Designed by Dick Zaal and Georg Nissen and built in Medemblik at Contest Yachts Shipyard in the Netherlands, the Contest 48CS is designed for blue water cruising. She was built to Llyods standards from wood cored GRP in 1998. In total 64 of these boats were built and Adhara is No 15.
For us, the most attractive features besides the center cockpit and the very solid construction are the raised cockpit salon (CS), longitudinal galley down below, and the amazing master stateroom. We also like that she is cutter (two foresails) rigged and we can carry our dinghy on davits at the back. We even have a dedicated workbench for the inevitable repair works, which is very useful and we haven’t seen it on other 48CS models so far.
Fuel: 600ltr
Fresh Water: 750ltr
Engine: Perkins M135 135hp (1998)
Generator: Paguro 4SY (2020 – 4kw))
Watermaker: Horizon Seafari Escape (60l/hour)
House batteries: 2 X 300ah 12V LiFePo4 batteries in series for 24V system (2020)
Charger/Inverter: Mastervolt 24/4000/120 (creates 240V)
Sails: New Main Sail 2021 (Northsails), Genoa 2016 (Northsails), Staysail 2016 (Northsails)
Solar Upgrade 2021: Removeable Stainless Steel Mount on Davits with 2 x LG NeON 355 W monocristaline Solar Panels