At a size allowing four spacious guest cabins and fully enclosable galley and crew quarters, the Contest 72CS, flagship of the Contest fleet, provides the perfect platform for both owner driver or skipper and crew assisted sailing. And the nature of wide ranging options spans just about every element of this truly semi-custom build, with bulkhead positioning almost the only constraint.
Deliveries to date span full carbon rig with Park Lane boom and 3Di moulded sails to alloy spars and vertically battened Vectra with in-mast furling. With one approach racing, one cruising, one more private with forward galley, one inclusive with aft U-shaped galley, choice and specification is entirely personal.
Beneath this freedom, there lies extensive design engineering pre-empting likelihoods with proven practice and application. This is such a trait of Contest and a powerful differentiator. Scope well considered before the first line is drawn. The Contest 72CS presents a most persuasive case, virtual custom build at fractional cost.
Sloop with cutter option or removable inner stay for eased tacking when not flying staysail. Fully carbon rig or stainless rod and alloy spars. Various hydraulic furling systems.
Hand built and finished, panelled and joinered interior to owner specification with extensively personalised accommodation plan from two to five cabins, private or charter.
Length overall | 21.80 m | 71.5 ft |
Length waterline | 18.99 m | 62.3 ft |
Maximum beam | 5.70 m | 18.7 ft |
Displacement | 44,300 kg | 97,664 lbs |
Draft bulb keel | 2.80 m | 9.18 ft |
Ballast bulb keel | 16,500 kg | 36,376 lbs |
Mast height above waterline | 31,20 m | 101.1 ft |
Main sail | 133 m2 | 1,431 ft2 |
Genoa 111% | 129 m2 | 1,388 ft2 |
Fuel tank | 1,700 ltr. | 373.9 imp. gal. |
Water tank | 1,018 ltr. | 223.9 imp. gal. |
Optional water tank | 200 ltr. | 44 imp.gal. |
Engine, Perkins | 161 kW | 216 hp |
The diagram shows the exceptional upwind and reaching potential of the 72CS.
Curves from in- to outside are calculated at 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 20 knots true windspeed.
The stability curve shows a high initial stability and great sail carrying capacity. The stability range of more than 130° exceeds the CE norm by a wide margin.