- Length
- 8.28 m
- Beam
- 2.79 m
- Draft
- 1.57 m
- Sail area
- 28.61 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 8.28 m
- Waterline length
- 6.2 m
- Beam
- 2.79 m
- Draft
- 1.57 m
- Displacement
- 2,650 kg
- Ballast
- 900 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 28.61 m²
- Mainsail area
- 12.32 m²
- Foresail area
- 16.32 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 10.37 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.15 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 8.8 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 2.8 m
- Forestay length
- 10.84 m
Engine & propulsion3
- Engine type
- Diesel
- Engine make
- Volvo Penta
- Engine model
- MD 6A
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, skeg-hung rudder
Production & design5
- Production started
- 1972
- Production ended
- 1979
- Hulls built
- 320
- Builder
- Dufour
- Designer
- Michel Dufour
Performance ratios7
- Sail area / displacement
- 15.24
- Displacement / length
- 309.93
- Ballast / displacement
- 34 %
- Comfort ratio
- 21.13
- Capsize screening
- 2.04
- Hull speed
- 6.04 kn
- Load per cm of immersion
- 118.8 kg/cm
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Dufour 271 generation
01
1972–1979