectra mainsail with vertical battens  
• Main sail reefsysteem
  Seldén hydraulic in-mast furling  
• Genua
  North Sails spectra genoa with UV ply  
• Genua reefsystem
  Hydraulic furling Furlex system