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- Liveaboard-ready (Solar, Generator, watermaker, Lithium batteries)
- Offshore/bluewater proven - fully geared including in-date safety equipment
Ready to sail the world!
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We bought our Contest 48CS in beginning of July 2020 in Plymouth, UK and sailed her to the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Mediterranean, back to the Canary Islands, down to Cape Verde, across the Atlantic Ocean, up and down the windward islands of the Caribbean and are currently in the BVIs.
She is a very seaworthy vessel, well-equipped for ocean crossings and an off-grid life.
Adhara has a wing keel, a skeg-protected rudder, an in-mast hydraulic furling mainsail, a massive genoa, a smaller gib sail, and a beautiful spinnaker. The mast has been newly repainted in 2021.
A reliable 135HP Sabre Perkins engine and a robust Autopilot system. This boat is high-quality and well-equipped, ready to take offshore.
2 x 355W Solar installation, a 4KW Generator (new in 2020, only 200h), and a watermaker that runs off the Lithium Batteries (2X 300 ah LifePo4) allow true off-grid living. The cozy interior of the boat has enough space for a couple or a small family.
New Raymarine navigation, radar, VHF, and AIS.
Designed by Dick Zaal and Georg Nissen and built in Medemblik at Contest Yachts Shipyard in the Netherlands, the Contest 48CS is designed for blue water cruising. She was built to Llyods standards from wood cored GRP in 1998. In total 64 of these boats were built and Adhara is No 15. All original manuals on board!
For us, the most attractive features besides the center cockpit and the very solid construction are the raised cockpit salon (CS), longitudinal galley and large headspace down below, and the amazing master stateroom. We also like that she is cutter (two foresails) rigged and we can carry our dinghy on davits at the back. We even have a dedicated workbench for the inevitable repair works, which is very useful and we haven’t seen it on other 48CS models so far. The previous owner stripped the worn teak deck and we’re very happy about the maintenance free Awlgrip non-skid deck!
A detailed list of specifications and inventory is below.
Construction, Machinery, and Propulsion
Construction
GRP and balsa core hull, deck, and superstructure
Wing keel
Skeg hung rudder (new 2020)
Re-epoxied under waterline (2018)
Hull sprayed in 2K paint (2018)
Deck epoxy painted non-slip (2018)
Teak in cockpit refurbished (2018)
Flexi teak on sugar scoop (2018)
All skin fittings and sea cocks replaced (2018)
New rudder build to original drawings in epoxy with stainless steel shaft and tanes (2020)
New drive shaft (2020)
Machinery
Perkins M135 6 cylinder 135hp diesel engine
Twin Disc MG5010 transmission
Aquadrive vibration reduction drive linkage (rebuilt 2020)
Maxprop folding propeller with rope cutter (rebuilt 2020)
Spare standard fixed propeller
Whitlock pedestal with solid link steering (Mamba), new universal joints (2019), steering bevel box (rebuilt 2018)
Sidepower bow thruster with food pedals
Paguro 4SY Generator (4KW) new in 2020 (210h)
Anchor windlass with cockpit and fore deck operation switches(new motor 2018)
Chain counter above companionway (2019)
Propulsion
Engine: Perkins M135
Year: 1998
Power: 135 hp
Drive type: Shaft Drive
Rope Cutter: Yes
Engine hours: 1262
Electrics, Plumbing and Tankage, and Navigation
Electrics
24V Domestic wiring replaced (2020)
complete electrica bonding system (2020)
Voltage Systems:
12V system (for electronics etc)
24V main domestic system
circuit breaker protection
220V AC with sockets throughout, works from inverter, shore power, or generator
Battery banks:
2 X 300ah LifePo4 (lithium) house batteries (2020)
2X Varta 75ah main engine start batteries
1X generator star battery (2021)
2X bow thruster batteries
Chargers:
Mastervolt Mass Combi 24/4000/120 charger inverter
Victron MPPT 100/50 solar charger (2021)
140ah alternator driven on two belts from main engine (2020)
shore power socket in cockpit
Plumbing and Tankage
Boiler with immersion heater (element new 2020, tank and heater 2008)
Water heated from 220V supply or main engine
New taps and water hoses throughout (2018)
Watermaker:
Horizin Seafari Escape water maker 60l/h (2006, a lot of parts refurbished 2021)
High pressure inlet pump (2014)
runs of the batteries
Aircondition:
Cruisair SMX II air condition in aft cabin
Washing machine:
Candy Aquamatic 8T washing machine in aft bathroom
Bilge pumps (all with audio visual alarms):
Fore peak under bed ( 2020)
midship salon foreward (2020)
Salon aft (2018)
Engine room high capacity
Aft at shaft
Manual Simspon Lawrence pump in Cockpit
Navigation
Raymarine ES9 chart plotter at Nav station (2018)
2X Raymarine i70s above conmpanionway (2018)
Raymarine autopilot (2018)
Raymarine ITC-5 for all instruments linked together (2018)
Raymarine GPS 150 (2020)
Raymarine 650 AIS transmit and receive (2018)
DST 800 smart sensor Speed, depth, temperature (2018)
Furuno radar (2X screesn, Nav station + cockpit)
Whitlock Polaris race compass
Icom 506 DSC/AIS VHF (2018)
New VHF aerial and coaxial cable
Raymarine ST60 Windex (2021)
Sea Talk NG Backbone system
Iridium Go Satelite phone (2020)
Iridium external antenna (2020)
Wifi NMEA transceiver
PredictWind Data Hub
2nd B&G Autopilot (only the electronics, not connected right now
Sail, Rigging, Anchoring and additional Info
Rig
Masthead cutter rig.
Selden mast and boom painted in white Awlgrip (new paint in 2021)
Standing and running rigging replaced (2018)
2X Harken manual furlers (2018)
Hydraulic in mast mainsail furling system.
Lewmar Commander hydraulic System with pump and fluid tank located in engine room.
Furuno radar scanner in stainless steel cradle.
Solid Selden rod kicker.
Running backstays.
Spinnaker pole.
Anchor light.
Masthead tricolour light LED (2018)
Deck downlighters under lower spreaders and boom all LED (2018)
Windex
Sails:
Mainsail North Sails (2020)
Mainsail, UK Halsey (2010) a bit of delamination on top
Radial cut Genoa, North Sails (2016)
Staysail, North Sails (2016)
Cruising Chute in squeezer sleeve, DE Vries.
all sails serviced anually since 2020
Winches:
2X Harken ST58 two speed electric Genoa winches.
2X Harken ST40 two speed manual Staysail winches.
1X Harken ST46 two speed electric Mainsail winch.
2X Harken ST46 two speed manual winches for halyards.
spinnaker pole winch on mast
Anchoring, mooring, and Deck equipment
Lewmar V series vertical Windlass with replaced motor (2018)
Bugel Stainless steel anchor (30KG)
75metres of 10mm stainles steel chain
Anchor chain stopper (in front of windlass)
Mooring lines.
7x Fenders with new covers (2020)
Pumped deck and chain wash at bow.
Folding Passarelle.
Simpson Lawrence stainless steel davits.
Outboard motor bracket.
Crane for outboard motor.
Upgraded guard wire 5mm with new stainless steel gates port and starboard (2018)
Hot and cold transom shower (2020)
Canvas work:
Bimini (2015)
Sprayhood (2016, new perspex windows and zip-down window in the middle 2022)
New Leather cover on Steering Wheel 2020
Tender and Outboard:
Brig Falcon 300, 3m with rigid bottom (2016)
New Tohatsu 9,8 hp two stroke outboard engine (2022)
Safety gear
Seago 6 person liferaft (next service 11/24)
Ocean Signal Epirb 1 (2020)
MOB rescue sling (2020)
Horseshoe lifebuoy
MOB Rescue sail
Automated fire extinguisher in engine room
5X fire extinguishers in the boat
Bilge pumps throughout
Flares
Very big “grab bag” with all the essentials (2020 and updated every year)
Spare prop
Iridium Go Satelite Phone plus external antenna
Life lines from front to aft (2020)
Cable cutter
Additional inventory
2X dive sets (2X tanks, 2X BCD, 1X regulator)
Magma gas grill on aft deck
2X wooden deck chairs and table
Complete outfitted Cuttlery + ceramic plates and diverse kitchen accessories (2020-2023)
Many tools
Additional Information
new antifouling and anodes every year. We have just come out of the yard in Grenada at the end of Nov 2022
Original VAT payment documentation
Original manuals
Many manuals digitally (pdf) as well
Service record and list of spare parts
Many spare parts