Contest 41
Build year: 1986
Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Sailingboat for sale
Description
Contest 41 - 1986 – Very keenly priced at £69,950 Built in a reassuringly traditional style, Contest yachts boast a high-quality finish and fine joinery work below decks often compared with the major Scandinavian builders. The Dutch boat builder Conyplex has been producing yachts under the Contest brand name for over 55 years. Designer Dick Zall, had a longstanding relationship with the Contest brand and designed most of the models since the 1970’s. This Contest 41 ‘Dutchman’ has only had three long term owners from new, and has had a lot of money lavished on professional maintenance over the years with regular equipment upgrades. Currently being sold by a highly respected director and marine industry professional, this Contest is beautifully presented, has been upgraded and modernised to discerning and experienced standards and is only being offer for sale now because of the availability of something very different which appeals to the underlying ‘competitive sailor’ in him. The first ownership was British and owned ‘Dutchman’ for twelve years, selling to the second owner – a well healed lady – who enjoyed the yacht to be professionally skippered for twenty-three years, before the current owner took ownership four years ago. She is a fully sorted, comfortable and roomy, blue water capable, centre-cockpit cruiser. Be quick – this one is a rare find! Equipment or renewal highlights include: Recent new sails Cutter rig with self-tacking furling staysail Standing rigging last replaced in 2017 Volvo Penta MD50a 65hp Engine Brunton 3 blade feathering Autoprop Vetus M2.04 11hp Generator Comprehensive and mostly recent electronics Electric sheet winches Rigid cockpit screen and roof area, with full recent canvas enclosure Bow thruster and substantial winged keel Many more, ‘cloud’-based photos are available, contact us for details. Summary of Accommodation: Six berths across two double cabins with additional saloon berths Double cabin forward with en-suite heads access Forward heads Saloon, with two single sea berths Galley Nav Station Walkway cabin with two bunks. Master cabin aft with double berth and en-suite heads. Accommodation finish: Joinery work of teak veneer with solid teak trims. Joinery work finished in satin finish. Teak and holly sole boards. Vinyl covered panels with teak trims to finish head linings. A modern, Bluetooth audio system is fitted and all cabins are served by a hot-air heating system by Webasto. New toilet hoses throughout in 2023 Description of accommodation from forward: Forward Cabin: Originally designed and built with a conventional two single berths and in-filling cushion to provide a double berth layout, the space between and below the berths’ ‘V’ layout has been subtly widened to accommodate a Vetus, twin-cylinder, indirectly-cooled generating engine. Don’t worry; the engine space is well insulated acoustically and the berth cushions have been upgraded to 6” foam, on top of a layer of anti-condensation matrix material too – after all, this has been used as the ‘Skipper’/Master cabin in previous and current ownership! The cabin space has been ‘extended’ by the fitting of a judiciously sized door in the main bulkhead, to the ‘Vestibule’ area outside the forward heads compartment, thereby facilitating the use of the whole of the forward end – incorporating the forward heads - as a ‘Master’s Cabin with an en-suite heads. Generous storage has been provided; with a large full height hanging locker (deep, fiddle shelf over), opposite the heads compartment. Deep fiddle shelves to either hull side, beneath the fixed hull ports and a smaller locker to port side immediately within the original cabin. A combined black-out screen and mosquito screen by Oceanair is fitted. Forward/Ensuite Heads Compartment: This compartment, located to starboard of the centre-line, has retrospectively been modified slightly by the fitting of a double hinged door - independent of the door hinged on the main bulkhead - so that the compartment may function as a general use, ‘daytime’ heads without impinging on the privacy afforded to the forward cabin. The compartment is nicely finished in a white-laminate for cleanliness, while the deckhead is finished by the GRP headliner. A fold down seat/storage surface is fitted over the toilet unit itself. Two deep and closed lockers, each with a fiddled shelf within, offer sensible storage too and there is another, shelved locker beneath the handbasin. Pressurised hot and cold water is supplied through a shower head style of faucet/tap with a ruggedly made teak grating to offer proper shower facilities. Counter top forward with inset wash hand basin. This compartment is fitted with an opening hull portlight for light and ventilation. A small mirror is fitted to the bulkhead, behind the compartment’s door. Saloon: This part of the accommodation is located beneath the forward end of the low-profile coach roof’s trunking in which eight fixed and opening windows are fitted, combining with two opening hatches that are located over the table top give a well-lit and ventilated space. The saloon is fitted with a straight settee berth to port side and L-shaped saloon seating on starboard side; the berths are deeply wide and fitted with lee cloths to offer secure sea berths for night time sailing. Ample storage lockers and open storage shelving are provided to each side, above and behind the backrest to the settees, with the usual bulk storage spaces beneath the seating as well – with the stainless steel water tanks fitted to either side of the centre-line, down low and amidships, but in this design, beneath the saloon’s sole boards. Galley: U-shaped and located to port of the companionway, the counter tops are finished in an off-white laminate, with a bunded area of blue (but not Delft!) ceramic tiles surrounding the sinks to reduce the spread of water about the surfaces when washing up. Two dee
Materiale / unit
Hull type
Fibreglass
Length
12.49
Beam
3.86
Deplacement
12349000
Depth
1.91
Motor & technic
Engine
Volvo Penta MD30A 65hp
Engine place
Inboard
Fuel
Diesel