BoatsDufour Yachts T7

Dufour Yachts T7

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel · 1980–1983

A center-cockpit fractional sloop featuring a manually adjustable jibing centerboard designed for versatile shoal-water sailing

Designed by Jean-Louis Noir.

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

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.49 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,071 kg of hull, so roughly 1,650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 1,071 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.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 11
CoastalBluewater

At 2.46 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.46
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 127
EasygoingPowered-up

21.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.4
TenderStiff

47% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 47%

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
46.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.4
Displacement / length
126.9
Comfort ratio
10.7
Capsize screening
2.46
Hull speed
6.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
591
Hull
Hull type
Swing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1980–1983
Units built
250
Designer
Jean-Louis Noir
Builder
Dufour

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