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Dufour Yachts 45E

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2008

A 13.95-metre fractional sloop launched in 2008, featuring a 1.95-metre draft and a 30% ballast ratio

Designed by Umberto Felci & Patrick Roseo.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Dufour Yachts 45E, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Into Oblivion

Is it for you?

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 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26
CoastalBluewater

1.96 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.96
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 169
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.2
TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

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

  • Beamier than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2249 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Dufour Yachts 45E, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Dufour Yachts 45E is a 13.9-meter fractional sloop designed by Umberto Felci and Patrick Roseo, built by Dufour Yachts since 2008. It features a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull, a 4.3-meter beam, a 1.9-meter draft, and displaces 10,869 kg. A deep keel variant is available, increasing the draft to 2.30 meters.13:11

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
30.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.2
Displacement / length
168.6
Comfort ratio
26.2
Capsize screening
1.96
Hull speed
8.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2010
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2008
Designer
Umberto Felci, Patrick Roseo
Builder
Dufour Yachts

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The family

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