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Contest 52MC

A stand out boat in so many ways, the Contest 52MC is Contest Yacht’s first ever motor boat and a spectacularly successful design. The press can’t get enough of her, loving her looks and her handling which they say astounds, her innovative, half-planing hull riding as though on rails, tracking straight and staying flat right through the tightest of turns. With power options from twin 350hp to 550hp diesels she’s equally comfortable at 8 or 28 knots, and soft rides through the nastiest chop. And she’s a dry boat, her pronounced spray rails cascading the breaking water away. 

The joint creation of longstanding design partner Georg Nissen, the well know motor boat engineering and designer company Vripack and the yard’s own in-house design team, the 52MC is also an unusually versatile performance platform, available in sedan, open sport and a flybridge version. Interior layouts are customisable, too, building out of a raised saloon and two heads, three sleeping cabin standard plan.

Interior/Exterior

exterior

Complementing the secure ride, the 52MC’s extra wide walk-around decks and high bulwarks with sturdy handrails reinforce the design intent of absolute seaworthiness. Add in to that the deftly integrated side boarding gates to either side and the cantilevering pilot’s deck door, and it’s a beguiling aesthetic. So, too, is the exquisitely contoured moulding leading to and around the enclosable aft cockpit lounging and dining area where, beneath, there’s a tender garage opening onto the bathing/boarding platform.

interior

With a sense of the mini superyacht, there are so many options to finish and interior layout, with immediately eight different arrangements for the two to three sleeping cabins and suites, a galley also up or down, and helm station port or starboard.  Central to all, with its wraparound glazing, the raised saloon provides an exceptional outlook for helm and guests with comfortable dinette and observation seating forward. Adding to relaxation, extensive sound engineering ensures the 52MC is unusually quiet when running.

drawings

profile

The look is long and lean with the extended coachroof top accentuating the large extent of glazing. The flybridge options continue this sleek expression.

interior layout

High standard of fitting to individual specification. Plentiful practical stowage. Extensive protection against noise and vibration. Commanding helm position.

deck layout

Purposeful, practical design. Secure comfortable social areas. Safe working platform. Neatly engineered and equipped. Large deck lockers making good use of space. 

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Inside and out the Contest 52MC motor cruiser presents a completely fresh vision that has equally excited press and new owners from both motor boating and sailing circles

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specifications

main dimensions

Length overall 15.93 m 52.26 ft
Length waterline 14.60 m 47.9 ft
Maximum beam 4.60 m 15,09 ft
Draft 0.85 2,79 ft
Displacement 16,600 kg 35,596 lbs
Fuel tank 1,800 ltr 395,95 imp. gal
Water tank 700 ltr 153,98 imp. gal
Optional water tank 300 ltr. 66 imp. gal.
Engine, Cummins  2 x 225 kW 2 x 305 hp

Maximum height above waterline:

52MC

52MC Semi Flybridge

52MC Flybridge

 

2.88 m

3.45 m

3.74 m

 

9.45 ft

11.32 ft

12.27 ft 

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