On test: Contest 42CS
Our mini-cruise aboard this impressive family cruiser demonstrated the quality of Dutch craftsmanship ontest introduced a 42-footer to...
Modish, elegant, the bluewater Stradivarius, just some of the praises sung of the Contest 42CS by the world’s leading yachting media. So, no wonder this neat, sophisticated 13-metre cruiser is a proud European Yacht of the Year winner.
And just as this aft-cockpit yacht is about quality and comfort, it’s also about performance and design. The Contest 42CS is the smallest range-model, yet from the get-go conceived and constructed to the very same high production and sailing values of the larger yachts in the Contest line. At this length exceptional, and as such exactly the findings of the expert jury of top European yachting editors.
Altogether, this with a remarkable choice of cabin, deck and rig arrangements makes the up to 6+2 berth Contest 42CS fully capable of safe, comfortable and fast ocean passaging while also offering perfect coastal hopping and bay outings for younger families or couples simply vacationing.
Swept back, two spreader rig with options of aluminium or carbon with in-mast, in-boom or slab reefing. Integral retractable bowsprit and tidy, beneath-deck headsail furler.
The accommodation sections are interchangeable and also introduce detail differences, eg wet locker or shower stall added to day head swaps out for separate chart table.
Shorthanded and Performance versions feature different arrangements from cockpit floor traveller to coachroof main sheet and outboard or central in-cockpit winching.
| Length overall | 12.85m | 42.16ft |
| Length waterline | 11.76m | 38.58ft |
| Maximum beam | 4.15m | 13.62ft |
| Displacement | 11,000kg | 24,251lb |
| Draft standard | 2.20m | 7.22ft |
| Draft shallow | 1.80m | 5.91ft |
| Mast height above waterline | 22.09m | 72.47ft |
| Main sail | 57m2 | 614ft2 |
| Genoa 108% | 47m2 | 506ft2 |
| Fuel tank | 226/88lt | 59.7/23.2US gal |
| Water tank | 381lt | 100.6US gal |
| Engine, Yanmar | 40kW | 54hp |
The diagram shows the exceptional upwind and reaching potential of the 42CS.
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.
On test: Contest 42CS
Our mini-cruise aboard this impressive family cruiser demonstrated the quality of Dutch craftsmanship ontest introduced a 42-footer to...
EIN SCHIFF mit vielen Geschitern
Die niederländische Werft Contest Yachts bietet ihre 42er in zahlreichen Varianten an. So kann sich jeder Käufer sein Wunschschiff gestalten. Wir...
Contest 42CS
At almost 13 metres long the 42CS is no baby, but she is the newest arrival to the Contest family. We sent Graham Snook to Holland to test her mettle on the IJsselmeer.
