Contest 43 Blue Water Capable.

[Jonny Lees]

Hi,

This is my first post and I'm writing because I'm thinking about possibly buying a 1990 Contest 43 for blue water cruising. From what I have read online, the make sounds fairly solid and robust and although it has the huge aft cabin (to keep SWMBO happy), it also has decent sea berths in the saloon. But my main areas of concern are the sandwich hull construction (does this become a potential issue in older boats - i.e. 1990 era) and also the wing keel - which although not a problem in itself, could be a problem waiting to happen with lobster pots, fishing nets, coral heads and even our own anchor rode!

Any thoughts, positive or negative welcome.

Many thanks

Jonny.

[Eleuthera 2014]

Greetings and welcome aboard.

All Contests are RTW capable. Depends mostly on the skipper if I was asked...

If you are a wise sailor, you will head offshore asap then never cruise inside the 100M line. No pots out there.

Good luck.