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Dufour Yachts T6

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel · First built 1981

A lightweight 800kg fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance in light air

Designed by Laurent Cordelle.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Swing Keel

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Character

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TrailerableBeam 2.40 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 800 kg of hull, so roughly 1,400 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 800 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.30 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 10Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.61Bluewater
LightD/L 159Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 21.2Powered-up
TenderBallast 37%Stiff

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

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Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.2
Displacement / length
158.6
Comfort ratio
9.7
Capsize screening
2.61
Hull speed
5.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
480
Hull
Hull type
Swing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1981
Designer
Laurent Cordelle
Builder
Dufour

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