Contest 32 CS
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}
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|designer = Dick Zaal
|location = Netherlands
|year = 1978
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|builder = Contest Yachts
|role = Racer
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|draft = {{convert|5.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|14300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Glassfibre
|loa = {{convert|31.82|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|25.66|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.89|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Volvo Penta MD 17C {{convert|36|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|6380|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = Skeg-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|39.30|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|10.60|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|34.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|10.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Masthead sloop or ketch
|sailarea main = {{convert|181.13|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|208.29|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Contest 32 CS is a Dutch sailboat that was designed by Dick Zaal as an International Offshore Rule racer to Lloyd's rules and first built in 1978.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/contest-32-cs|title = Contest 32 CS sailboat |accessdate = 12 August 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190812214628/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/contest-32-cs|archivedate =12 August 2019}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/zaal-dick|title = Dick Zaal|accessdate = 12 August 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190812214628/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/zaal-dick|archivedate =12 August 2019}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 238-239. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
Production
The design was built by Contest Yachts, a division of Conyplex, in the Netherlands between 1978 and 1985. The company completed 100 examples of the type, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/contest-yachts-conyplex|title = Contest Yachts - Conyplex|accessdate = 12 August 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190812214629/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/contest-yachts-conyplex|archivedate =12 August 2019}}
Design
The Contest 32 CS is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig or option ketch rig, a centre cockpit, a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|14300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|6380|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|4.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional shoal draft keel.
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta MD 17C {{convert|36|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine. The fuel tank holds {{convert|48|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|77|u.s.gal}}.
The accommodation includes an aft cabin with a double and single berth, two main cabin settees and a drop leaf table and a forward "V"-berth. The interior is finished in teak or mahogany wood.
The galley is amidships on the starboard side and includes a three-burner liquid petroleum gas stove. The head is to port, opposite the gallery and includes a shower. Hot and cold pressure water was a factory option. A navigation station is provided on the port side, forward of the head. All three cabins have ventilation hatches.
A second smaller steering wheel can be fitted on the forward port bulkhead allowing the boat to be used as a motorsailer. There is a bow anchor locker. A spinnaker of {{convert|918|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} was optional.
The mainsail has slab reefing. There are two genoa winches and a third mast-mounted winch for the halyards. A boom vang was a factory option.