BoatsDufour Atoll 43

Dufour Atoll 43

Fractional Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1998

A 13.11-metre fractional sloop designed by Philippe Briand specifically for the charter trade

Designed by Philippe Briand.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.20
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.0
TenderStiff

11% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 11%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Draws less than ~87% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~97% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2574 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
10.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.0
Capsize screening
2.20
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1998
Designer
Philippe Briand
Builder
Dufour

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