CONTEST 48
Masthead Ketch • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1976–1978
Dimensions
- LOA
- 48.23 ft
- LWL
- 37.57 ft
- Beam
- 14.14 ft
- Max Draft
- 6.42 ft
- Displacement
- 37,883 lbs
- Ballast
- 12,169 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.68 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 14.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 319
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 32.1%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1050 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1976
- Last Built
- 1978
- Number Built
- 5
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Volvo Penta
- Power
- 75 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 416 gal
- Fuel
- 285 gal
Designer
- Dick Zaal (1939)
Builder
- Contest Yachts - Conyplex (1959)