Contest 25 OC
The Contest 25 OC (Off-shore Cruiser), sometimes called the Contest 25OC, is a Dutch trailerable sailboat that was designed by Jacques De Ridder as a cruiser and first built in 1982. The design is a production follow-on to the 1959 Contest 25-1 and the 1974 Contest 25-2, both unrelated designs. Production The design was built by Contest Yachts, a brand of Conyplex of the Netherlands. Production started in 1982 and ended in 1985, with about 30 boats completed, but it is now out of production. Production ended as a result of the early 1980s recession. Design The Contest 25 OC is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with a deck-stepped mast with no spreaders, wire standing rigging and aluminum spars. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of cast iron ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta diesel engine of for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity