Contest 37 Buyer's Guide
The Contest 37 is a low-production cruiser designed by Dick Zaal and built by Conyplex B.V. in the mid nineties, with only a few boats completed. For a shopper on the used market, the scarcity means each example stands on its own survey rather than a deep population of sibling boats, and the documented facts center on construction type, rig geometry, and comfort metrics rather than a long defect list.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Contest 37 is equipped with 2 cabins and 6 berths, and carries a fresh water capacity of 235 liters (62 US gallons, 51 imperial gallons). Those are the only layout facts the authority sources state; no alternative interior arrangements or optional cabin splits are recorded, so a buyer should expect the standard two-cabin, six-berth plan and verify any deviation in person.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
The boat is built with a masthead rig and a fin keel. Documented rigging dimensions are estimated rather than measured per-boat: jib and genoa sheets at 11.5 m (37.7 ft) with 14 mm diameter, mainsheet at 28.7 m (94.2 ft) also 14 mm, and spinnaker sheet at 25.3 m (82.9 ft), 14 mm. Because the market brief is unavailable, no item can be assigned a fitted-prevalence tier; a shopper should treat sheet sizes as design estimates and confirm actual running rigging on each yacht. No common upgrades or factory options are listed in the sources.
What to Inspect
The hull of the Contest 37 is made of fibreglass, and a fibreglass hull on the Contest 37 requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. The documented known-issue set is empty: no drainage faults, flooding paths, or structural defects are recorded in the authority extracts. Inspection should therefore follow normal fibreglass-cruiser practice — hull integrity, keel bond, rig condition — using the load-dependent draft of 2.05–2.15 m as a check on stated underwater profile and the published sheet estimates as a reference for replaced running rigging.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
No typical markets are stated in the available brief, so regional availability cannot be characterized. The buyer's short checklist from documented facts:
- Confirm fibreglass hull condition; expect low seasonal maintenance burden per source
- Verify 2 cabins, 6 berths, 62 US-gallon fresh water capacity
- Check fin keel and load-dependent draft (6.73–7.03 ft) against survey
- Compare actual sheets to design estimates (jib/genoa 11.5 m, mainsheet 28.7 m, spinnaker 25.3 m, all 14 mm)
- Note only a few built — survey the individual boat, not the model average
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Contest 37. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 3 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 | 1 | $ 90,352 | — |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $ 90,577 | +0.2% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $ 79,944 | -11.7% |
Where they're listed
Contest 37 listings appear across 1 country. Netherlands has the most listings with 3.
Country view
3 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | $ 90,352 | 3 | 1 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
8 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallberg-Rassy 37 | 37.14' | $ 241,673 | 23 | 2 |
| Moody 37 | 37' | $ 60,587 | 17 | 3 |
| Sunbeam 37 | 37.57' | $ 147,536 | 14 | 6 |
| Gulfstar 37 | 37' | $ 25,000 | 11 | 4 |
| Oyster Yachts 37 | 37' | $ 53,848 | 9 | 2 |
| Malö 37 | 37.83' | $ 223,020 | 9 | 6 |
| CSY 37 | 37.25' | $ 29,900 | 8 | 2 |
| Contest 37You are here | — | $ 90,352 | 3 | 1 |