Monday, March 7, 2016

Boden Boat Plans Australia | Dufour 44

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This sort of yacht is way-out of my league, and as such she is a bit jaw-dropping. In May when I took photos of her, she was on the market for £139,950.* It’s possible to buy a small terraced house for that amount. The sort of person who would be interested in owning her, most likely would not be in the least interested in a terraced house, unless he was into buying it to rent or to renovate for selling at a profit.

Anyway, I digress - back to the yacht. She was designed by Umberto Felci and Patrick Roséo, and she was manufactured in France by Dufour Yachts. 44s were built between 2003 and 2008, but I don’t know the date when this particular boat was built. She looks as though she is a shallow draught version at 1.76 metres. Deep draught 44s draw 2.31 metres. They are described as ‘performance cruisers’, which indicates they have a good turn of speed on all points of sail. Having a fractional sloop rig with an in-mast furling mainsail and a furling Genoa, she can easily be reefed, while remaining well-balanced.

Her interior borders on the luxurious with twin aft cabins and an owner’s cabin up forward. She has an ‘L’ shaped galley, a navigation station, a spacious saloon with ‘U’-shaped seating around a central table, twin heads, loads of locker space and a powerful diesel engine, all of which comprise a package that would make many an owner satisfied with his lot.

*The Dufour 44 Performance advertised below** has an asking price of £124,950* Therefore I don’t think she can be the same boat as the one I photographed, because the cheaper boat has bow thrusters.

Links

**Dufour 44 Performance for Sale at Clarke and Carter
http://www.clarkeandcarter.co.uk/dufour-44-yacht-for-sale-on-brokerage-just-reduced-to-124950/

Dufour 44 Performance Statistics 
http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=8247 

Yacht World Brokerage - Several Dufour 44s for sale between £110,327 and £57,320
http://www.yachtworld.co.uk/boats/category/type/Dufour/44+Performance 

Dufour 44 Performance for Charter (Nice photos)
http://www.croatiacharter.com/sailing-boats-charter/dufour-44-performance-20779~/ 

Dufour Yachts
http://www.dufour-yachts.com/en/

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