Contest 32 CS

Contest 32 CS

Development
Designer	Dick Zaal
Location	Netherlands
Year	1978
Builder(s)	Contest Yachts
Role	Racer
Name	Contest 32 CS
Boat
Boat weight	14,300 lb (6,486 kg)
Draft	5.25 ft (1.60 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Glassfibre
LOA	31.82 ft (9.70 m)
LWL	25.66 ft (7.82 m)
Beam	10.89 ft (3.32 m)
Engine type	Volvo Penta MD 17C 36 hp (27 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	6,380 lb (2,894 kg)
Rudder(s)	Skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	39.30 ft (11.98 m)
J foretriangle base	10.60 ft (3.23 m)
P mainsail luff	34.50 ft (10.52 m)
E mainsail foot	10.50 ft (3.20 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Masthead sloop or ketch
Mainsail area	181.13 sq ft (16.828 m2)
Jib/genoa area	208.29 sq ft (19.351 m2)
Total sail area	289.42 sq ft (26.888 m2)

The Contest 32 CS is a Dutch sailboat that was designed by Dick Zaal as an International Offshore Rule racer to Lloyd's rules and first built in 1978. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Production

The design was built by Contest Yachts, a division of Conyplex, in the Netherlands between 1978 and 1985. The company completed 100 examples of the type, but it is now out of production. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Design

The Contest 32 CS is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig or option ketch rig, a centre cockpit, a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 14,300 lb (6,486 kg) and carries 6,380 lb (2,894 kg) of ballast. ^{[1] [3]}

The boat has a draft of 5.25 ft (1.60 m) with the standard keel and 4.25 ft (1.30 m) with the optional shoal draft keel. ^[1]

The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta MD 17C 36 hp (27 kW) diesel engine. The fuel tank holds 48 U.S. gallons (180 L; 40 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 77 U.S. gallons (290 L; 64 imp gal). ^[1]

The accommodation includes an aft cabin with a double and single berth, two main cabin settees and a drop leaf table and a forward "V"-berth. The interior is finished in teak or mahogany wood. ^[3]

The galley is amidships on the starboard side and includes a three-burner liquid petroleum gas stove. The head is to port, opposite the gallery and includes a shower. Hot and cold pressure water was a factory option. A navigation station is provided on the port side, forward of the head. All three cabins have ventilation hatches. ^[3]

A second smaller steering wheel can be fitted on the forward port bulkhead allowing the boat to be used as a motorsailer. There is a bow anchor locker. A spinnaker of 918 sq ft (85.3 m²) was optional. ^[3]

The mainsail has slab reefing. There are two genoa winches and a third mast-mounted winch for the halyards. A boom vang was a factory option. ^[3]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

Similar sailboats

• Bayfield 30/32
• B Boats B-32
• Beneteau 323
• Beneteau Oceanis 321
• C&C 32
• Columbia 32
• Douglas 32
• Hunter 32 Vision
• Hunter 326
• J/32
• Mirage 32
• Nonsuch 324
• Ontario 32
• Ranger 32
• Watkins 32

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2019). "Contest 32 CS sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
2. McArthur, Bruce (2019). "Dick Zaal". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
3. Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 238-239. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN   0-395-65239-1
4. McArthur, Bruce (2019). "Contest Yachts - Conyplex". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.