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Contest 36

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1974–1981

A Dick Zaal-designed masthead sloop featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a stable, heavy-displacement hull for offshore cruising

Designed by Dick Zaal, built by Conyplex B. V.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 36 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 36
CoastalBluewater

1.71 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.71
LightHeavy

331 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 331
EasygoingPowered-up

12.5 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 12.5
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~79% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2960 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
12.5
Displacement / length
331.3
Comfort ratio
35.9
Capsize screening
1.71
Hull speed
7.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1150
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1974–1981
Units built
90
Designer
Dick Zaal
Builder
Conyplex B.V, Contest Yachts - Conyplex

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Westerly Yachts Ltd. Oceanquest 3510.81 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthAn Ed Dubois-designed cruiser sharing its proven hull with the Seahawk and Falcon, available in center or aft cockpit layouts
Herreshoff Manufacturing Newport 2910.84 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 1914 Nathanael Herreshoff design featuring a fin keel and gaff-rigged sloop sail plan for classic performance
Hughes 3510.82 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Sparkman & Stephens masthead sloop derived from design #2166, featuring a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder
Moody 36S10.97 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthAn aft-cockpit variation of the Moody 36, featuring a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder for balanced coastal cruising
Freedom Yachts 35 (Pedrick)10.79 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA 1993 performance cruiser with a deep 1.98-metre draft and a spade rudder for responsive handling

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