Famed semi-custom Dutch yacht builder Contest Yachts is delighted to show three beautiful yachts from the nine-model range of luxury performance bluewater sailing cruisers: the fabulous 2025 European Yacht of the Year nominated 19-metre Contest 63CS, EYOTY-winning 17-metre Contest 55CS, and remarkable twin aft cabin 15-metre Contest 49CS.
Optimised to be owner managed, owner sailed
Sophisticated short-handed sailing systems
Finest Dutch engineering and outfitting
Composite structures single-shot vacuum infused
Full Lloyd’s Register scrutiny and certification
A combination unique in semi-custom sector
With designs by judel/vrolijk & co, interiors by Wetzels Brown Partners, extensive Lloyd’s Register certification, and the Contest guarantee of the highest standards in marine engineering, composite construction, and contemporary personalised outfitting, these yachts represent the very best in sector.
CONTEST 63CS
From the design boards of judel/vrolijk and Wetzels Brown Partners combining with Contest’s own in-house expertise, this 19-metre-long true beauty is nominated for European Yacht of the Year 2025 … with results to be announced during the show.
A real stand-out yacht in the luxury mid-sixties sector, this is not just about the light and heavy weather performance or the impeccable standards of styling and outfitting. It’s the remarkable 3-, 4- and 5-cabin interior plan which in all configurations has two identical port and starboard double VIP guest suites forward of the saloon, each with full five-star facilities, something usually only seen on a much larger yacht.
As with all Contest yachts, the 63CS is set up and engineered for sailing with just family or friends, no crew necessary, so on deck it’s about safe, smart sailing with simple but sophisticated short-handed systems.
CONTEST 55CS
Our previous European Yacht of the Year winning 17-metre Contest 55CS, will be in Düsseldorf, too. Designed by judel/vrolijk & co with clean, crisp lines and flush deck, the impressive low-profile deckhouse allows still extraordinary light into the Wetzels Brown Partners designed accommodation. A superb example of a fast, quality and comfortable bluewater cruiser, the Contest 55CS certainly has the wow factor. It
offers real luxury, delivering top build quality, comfort and technical solutions in a very appealing looking package.
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 Contest’s advanced engineering and sound-insulation technologies, the silence below deck under motor, or even sailing upwind in 25 knots, is simply exceptional.
CONTEST 49CS
In the judel/vrolijk & co designed Contest 49CS we have developed something new, different and yet reassuringly consistent with Contest credentials. A natural step up from the aft-cockpit Contest 42CS, it’s equally a new step into the Contest range for sailors preferring their master suite forward and family or guest cabins in the back. And what cabins these are, they’re huge, on a scale never seen at this end of the
50ft sector. Yet still the Contest 49CS has a very impressive tender garage, spacious aft deck, and loads of storage throughout the cabins which enjoy the latest design-styling from the Wetzels Brown Partners studio, introducing new super-ergonomic luxury furnishings from the clever sofa and recliner arrangement to joinery detailing including optional ribbed timber bulkheads.
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