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The Dufour Yachts 40 is a 12.3-meter fractional sloop designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour Yachts since 2005, featuring a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull. It displaces 7800 kg with a standard draft of 1.6 meters, though optional drafts and displacements are available, including a performance variant. Hans Hellinger and his wife, Inma, completed a 12-year circumnavigation aboard their Dufour 40 Performance, *Tuvalu*, departing Barcelona in 2010 after a year of refitting and preparation.11:11 They chose the Dufour 40 for its long-passage capability, despite it being a production fiberglass boat.10:57 Aboard *Tuvalu*, the crew used PredictWind via satellite phone for weather routing and Iridium for communication, adapting from earlier shortwave radio setups.20:48 They intentionally sailed slowly to avoid cyclone seasons, leaving the boat in marinas like Shelter Bay to explore inland.40:13 Hellinger emphasizes the psychological growth required to live disconnected from modern digital infrastructure during such a voyage.28:06 The couple identified hatches, acrylic windows, and deck cable glands as common points of water ingress requiring proactive sealing.1:00:47
