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Dufour 36 Classic |
Brief details |
Builder |
Dufour Yachts, La Rochelle, France |
The Dufour 36 is a very nicely fitted out modern cruising yacht. These "Classic" series Dufours were much more aimed at owners than charter companies, with a very well finished internal fit-out. The yacht illustrated is the three cabin version with the shallow fin keel and the in-mast reefing option. |
LOA |
36' 1" |
Sail area |
688 sq ft main and genoa |
LWL |
30' 1" |
Rig |
Sloop |
Beam |
12' 4" |
Cabins |
3 plus saloon |
Draught |
4' 11" or 5' 10" |
Berths |
6 |
Displacement |
13,080 lbs |
Engine |
Volvo MD2030 diesel |
Ballast |
3,528 lbs |
BHP |
29 |
Keel type |
Shallow iron fin keel or deep lead fin keel and spade rudder |
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The Dufour 36 Classic was designed for by Olivier Poncin & Yann Chabaud and built from around 2000 to 2004, with 450 built in total. At this time Dufour were offering the Gib'Sea range as their "budget" models, and the Dufour Classic 36 was substantially more expensive than the Gib'Sea 37 from the same company. In around 2004 the Classic 36 design was then replaced with the lower-cost and more charter-orientated Dufour 385 Grand Large, as part of the restructuring of Dufour after a change of company ownership, which also led to the dropping of the Gib'Sea range.
The Dufour 36 Classic has a vacuum bagged layup GRP hull with NPG (isophthalic) gelcoat and first layer of laminate, with a PVC core, and balsa cored deck moulding. The deep keel versions have a lead keel, whilst the shallow draught versions have iron keels. The plan at left shows the deeper keel.
The Dufour Classic 36 was sold with either a conventional battened mainsail or in-mast reefing. |
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