The new 26M flagship contest 84CS from Dutch Builder Contest Yachts is in the design phase for launch in 2018.
The new 26M flagship contest 84CS from Dutch Builder Contest Yachts is in the design phase for launch in 2018. This is the company’s first step into the 80ft+ sector. The yacht is designed by German naval architects judel/vrolijk & co.
The 84CS can accommodate 10 guests in a customisable layout with up to five cabins and five heads, supported by a crew of up to four in a further two cabins. This step into the 80ft+ sector also brings the advantage of enhanced privacy for guests created by fully enclosable galley and crew quarters.
The Contest 84CS Owner can specify either aft or forward master suite, with service quarters also changing ends. Interior design is modern-classic by Wetzels Brown Partners of Amsterdam, which has been on board with Contest Yachts since the press-acclaimed launch of the Contest 72CS in 2012.
The hull form of the Contest 84CS follows that of the judel/vrolijk design and June-launched Contest 67CS, with moderate-shallow underbody running back from plumb bow, with integral bowsprit and optional furler for asymmetrics, to a soft chined, broad stern with twin rudders for precise and powerful yet light control at the twin helm stations. judel/vrolijk has perhaps the most extensive experience of all design houses
with this approach, spanning fast stable cruising to performance circumnavigations.
The composite construction includes a sandwich laminate throughout, from sheerline to keel stub, with a single shot infusion for each of hull, grid and then deck.
