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Contest 60 'timina'.

• Length: 18.34x5x2.5 metres
• Built: 1997
• Location: Sailing in the Caribbean

Contest 42CS 'Sophie'

• Length: 12.85x4.15x2.2 metres
• Built: 2019
• Location: At the Contest Yard, Medemblik - NL

Contest 52 MC Flybridge 'Bel Air'

• Length: 15.93x4.6x0.85 metres
• Built: 2017
• Location: Inside showroom at Contest Yard Medemblik

Contest 40S 'M Amuse'

• Length: 12x3.85x1.85 metres
• Built: 1995
• Location: At Contest Yard, Medemblik - NL

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S/Y Atlas Shrugged Contest 50CS

Owner´s Commentary

Welcome to S/Y Atlas Shrugged; immaculately maintained & the most upgraded Contest 50CS on the market. She was commissioned by her first German owner and hit the water in September 2009. After being trucked to Genoa, Italy in 2010 and sailed for 2 seasons she was shipped back to the Contest  Yard in 2011 and laid up inside their heated hangers. When I purchased her in  September 2013 she’d logged 1600nm and had run 259 engine hours. As she was new & hardly used she lacked a lot of blue water and live-aboard equipment. That said she was commissioned with full hydraulics (main & genoa) & Lewmar/Anderson electric winches making sail handling easy even single-handed. 

Under my ownership she’s undergone yearly refits & upgrades including generator install, new interior, fixed bimini/roof, davits, new tender, new anchor, new sails, Selden 304S cutter furler, continuous furling gennakers, teak deck recaulked/refitted, 2nd auto-pilot & aft air-conditioning installed. For the full upgrade & options list, extending to over 350.000 EUR, please visit ' Specifications & upgrades' and 'Refit & Maintenance' . Winter 2024/25 she is under1going a complete Selden mast & hydraulics refit including new standing rigging. She is currently in winter storage at the Contest Yard in Medemblik, Holland where she is available for viewing by prior arrangement.

After nearly 30.000 nm at sea and a decade as a part-time live aboard Atlas Shrugged is now looking for a new experienced owner. Although 15y of age this classic blue water cruiser is in impeccable, as new, condition and for sale @ XXX.XXX EUR (EU VAT paid).

For any questions, inquiries or visits please email [email protected] or via whatsapp.

We speak Dutch, English, Spanish, French und ein bisschen Deutsch!

Specifications & Upgrades

The meaning of lloyd’s register hull construction certification.

Showroom conditions can make any yacht shine and seem to promise the best of passages. The reality, though, is that peace of mind at sea hardly comes better than when construction is under the watch of the oldest name in sea safety – Lloyd’s Register. For over half a century, Contest has delivered yachts with the surety of a Lloyd’s Register Hull Construction Certificate. Building to this standard means very much more than most might realise, and no other semi-custom sailing yacht constructor has such a continuous history, or in this sector such a high level of certification. Contest Yachts truly go further in design, engineering and build protocols than other constructors

Refit & Maintenance

Atlas Shrugged has been maintained to the highest possible standard and enjoyed a refit and/or upgrade on a yearly basis. From major works like a fixed roof to smaller items like upsized engine alternator & fridge compressor.

All details in this section.

Sailing History

30.000 nm - explore where Atlas Shrugged has cruised since being commissioned back in 2009

Take a Look at Atlas Shrugged

Ready to go cruising?

For any further information or an on board visit please contact me via email or whatsapp.

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For 2023 we have a totally new Contest 50CS. This size has always been the pumping heart of Contest Yachts, with each model over the years most popular for the perfect balance of sailing ease, performance and onboard comforts. Two super suites and a third cabin option, yet still a yacht that can be sailed single-handed. A yacht for all occasions, crossing oceans or leisurely lunching in an idyllic bay. And this new design from judel/vrolijk opens even more opportunity.

Fair to say, the new Contest 50CS resets the yard’s own gold standard at this length. How so? The advanced hull form optimises each of the three most key modern targets: performance up and down wind, stability for low angles of heel, and huge accommodation. This is all achieved in the most sea-safe and comfortable manner expected of a Contest, and with deck and cabin plans introducing for the first time at this size so much more of our larger yacht thinking. It is the perfect balance and looking to sustainability is offered with the option of electric propulsion, integrated photovoltaic solar panels and an alternative synthetic teak-style decking.

The looks are all ‘Contest’ with lines evolved as ever from the learnings and leanings of each preceding model while introducing new thinking also. Which means the new Contest 50CS, with its deep sides and broader deck plan ably incorporates now even more of the styling and detailing of the larger yachts in the range. The brings a low sleek coachroof sweeping aft into the two-section cockpit with deep seated and curved-for-comfort leisure cockpit forward. Behind, the twin helm stations are framed by surrounding coamings for that extra sense of ocean safety, yet with simple central walkthrough easing and making safe deck entry and exit. Again, it’s that balance, an elegance that works – in every sense of the word.

Just as aesthetics must work well, the practicalities of yacht operations are paramount. That has long been the mantra at Contest Yachts and the advanced systems and arrangements for the Contest 50CS make for much eased handling and management. Sheets, lines and halyards are led unobtrusively to stout winches well positioned for both short and fully crewed handing. The expansive flush deck spaces are made sensibly safe with well-placed handholds and grab points and the sturdy, tall guardrails all around. The flying of asymmetric sails is simplified with the A-frame set-up, and the stowage of sails and kit is made easy with sensibly proportioned deck lockers and hatches. All planned to make voyaging always enjoyable.

With wide beam and broad waterline running through to the stern, the increase in interior volume shows as soon as you look below: the saloon proportions way exceed convention. Not just because of the beam and height but in its length. The ‘magic’ is in the design team extending the aft master suite far into the stern, maintaining scale of this vital feature yet opening so much more of the yacht’s middle for the benefit of saloon and guests. The longitudinal corridor galley is now also two-sided, so again bigger than in previous 50CS models. Forward there is a spacious VIP suite with island berth, and an optional third cabin can be with bunks or as office or workroom. The master suite aft can be specified with the innovative transom window premiered on the Contest 55CS.

interior layout

deck layout

Main dimensions.

Length overall	15.46m	50.72ft
Length including bowsprit	16.36m	53.67ft
Length waterline	14.50m	47.57ft
Maximum beam	4.90m	16.08ft
Displacement	20,900kg	46,078lb
Draft standard keel	2.35m	7.71ft
Mast height above waterline	24.60m	80.71ft
Main sail	73m2	786ft2
Genoa 106%	60m2	646ft2
Fuel tank	700lt	185US gal
Water tank	700lt	185US gal
Engine, Yanmar	81kW	110hp

polar performance diagram

The diagram shows the exceptional upwind and reaching potential of the 50CS.

stability curve

The stability curve shows a high initial stability and great sail carrying capacity. 

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