After a long pause, we continue here with Dufour Yachts, a company founded in 1964 by Michel Dufour, an engineer with a love of sailing. The shipyard is in La Rochelle, France.

They do now two classes of sailing yachts, Performance and Grand Large. Both are for cruising in comfort.

There are three types of Performance, the 36, the 40E and the 45E.

I’m not advertising any of them, so everything outside technical details or pictures are personal opinions.

Length overall 10,99 m / 36′

Length waterline 10,21 m / 33′ 6″

Hull length 10,99 m / 36′

Hull width 3,61 m / 11′ 10″

Displacement 6 400 kg / 14,109 lbs

Draft 2,20 m / 7′ 2″

Mainsail surface 72,1 m² / 776 Ft²

Water capacity 220 L / 53 Gal

Fuel tank capacity 90 L / 24 Gal

Engine 40 KW / 30 HP

Certification CE Category A

As you see, the 36 has two cabins. A price I found is €120k.

Length overall 12,35 m / 40′ 6″

Length waterline 10,76 m / 35′ 3″

Hull length 11,99 m / 39 ‘ 4″

Hull width 3,89 m / 12′ 9″

Displacement 7 950 kg / 17,651 lbs

Draft 1,75 m / 2,10 m / 6’10” / 5’ 8″

Mainsail surface 88 m² (mât standard) / 93 m² (mât long) / 980 Ft² (std mast) / 1,022 Ft² ( tall mast)

Water capacity 360 L / 95 Gal

Fuel tank capacity 200 L / 54 Gal

Engine Volvo 40cv / 55cv

Certification CE Category A

Price €155k.

The difference from 36 is that you can opt for a double cabin in the aft, or two cabins in the aft.

Length overall 13,95 m / 45′ 9″

Length waterline 12,16 m / 39′ 11″

Hull length 13,60 m / 44′ 7″

Hull width 4,30 m / 14′ 1″

Displacement 10 870 kg (lest standard) / 10 640 kg (lest long) / 23,964 Lbs

Draft 1,95 m / 2,30 m / 6′ 4″ (std shoal) / 7′ 6″ (opt deep)

Mainsail surface 113 m² (mât standard) / 1,216 ft²

Water capacity 530 L / 140 Gal

Fuel tank capacity 250 L / 66 Gal

Engine Volvo 55cv

Certification CE Category A

Price: €232k.

Three cabins for the 45E.

They build five models of Grand Large: 335, 380, 410, 450 and 500.

Length overall 10.28 m

Length waterline 9.00 m

Hull length 9.98 m

Hull width 3.49 m

Displacement 5450 kg

Draft 1.90 m

Mainsail surface 54.10 m²

Water capacity 220 L

Fuel tank capacity 160 L

Engine

Certification CE Category A

Two cabins, for this one. Price €87k.

Length overall 11.19 m / 36’8″

Length waterline 9.89 m / 32’5″

Hull length 10.9 m / 35′ 9″

Hull width 3.85 m / 12′ 8″

Displacement Lest court = 7160kg / Lest long = 7060kg / 14,740 Lbs

Draft 1.90 m / 1.60 m / 5′ 3″ (opt shoal) 6′ 3″ (std deep)

Mainsail surface GV = 31m² / Génois 140% = 35m² / Spi = 90m² / 720 Ft²

Water capacity 380 L / 100 Gal

Fuel tank capacity 200 L / 52 Gal

Engine 30 cv

Certification CE Category A

They tend to be short, but the 380 can have three or two cabins. Price €120k.

Length overall 12.35 m

Length waterline 11.15 m

Hull length 11.98 m

Hull width 4.2 m

Displacement 9 430 kg

Draft 2.1 m

Mainsail surface 71 m²

Water capacity 380 L

Fuel tank capacity 200 L

Engine 40 cv

Certification CE Category A

Price €144k.

Length overall 13,5 m / 44′ 3″

Length waterline 11,92 m / 39′ 1″

Hull length 13,25 m / 43′ 6″

Hull width 4,35 m / 14′ 3″

Displacement 10 761 kg / 22,770 Lbs

Draft 1,95 m / 2,30 m / 5′ 10″ (opt shoal) / 7′ 3″ (std deep)

Mainsail surface 98,5 m² / 1,060 Ft²

Water capacity 570 L / 125 Gal

Fuel tank capacity 250 L / 66 / Gal

Engine 55 cv

Certification CE Category A

Three or four cabin layouts to choose for the 450 Grand Large. Price €196k.

The largest model seems to be the 500 Grand Large.

Length overall 14,91m

Length waterline 13,67m

Hull length 14.75m

Hull width 4,80m

Displacement 14 200kg

Draft 2.30m

Mainsail surface 100.8m²

Water capacity 660L

Fuel tank capacity 500L

Engine 75cv

Certification CE Category A

Price €278k.

Prices are suggestions from a Greek yacht broker. He suggested some services (including transportation) on top of them. Pictures are all from the same site, the US version of Dufour Yachts (link in the first paragraph). I hope you enjoyed the post. I also hope to write here considerably often.

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