Dufour Yachts 425 Grand Large

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The Dufour Yachts 425 Grand Large, on the water

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Footage from Sailing Blue Prince

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 24

CoastalBluewater

2.03 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.03

LightHeavy

174 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 174

EasygoingPowered-up

16.0 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.0

TenderStiff

28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 28%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

Beamier than ~81% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2628 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Dufour Yachts 425 Grand Large, as the fleet has seen it

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The Dufour Yachts 425 GRAND LARGE is a fractional sloop designed by Umberto Felci and Patrick Roseo, built by Dufour Yachts since 2006.0:02 It has a fin keel with a bulb, measures 12.9 meters LOA, 4.2 meters beam, and displaces 8820 kg.0:36 A shallow draft version is available, drawing 1.7 meters. Aboard *Sailing Blue Prince*, a 2007 model named *Blue Prince* with a 1.8-meter Caribbean draft (compared to a 2.5-meter Mediterranean version), the cockpit features a bimini, a fold-out table, and two large lockers.0:20 A davit arch supports 900 watts of solar panels, which fully charge the batteries by mid-morning.7:39 The boat carries a mainsail, genoa, and spinnaker.15:20 Below deck, a 55-horsepower Volvo Penta diesel powers the boat.16:06 The navigation station includes a VHF radio and AIS transponder.28:55 The boat has a top-loading refrigerator, 440 liters of fresh water in two tanks, and three cabins.19:00 The interior shower is used for storage, with showering done on deck.18:10

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

27.7%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.0

Displacement / length

173.6

Comfort ratio

24.0

Capsize screening

2.03

Hull speed

8.1 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1797

Hull

Hull type

Fin Keel w/bulb

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2006

Designer

Umberto Felci, Patrick Roseo

Builder

Dufour

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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