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Nautitech 435

Catamaran, twin keels · Fractional Sloop · First built 1997

Designed by Olivier Poncin, Alain Mortain, Yiannis Mavrikios, Mortain & Mavrikios, built by Dufour.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel

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The Nautitech 435, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

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Is it for you?

Character

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

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 112
EasygoingPowered-up

22.3 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 22.3

What the fleet has seen

The Nautitech 435, as the fleet has seen it

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The Nautitech 435 is a 13.2-meter fractional sloop catamaran with twin keels, designed by Olivier Poncin, Alain Mortain, and Yiannis Mavrikios, and built by Dufour Yachts since 1997. It has a beam of 6.6 meters, a draft of 1.2 meters, and displaces 7484 kg.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
22.3
Displacement / length
112.3
Hull
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1997
Designer
Olivier Poncin, Alain Mortain, Yiannis Mavrikios, Mortain, Mavrikios
Builder
Dufour

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