Description

Contest 38s Ketch

Name: Joy

Year: 1985

Builder: Contest Yachts, Medemblik Netherlands

Designer: Dick Zaal

LOA: 11.66m (38 ft)
LWL: 9.1m (29'10”)
Beam: 3.66m (12')
Draft: 1.95m (6'5”)
Air draft: 14.8m (49'9”)
Displacement: 8500 kg (19285 lbs)
Ballast: 3444 kg (7593 lbs)
Hull: Fiberglass
Deck: Fiberglass
Steering: Wheel
Keel: Fin
Rudder: Skeg hung

Engine: 1998 Volvo Penta MD22-L with 2970 hours
Fuel: 230l (60 gal) +50l (13gal) in jerrycans
Water: 230l + 80 l (60+21 gal)
Hot water: (2021) Raritan 170611 series (6gal) with heat exchanger
Heating: (2016) Safire 3200Di hot air heater (from Finland)

Running under light weather setup: Gennaker, mizzen staysail, main and mizzen. There is also a spinaker on board for the downwind stretches.

Anchored in Caribean waters: the front of the sprayhood can be opend to allow for a nice breeze through the cockpit. The custom bimini comes with 4 zip-on parts. This way multiple configurations are possible, for example so you can sail with the mainsail and still be in the shade.

The dinghy with fixed aluminium bottom is attached to the deck with a 8mm wingnut bolt through a pad-eye aft and a strong nylon strap on the front. Very rigid and bombproof attachement.

Springtime in Princess Louise inlet BC Canada, With the hot-air diesel heater running we were very cosy on one of the more beautiful spots of our journey

The full cockpit enclosure that you can easily zip on the sprayhood gives a lot of extra comfort in the cooler regions of the planet. Here anchored in San Francisco.

Under full sails near Gran Canaria

Running under mizzen and genoa is a very stable and easy to handle setup for stronger winds. Marquesas islands of French polynesia.

Anchored in False Creek Vancouver City

Joy in Glacier Bay, Alaska

List of specifications

Safety and miscellaneous