I appreciate seeing a review with realistic sailing conditions, including Toby going through the interior with full foul weather gear and a PFD.

Nice to see a review in more 'real world' weather conditions.

Showing downstairs while sailing. I totally dig that! Thanks!

the fact that this ship is so quiet on the interior is awesome i hate lots of creaking.

Argen and Contest should really be congratulated on this beautiful new yacht. You can see the joy on Toby's face when he is sailing and talking about this yacht. Given the amount of boats he sees and sails each year I am sure that genuine responce is difficult to achieve. You only achieve this level of quality with a dedicated team. Well done everyone. I hope I get to sail one. 😀

A brilliant review by Toby, thank you so much, I loved the action shots. My main criticism of this boat however is the sheer exposure. Both at the stern for the helmsman/woman, left miles behind the shelter of the sprayhood, and importantly towards the bow with the tiniest of grab rails on the coach roof, no granny bars at the mast, and acres of exposed wave washed deck. I think I would want solid guardrails as a minimum, as seen on so many Dutch boats. At least exposure on my little 24' gib'sea isn't a problem I suffer with !

wow, it is almost eery how quiet that was inside, despite the conditions outside.

Yes! My second wish after Azuree 46! Dutch quality!

Such a gorgeous and unexpected hommage to my home country. Thanks, Toby!

Sensational review as ever Toby. The Contest looks like it would give an Oyster a run for its money

Whow, love the boat. think it would be a perfect liveaboard boat or/and a nice blue water cruiser

perfection

Absolutely loved this longer review over the shorter ones. Great video.

Really great review of the Contest 49, very useful to see how she behaved in those conditions. Looked like fun to sail and still very quiet down below. Love the extended review as it provides a more in depth understanding of the features and performance of the yacht.

Beautiful boat

Love your pronunciation of Texel 🙂

I love the Quality, like Hallberg Rassy but more modern Design

Really enjoyed this and your style of presentation and excellent coverage of the yacht layout and options. Looked great under way, what a lovely design.

Contest are absolute quality - great review.

Great review Toby, as I love Contest Yachts; I would love to live aboard a Contest. Keep an eye out for the new Hallberg-Rassy 69.

Nice boat! "TeXel." LOL. Good times. ;)

Expensive boat with so many things, which should be part of a minimum inventory, but are left in options! Nice to see the inside at sea, thanks for the great effort. But: there are as good as no waves outside, and yet it is already uneasy to move through, jumping from a handrail to another distant one - not to speak about staying laying on a bed at sea. A couple of days with a few "normal" tradewind waves, and everyone is bruised and hurt on board. Well, a modern boat, such as we more often see chartered near marinas rather than in high seas. I may be too old a skipper of RORC boats to enjoy an island bed upwind with 30 knots and 2.5 meters (only) waves. Greetings to all from the South China Seas, where the rain saison finishes into the usual cyclonic period!

Gorgeous boat: I'm going to go raid the couch cushions and see if I can't rummage up the money for it 😉

Thanks Toby for another excellent review! Loved the way that boat goes to weather in that breeze.

Toby!

Oudeschild!

I thought the mic on the camera had gone bad as the boat was quiet inside even though it was windy outside Everything looks perfect in its place

Lovely boat, quality build. My Cloggie oppos would give me a slap if I didn`t say Tessel though 😎

Beautiful yacht, a bit pricey at $ 1.5 million. Thank you Toby for the review.

A lot of wine in that galley... good priorities.

Would love to see a Yachting World multi-day review of sailing a Kraken Yacht!

I will never have that choice to make either Toby, nice to dream though. Now, where did I park my old Contessa?

Cool boat. Freeboard that high almost makes it look like a motor sailor though. I guess that’s the price you pay for so much interior room on a 50 footer.

How would you compare this with Nautor's Swan, Euphoria etc?

I know it built for a RIB but that would be awesome for garbage stowage until reaching port.

A man caressing the kitchen furniture.... this must be 2023

For a 50 it looks like a stout baff tub mate. Nahh! I’m in with Hallberg Rassey.❤

Stay sail i cannot see where to run the sheets ?

Not sure what it is about hull portals that bother me but I’m sure they’ll leak someday.

Anyone know what brand jacket Toby is wearing? Looks very robust without all the obligatory branding. Want want…..

Sail drive 😤

whats the ballast on this one?

A lot of similarity with Oyster 495 ?

Not that I can afford it either Toby but how much (as tested)??

Expensive boats really do need to drop the Nespresso... it really does not say quality 😆

Amel 50 veya HR 50 Contest'ten 5 kat daha kaliteli ve denizcidirler.

I like it better than the Oyster 495

Buy the best and only cry once.

Good looking? What??? And, golly gosh, it can take 30 knots of "gnarly" weather

Clever design, but not so clever with the exposed helm position in nasty weather.

I heard Toby doesn't actually know how to sail. Supposedly there is someone always just out of shot steering the boat. The Yacht manufacturers want Toby in the there because of his good looks. 😅

It's a lovely boat but a general question, aren't the new performance cruising cats just better than the sloops? The cats are so much faster (2+ times faster on most points typically) which is such a valuable safety and comfort feature, have so much more space, and the space is more useful, eg the cat saloons have wonderful 360° views not the pokey windows often above sightlines, the cats are more comfortable at most points of sailing and at anchor, seems to me that the cat is the logical choice for 90+% of users. Don't get me wrong, I love the sloop form but don't really understand why so many are still developed and made when cats seem the better choice to me.

Why don't you tell us about the boat in detail. Cleats should be much further forward. Designed by ????swim platform ?? How to get to it? No seating for helm unless you pay. Plasticy. So owner sleeps where all the banging is from waves etc. Aircon, heating. Led keel? Keel stepped at last. Too many different levels. Sink should be two LARGE sinks. Not just one and a urinal !!

I would not want to sleep on a bed with so much electrical equipment underneath. All that electromagretic waves! Like living in a transformator house!

What a shame, that freeboard is so high, not at all in proportion to its length. Dissapointed in Contest.

The 8 X 8 on the front is ass ugly...a stunning visual design flaw.

I take Oyster 495 all day. Closed format galley, better positioned nav station so I can watch my porn without my wife see me and twin rudders.

You buy an expensive boat wnich comes with a fake teak which costs more than real teak. Where is the world going to? If you do not like the wood, what is the point of covering plastic with another layer of plastic?

Nice review Toby -- QUESTION -- Which would you take on a circumnavigation: HR 50, Swan 58, or this Contest 49 CS? Are they all equally quiet and as solidly built?