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Dufour 38 Classic |
Brief details |
Builder |
Dufour Yachts, La Rochelle, France |
The Dufour 38 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 nice internal fit-out. The Dufour Classic 38 was built with a variety of options. As well as two different keels, they could have two sleeping cabins with either one or two heads, or three sleeping cabins again with either one or two heads. |
LOA |
38' 8" |
Sail area |
882 sq ft |
LWL |
32' 4" |
Rig |
Sloop |
Beam |
12' 8" |
Cabins |
2 plus saloon |
Draught |
6' 3" deep keel |
Berths |
6 |
Displacement |
13,560 lbs deep keel version |
Engine |
Volvo MD2040 diesel |
Ballast |
4,630 lbs lead keel |
BHP |
40 |
Keel type |
Deep bulbed lead fin keel or shallow draught iron keel and spade rudder.
Shallow keel ballast is 5,545 lbs, and this makes displacement of shallow keel models 14,460 lbs. |
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The Dufour 38 Classic was designed for by Olivier Poncin & Yann Chabaud and built from 1998/99 to around 2006, when it was 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.
The Dufour 38 Classic has a vacuum bagged layup GRP hull with NPG (isophtalic) gelcoat and first layer of laminate, with a PVC core, and balsa cored deck moulding. The deep keel versions have a lead bulbed keel, whilst the shallow draught versions have iron keels of greater weight to compensate for the reduce righting moment of the lesser draught.
The yacht illustrated is a two cabin one head version, which gives a lot of storage space both below and in the cockpit lockers. |
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