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Dufour 1800 |
Price Guide
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£8,000 to £11,000
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| Builder |
Michel Dufour, La Rochelle, France |
| LOA |
25' 2" |
Sail area |
330 sq ft main and genoa |
Brief details |
| LWL |
21' 11" |
Rig |
fractional sloop |
Designed by Laurent
Cordelle, the Dufour 1800 is a fast small cruiser that is fairly
typical of the middle years of Dufour design, with a full-bodied
hull topped by a square looking coach roof. It has four berths,
including a separate fore cabin ahead of a midships heads compartment.
The fractional rig gives easy handling with good performance. Both
inboard engined and outboard versions were built, the outboard version
using a well in the back of the cockpit for the engine |
| Beam |
8' 10" |
Cabins |
2 |
| Draught |
4' 3" |
Berths |
4 |
| Displacement |
4,038 lbs |
Engine |
inboard or outboard in well |
| Ballast |
1,653 lbs |
BHP |
6 - 9 |
| Keel type |
Iron fin keel with spade rudder |
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Dufour Yachts was established in 1964, and until the late
1980s built a string of mostly fairly fast cruising yachts
in a wide variety of sizes, of which the 1800 is one of
the smallest - the 1800 referring to the nominal displacement
in kilograms. The Dufour 1800 started life as the Dufour
25 in 1978, and was renamed the Dufour 1800 in 1980. At
the time Dufour was one of the largest European builders,
and the 1800 sold about 200 in three years.
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