The Contest 50CS is designed by Georg Nissen and combines elegant lines, a simple yet efficient rigging, and smart weight savings for easy handling and impressive performance. Perfect for couples, it delivers high average speeds on long passages with effortless control. It is fully equipped for independent cruising and features a generator, large tanks, and a comfortable interior with a spacious salon, owner’s cabin with en-suite bathroom, and a well-equipped galley. With hydraulic mainsail and headsail, the 50CS is a true performance yacht that combines speed, style, and comfort in one exceptional package.
Note: this is a preliminary brochure!
General Hull shape: Round bilge hull in vacuum-infused GRP, painted in dark blue. Rudder: Balanced spade rudder Steering: Steering wheel Windows: Double-glazed windows in the superstructure and acrylic in the portholes Displacement: Approx. 17.5 tons Ballast: Approx. 6.1 tons CE: CE-A and Lloyds certified Other:
- Underwater body maintained every year.
Accommodation Material, colors: Handmade teak interior Curtains: White curtains Living spaces: Salon with C-shaped sofa and separate chart table. Cabins: 3 cabins: Owner’s cabin with French bed, Guest cabin with V-bed, and second guest cabin with bunk beds Headroom: Approx. 2.05 m Cooking appliance & fuel: 3-burner gas stove with built-in oven Other:
- Washing machine and dryer in the forward bathroom
- New resistance boiler in 2025
Engine, electrical, water Power: 100 HP Fuel tank number: Approx. 700 ltr. in stainless steel tank Cooling: Indirect cooling Propulsion: 3-blade folding propeller "Gori" with overdrive Consumption: Approx. 5.5 l/h at cruising speed Voltage: 12V, 24V, 220V Dynamo: On the engine Solar panel: 2x Sunpower flexible 120W with Victron MPPT Water system: Pressurized water system Hot water: Via boiler (on engine and 220V) Water tank & material: Approx. 680 ltr. Wastewater tank & material: Approx. 40 ltr. Shore power: Yes, with cable Serial number: E24750 Voltmeter: Mastervolt EasyView 5 Tachometer: Yes Water tank gauge: Yes, at the switchboard Fuel tank gauge: Yes Oil pressure gauge: Yes Temperature gauge: Yes
Rigging Type of rigging: Fractionally rigged Winches: 6 winches around the cockpit (4x electric). And one at the mast. All self-tailing. Genoa: 70m2 genoa in "Filmless Powerplast" (04/2023) Genoa reefing system: Hydraulically operated genoa furler Jib: Staysail for cutter stay Gennaker: 120m2 gennaker Other:
- In 2019, the mast was removed and all halyards, sheets, and rigging were replaced.
Navigation and electronics Rudder position indicator: At chart plotter on pedestal Other:
- AIS integrated into plotter
- New Raymarine i70 and i50 instruments in cockpit in 2025
- 3x USB/USB-C waterproof sockets in cockpit in 2025
- Ship module Winiplex 3WiN2K (WiFi and USB)
Equipment Anchor winch: Electric anchor winch Fenders, lines: Yes Outdoor cushions: New in 2023 Swim ladder: Yes, in stainless steel Swim platform: Yes, covered with teak Stainless steel railing: Yes, in stainless steel Dinghy: AB hypalon rubber boat (2022) Dinghy outboard motor: Tohatsu 18 HP Davit: Simpson davits Other:
- Steering and table upholstery renewed in 2025
- New light beige upholstery in 2025
Safety Gas locker with drainage: Yes
Type of interior: Classic, warm; Handmade teak interior
Upholstery color: White
Navigation & electronics
- Generator kW/>
- Depth meter: Raymarine
- GPS: Raymarine Raymarine
- Chart plotter: Raymarine Raymarine Axiom pro 12s and Raymarine Axiom 12+
- Compass: Suunto, on top of the pedestal
- VHF radio: Raymarine Ray90 with extra station in cockpit
- Autopilot: Raymarine Raymarine P70 (2022)
- Wind meter: Raymarine
- Log: Raymarine
Interieur
- Number of sleeping places: 6
- Number of toilets: 2
- Sound system: Yes, Fusion MS-RA70N with speakers in cockpit
Motor
- MotorType: 4JH3-TE
- Power: 100hp
- Drive: Saildrive
- Maximum speed: 7
- Max Speed: 9
- Tank capacity: 700
Safety
Equipment
- Anchor
- Ladder Yes, in stainless steel
- Tube cover
- Swimming platform Yes, covered with teak wood
- Battery charger: Mastervolt Mass Combi Ultra 24/3500-100 (2024)
- Inverter: Mastervolt combi charger 2600
- Shore power
Specifications
- Steering: Steering wheel
- Tube cover
- Displacement: Approx. 17.5 tons
- Rudder Single
- Yard built Conyplex, Contest Yachts, The Netherlands
Tuig
- Fok
- Genua
- Spinnaker
- Gennaker
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