Review of Contest 57 CS

Basic specs.

The Contest 57 CS is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Georg Nissen. The Contest 57 CS is built by the Dutch yard Conyplex B.V..

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 8 berths.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Contest 57 CS is 1.74, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

EU classification

Contest 57 CS holds a CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class A. OCEAN:

Designed for extended voyages where conditions may exceed wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights of 4 m and above but excluding abnormal conditions, and vessels largely self-sufficient.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Contest 57 CS is about 591 kg/cm, alternatively 3313 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 591 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 3313 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Contest 57 CS is 3.37.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 82% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

Maintenance

Rig

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Jib sheet	17.2 m	(56.6 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	17.2 m	(56.6 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet	43.1 m	(141.5 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	38.0 m	(124.5 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.