Watch our windy 2-day trial aboard the luxurious Contest 49CS and get the full tour
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- Bluewater cruising specialists Contest Yachts have created a hull with the unique option of two different decks and layouts. Toby Hodges sailed the first aft helm Contest 49CS over two lively days. The full report is in Yachting World February 2023
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Never say never as the saying goes brother. Thank you for all the amazing reviews and tours that go in depth into all the nooks and crannies of some beautiful vessels. Really like the design and layout on this one.
I appreciate seeing a review with realistic sailing conditions, including Toby going through the interior with full foul weather gear and a PFD.
Showing downstairs while sailing. I totally dig that! Thanks!
The absence of noise is amazing.
the fact that this ship is so quiet on the interior is awesome i hate lots of creaking.
Sensational review as ever Toby. The Contest looks like it would give an Oyster a run for its money
Thank you Andrew!
Yes! My second wish after Azuree 46! Dutch quality!
Whow, love the boat. think it would be a perfect liveaboard boat or/and a nice blue water cruiser
Absolutely loved this longer review over the shorter ones. Great video.
Love your pronunciation of Texel 🙂
I was told that this is how people originally from the island pronounce it, only the rest of The Netherlands not originally from Texel pronounce it “Tesel”. No clue if this is actually true….
Really enjoyed this and your style of presentation and excellent coverage of the yacht layout and options. Looked great under way, what a lovely design.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Max
Thanks Toby for another excellent review! Loved the way that boat goes to weather in that breeze.
Thank you Chris
perfection
Great review Toby, as I love Contest Yachts; I would love to live aboard a Contest. Keep an eye out for the new Hallberg-Rassy 69.
Gorgeous boat: I'm going to go raid the couch cushions and see if I can't rummage up the money for it 😉
I thought the mic on the camera had gone bad as the boat was quiet inside even though it was windy outside
Everything looks perfect in its place
I will never have that choice to make either Toby, nice to dream though. Now, where did I park my old Contessa?
Nice to dream indeed!
Toby!
Hi!
Argen and Contest should really be congratulated on this beautiful new yacht. You can see the joy on Toby's face when he is sailing and talking about this yacht. Given the amount of boats he sees and sails each year I am sure that genuine responce is difficult to achieve. You only achieve this level of quality with a dedicated team. Well done everyone. I hope I get to sail one. 😀
Cool boat. Freeboard that high almost makes it look like a motor sailor though. I guess that’s the price you pay for so much interior room on a 50 footer.
How would you compare this with Nautor's Swan, Euphoria etc?
Anyone know what brand jacket Toby is wearing? Looks very robust without all the obligatory branding. Want want…..
Henri Lloyd
I know it built for a RIB but that would be awesome for garbage stowage until reaching port.
Yeah for passages one could deflate the Rib to make room for the garbage bags.
A man caressing the kitchen furniture.... this must be 2023
Stay sail i cannot see where to run the sheets ?
For a 50 it looks like a stout baff tub mate.
Nahh!
I’m in with Hallberg Rassey.❤
Expensive boats really do need to drop the Nespresso... it really does not say quality 😆
Yeah, looks like a waste of space honestly.
Americans don’t know that though lol it was pushed originally by the Germans such as Hanse - and where the heck has Hanse been???!!
Actually Nespresso makes a lot of sense on a boat. A real espresso machine is not what you want to operate in rough seas.
Its the people on land, who is out of excuses 😂
Not sure what it is about hull portals that bother me but I’m sure they’ll leak someday.
What kind of Sailer does Toby have ? I gander he’s got a 68+ FT gem, whatever builder he has, you know she’s a dandy girl.
Sail drive 😤
Amel 50 veya HR 50 Contest'ten 5 kat daha kaliteli ve denizcidirler.
Buy the best and only cry once.
Clever design, but not so clever with the exposed helm position in nasty weather.
100% agree. I have a thousand + miles of Atlantic sailing on the 50CS - which has a proper cockpit. No way would the new boat be as good a place to spend a solo night watch, 200nm offshore in 35kts. You would have to cower by the companionway with the winches and steering far out of reach.
I heard Toby doesn't actually know how to sail. Supposedly there is someone always just out of shot steering the boat. The Yacht manufacturers want Toby in the there because of his good looks. 😅
Maybe you can teach me one day then thanks Andrei! - T
Why don't you tell us about the boat in detail. Cleats should be much further forward. Designed by ????swim platform ?? How to get to it? No seating for helm unless you pay. Plasticy. So owner sleeps where all the banging is from waves etc.
Aircon, heating. Led keel? Keel stepped at last.
Too many different levels. Sink should be two LARGE sinks. Not just one and a urinal !!
It's a lovely boat but a general question, aren't the new performance cruising cats just better than the sloops? The cats are so much faster (2+ times faster on most points typically) which is such a valuable safety and comfort feature, have so much more space, and the space is more useful, eg the cat saloons have wonderful 360° views not the pokey windows often above sightlines, the cats are more comfortable at most points of sailing and at anchor, seems to me that the cat is the logical choice for 90+% of users. Don't get me wrong, I love the sloop form but don't really understand why so many are still developed and made when cats seem the better choice to me.
Hmmm, a topic discussed at length in many other videos/forums elsewhere but my short answer is it depends on what you want and where you sail. Yes, they are spacious and some are very fast. Disadvantages - maintenance, mooring (med marinas - good luck), righting moment in big seas (not that you'd want to be in big seas on this yacht either), upwind sailing and (in my opinion) they're ugly AF 😁
@@pootsman6722 all good points, especially the looks, from classic gaff ketches to the glorious J class single hulls have it all tho there are some 'technical' looking cats like the gunships that are very beautiful, in the end its good to have the choice, and of course we also have trimarans🙂
@@johnsm100 I'd never sail a Tri unless I was paid to: 3 narrow hulls make it feel smaller than a Mono. Cats are nice but not as nice in heavy weather. Short answer is every single boat in history is a balance between price, size, speed, and comfort (on the hook vs at sea): to gain in one place you almost certainly lose somewhere else.
I take Oyster 495 all day. Closed format galley, better positioned nav station so I can watch my porn without my wife see me and twin rudders.
What a shame, that freeboard is so high, not at all in proportion to its length. Dissapointed in Contest.
There appears to be an easy fix. Buy a longer boat. Or some other boat perhaps...
A brilliant review by Toby, thank you so much, I loved the action shots.
My main criticism of this boat however is the sheer exposure. Both at the stern for the helmsman/woman, left miles behind the shelter of the sprayhood, and importantly towards the bow with the tiniest of grab rails on the coach roof, no granny bars at the mast, and acres of exposed wave washed deck.
I think I would want solid guardrails as a minimum, as seen on so many Dutch boats.
At least exposure on my little 24' gib'sea isn't a problem I suffer with !
I love the Quality, like Hallberg Rassy but more modern Design
wow, it is almost eery how quiet that was inside, despite the conditions outside.
Nice to see a review in more 'real world' weather conditions.
Really great review of the Contest 49, very useful to see how she behaved in those conditions. Looked like fun to sail and still very quiet down below. Love the extended review as it provides a more in depth understanding of the features and performance of the yacht.
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Such a gorgeous and unexpected hommage to my home country. Thanks, Toby!
Expensive boat with so many things, which should be part of a minimum inventory, but are left in options!
Nice to see the inside at sea, thanks for the great effort.
But: there are as good as no waves outside, and yet it is already uneasy to move through, jumping from a handrail to another distant one - not to speak about staying laying on a bed at sea. A couple of days with a few "normal" tradewind waves, and everyone is bruised and hurt on board.
Well, a modern boat, such as we more often see chartered near marinas rather than in high seas.
I may be too old a skipper of RORC boats to enjoy an island bed upwind with 30 knots and 2.5 meters (only) waves.
Greetings to all from the South China Seas, where the rain saison finishes into the usual cyclonic period!
Lovely boat, quality build.
My Cloggie oppos would give me a slap if I didn`t say Tessel though 😎
По лицу Тоби всегда можно определить хорошая лодка, или нет. Это очень хорошая😂
Good looking? What??? And, golly gosh, it can take 30 knots of "gnarly" weather
Beautiful boat
A lot of similarity with Oyster 495 ?
I like it better than the Oyster 495
Sails well and a beautiful interior
The 8 X 8 on the front is ass ugly...a stunning visual design flaw.
A lot of wine in that galley... good priorities.
Nice boat! "TeXel." LOL. Good times. ;)
whats the ballast on this one?
Oudeschild!
Beautiful yacht, a bit pricey at $ 1.5 million. Thank you Toby for the review.
👍
Not that I can afford it either Toby but how much (as tested)??
Approx €1.55m
@@yachtingworld Maybe next year then once I've saved a few more €'s!! It is nice, but I think I'd rather order a fully kitted out Kraken.
Beautiful yacht and thank you once more for such a thorough review. Pretty pricey at $ 1.5 million. Ouch
Would love to see a Yachting World multi-day review of sailing a Kraken Yacht!
Your wish is our command...! May 2018 issue of YW - or here:
www.yachtingworld.com/reviews/boat-tests/kraken-66-test-ultimate-ocean-cruising-yacht
@@yachtingworld oh wow! Thanks. Must have been hiding in plain sight.!
I would not want to sleep on a bed with so much electrical equipment underneath. All that electromagretic waves! Like living in a transformator house!
Have you measured the electromagnetic radiation?
Better to put all of the electronics out back. You know, near all the water.
@@adamjmkern so you are gonna make it worse instead if finding a better solution .
You are aware that visible light is a electro magnetic wave just as well?
@@bronco_fv Indeed but isn't it much weaker than what a mobile phone or a chain of big batteries propagate?
You buy an expensive boat wnich comes with a fake teak which costs more than real teak. Where is the world going to?
If you do not like the wood, what is the point of covering plastic with another layer of plastic?
I'm sure there's an option to go with regular white non-skid.
It’s not fake teak…it’s esthec, way better than teak…you want to keep living in the past?
low maintenance princess
@ABC gang Thanks!
@@donaldvanvliet9039 Thanks for the info. I should look it up. I thougt the main thing with teak is to bring back the woody feeling of boats with traditional boat building material.
Nice review Toby -- QUESTION -- Which would you take on a circumnavigation: HR 50, Swan 58, or this Contest 49 CS? Are they all equally quiet and as solidly built?