[1][3][4] The Contest 32 CS is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim.
It has a masthead sloop rig or option ketch rig, a centre cockpit, a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel.
[1] The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta MD 17C 36 hp (27 kW) diesel engine.
[3] The galley is amidships on the starboard side and includes a three-burner liquid petroleum gas stove.
[3] A second smaller steering wheel can be fitted on the forward port bulkhead allowing the boat to be used as a motorsailer.