2001 Contest

2001 Contest 48 CS Deck Saloon Cutter

Alani: Dutch Built Bluewater Cutter, Refitted and Ready to Sail

Alani is a 2001 Contest 48 CS, a Dick Zaal design built by Conyplex in Medemblik, the Netherlands, and certified CE Category A for ocean passages. She is a deck saloon cutter with a classic teak interior, three cabins and two heads, each head with its own shower stall, and berths for six plus one in the saloon.

Her current owners bought her in Europe in late 2020, gave her an extensive refit in 2021 and have kept investing since: a new arch carrying 1,260 W of solar, a Victron lithium house bank, new standing rigging, a new Molenaar mainsail and genoa, Raymarine Quantum 2 doppler radar, and a new tender and outboard. With a watermaker, generator, all electric galley, washing machine, Webasto heat and Starlink, she is set up to live aboard and stay away from the dock.

Since the refit Alani has crossed the North Atlantic, cruised the Caribbean and sailed up the US East Coast as far as Nova Scotia before coming south to the Chesapeake. Electric primary winches, in mast furling, furling headsails and a bow thruster make her an easy boat for a couple to handle. She is lying in Pasadena, Maryland.

Key Features:

• Contest 48 CS deck saloon cutter, built by Conyplex to CE Category A (ocean)
• Extensive refit in 2021, with steady investment by the owners since
• New standing rigging – 2025/2026
• Molenaar OZ Fibercon Pro mainsail and genoa – 2025; spare main and genoa aboard
• (4) Victron LiFePO4 batteries, 800 Ah, with 1,260 W of solar – 2024
• Yanmar 4JH3-HTE 100 HP turbo diesel – 5,440 Hours (Sept 2026)
• Fisher Panda 5000i 4 kW generator (2021), new engine 2025 – Approx. 900 Hours
• Raymarine Quantum 2 doppler radar – 2026; Axiom Pro 12 chartplotter (2021) and Starlink
• Schenker Zen 50 watermaker (2021) and Eudora washing machine – 2026
• Sleipner Sidepower SP155 bow thruster and (2) Lewmar 58 ST electric primary winches
• Rudder shaft, bearings and seals renewed – 2026
• AB aluminum hull RIB with Tohatsu 15 HP outboard – 2024
• Large inventory of spare parts aboard