1996 Dufour Yachts 30 Classic

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1996 Dufour Yachts 30 Classic

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1996 Dufour Yachts 30 Classic
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The Dufour Classic 30 is particularly well-liked by those starting out in sailing, often with young families. They were quite pretty, almost traditional in a GRP way, and conservatively designed, both hull and rig-wise. Saying that, the Slovenian design team, J&J, were no slouches when it came to performing hulls and modern rigs and sail plans. She has a fairly plumb stem, pronounced transom scoop, a sweeping sheer line and a low, sleek coach roof all of which lend her an appearance that still looks good today.

The Dufour Classic 30 has a wide and shallow underwater body with a hard turn of the bilge, giving her ample form stability. Her cast iron bulbed fin keel and deep balanced spade rudder offer good directional stability and an excellent grip on the water, even when heeled over. A shallow draft keel is optional, as was a lifting keel and twin rudders.

She is solidly built using vacuum bagging techniques for lightness and consistency in the moulding. The hull is solid GRP, but the decks are balsa-cored and both bolted and bonded to the hull. The rig is a straightforward masthead sloop, sporting a generous sail plan with main and furling genoa.

The Dufour Classic 30 has a deck-stepped Z-Spar mast with single lower shrouds set onto the toerail, creating a wide shroud base.

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Specs

Main
NameValue
MakerDufour Yachts
Maker websitehttps://www.dufour-yachts.com
Model30 Classic
First built hull1996
Last built hull2003
Price34,784 $
Boat typeSail
CategoryCruiser BoatsDaysailer Boats
Hull typeMonohull
Hull materialMonohull
Cabins1
Births4
Heads1
General
NameValue
Top speed11.07 kmh
Mast height12.5 m
Length overall8.99 m
Length at waterline8.05 m
Beam overall2.77 m
Headroom1.77 m
Draft maximum1.25 m
Displacement2,950.16 kg
Ballast weight949.82 kg
Ballast typeCast iron
Helm1 tiller
Rudder1 spade rudder
CockpitClosed aft cockpit
Designer
NameValue
Naval architect
Name/StudioJ&J Yacht Design
Websitehttps://jnj.design
Rig & Sails
NameValue
Mast41
SparsMast and boom in Aluminum
Standing rigging1x19 strand wire continuous
Number of spreaders1
Spreaders angleSwept-back
Upwind sail area40.51 sq.m
Downwind sail area69.4 sq.m
Mainsail A230
Headsail A206
Spinnaker A517
Engine
NameValue
Engine A
FuelDiesel
Power20 HP
TypeInboard
Storage
NameValue
Simple Empty
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Performance & Ratios

Detail
NameValue
Sail Area to Displacement (SA/D) 0.04
Upwind SA to Displacement20.03
Downwind SA to Displacement34.31
Hull Displacement Speed 0.04
Displacement to Length (D/L) 6.89
Ballast to Displacement (B/D) 0.32
Capsize Screening Formula (CSF) 1.95
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