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Dufour 40 Performance Evolution charter boat is the newest addition to the fleet of Dufour Yachts.
This boat is likely to become the most popular regatta sailing yacht and is currently available in Croatia.
 

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The Dufour performance range are designed by Umberto Felci and made for high level or competitive sailing.  The most important features are speed and manoeuvrability, whilst maintaining acceptable levels of comfort and expected luxury below deck. The models in Dufour Performance range are:''
 

 


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Dufour 40 Performance Evolution -
Yacht is currently available for bareboat charter in Croatia only  For full spec and quotes on individual yachts in your preferred location in the Med or Caribbean please fill in the quick quote 
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Dufour 34e  | Dufour 40 |
Dufour 44 Performance
| Dufour 45 Performance |
 

Length 12.32/40'05'' Engine (D): Volvo 40HP
Beam: 3.90m Water/Fuel: 360/210L
Draught: 1.65-2.10m Berths/Heads: 6+1/2


The model based in Croatia has some of the following equipment:

FULL BATTEN main sail,
heating, radio-cd/mp3,
linen, towel set (2 per person),
holding tank,
outboard engine,
spray hood,
bimini top,
GPS plotter in the saloon,
loudspeakers in salon and cockpit,
teak in cockpit, cockpit cushions,
2 steering wheels,

S T A N D A R D  E Q U I P M E N T -  DUFOUR MODELS

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Construction

  • Hand laminated GRP Hull, vacuum bagged PVC foam core sandwich above water line. NPG Gelcoat with first layer of cloth impregnated with NPG resin forming an optimum barrier against osmosis. Inner moulded hull bottom, structural framing laminated to the hull. Navy blue decorative stripes on hull and coach roof.
  • Deck in PVC foam core sandwich, moulded by injection process (Resin Transfer Moulding) for significant weight saving and excellent interior finish.
  • Standard draft 1.65 m, cast iron keel, bolts loads taken up by stainless steel backing plate. Semi-elliptical rudder, filled with closed cell epoxy foam. Stainless steel solid stock, on self-aligning bearings.

Deck & Deck Fittings

  • Teak handrails on coachroof. Wood toerail on hull-deck joint. Self-draining chain locker with eye bolt and integrated windlass bracket, cover with locking bolt. Stemhead fitting with removable anchor roller. Pulpit in two separate parts with separate green/red navigation lights.
  • Asymmetrical spinnaker tack ring ahead of forestay. Pushpits with horseshoe buoy bracket, flag pole holder and opening cable gate with hook. Stanchions with 2 levels of stainless steel guard -rails. 6 Mooring cleats, stainless steel rubbing plates on sheer line. Single chainplate for cap shrouds/aft lower shrouds including an eye for fixing extra control lines. 2 deck filler plates for water, 1 for fuel.
  • Mainsheet track on cockpit sole with adjustable traveller. Genoa sheet tracks with piston lead blocks.
  • Double sheet turning blocks with built-in jammer. Stainless steel swan neck electric cable gland.
  • 2 x 4 and 6 sheave deck organizers for halyard returns. 5+2 clutches on coachroof.
  • 2 x 40.2 ST halyard winches on coachroof. 2 x 48 ST Genoa sheet winches on coamings close to helmsman. Spinlock clutch on toerail for Genoa furling line.
  • Sliding companionway hatch and washboards in Plexiglas with stops and lock. GRP cover ahead of companionway with spray deflector.

Cockpit

  • Teak trimmed seats, slightly curved GRP sole. Large side lockers with lids fitted with padlock hasps. GRP steering pedestal forming a footrest and instrument panel, with compass. Stainless steel arch above compass.
  • Large leather rimmed steering wheel. Rudder stock head under helmsman's seat for installing the emergency tiller. Engine control lever starboard and recessed engine control panel. Recessed instrument panel symmetrical to engine panel. Stowage bins built into engine and instrument panels. 2 winch pockets.
  • Transom opens in centre by tipping helmsman's seat giving access to the swim/boarding platform. Large Propane locker in aft port seat. Locker for small equipment in aft starboard seat.
  • Life raft stowage in dedicated locker under sole. Swim/ boarding platform teak trimmed in central part. Cockpit shower in aft locker. Stainless steel bathing ladder with teak steps. Shore power socket in cockpit

Sails & Rigging

  • Anodised aluminium mast with double swept backed spreaders, rigged 9/10, deck stepped. Anchor and steaming lights.
  • Possibility of rigging a removable inner forestay. Boom topping lift cleat. Anodised aluminium boom equipped with single line reefing system.
  • Rigid boom vang , with tackle led back to cockpit.
  • Genoa furling system.
  • Discontinuous standing rigging in single strand stainless steel cable and chrome plated bronze turnbuckles including: forestay, backstay, cap shrouds, inter and lower shrouds. Backstay adjusted with stay tensionner.
  • Running rigging in pre-stretched textile including: « low stretch » main and Genoa halyards, boom topping lift, main sheet on standing winch block with cleat on cockpit floor, Genoa sheets, adjustable mainsail track, boom vang, reefing lines and Genoa furling line.
  • Mainsail with logo in high tenacity cloth, with two broad reef bands. Mainsail cover. Special biradial roller furling Genoa with anti-UV protection.
     

    Companionway

    • Headroom: 1.95 m. Removable companionway unit with wooden steps. Handrail. Removable engine wooden cover under companionway steps
    • Battery switches under companionway. Dedicated stowage for companionway door inside the boat

Interior

  • All joinery work in prime choice light Moabi mahogany, with fiddles and mouldings in solid wood. Locker doors have ventilation louvers. The cabin doors have double anti-vibration bolts. The soles are in varnished.
  • Moabi veneered marine plywood.
  • Cabin mattresses and saloon cushions have removable covers. The upper cabin and saloon linings are in Moabi wood.

Ventilation & Lighting

  • Very good ventilation ensured by 5 deck hatches with integrated ventilators and 6 opening port-lights. Lighting is completed by 2 fixed coachroof port-lights and 2 fixed hull port-lights.
  • Electric lighting provided by numerous spotlights and reading lights.

 

 

 

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