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Dufour 1800

Brief details

Builder

Michel Dufour, La Rochelle, France

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

LOA

25' 2"

Sail area

330 sq ft main and genoa

LWL

21' 11"

Rig

fractional sloop

Beam

8' 10"

Cabins

saloon and forecabin

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