- Length
- 15.1 m
- Beam
- 4.8 m
- Draft
- 2.3 m
- Sail area
- 100.71 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 15.1 m
- Waterline length
- 13.67 m
- Beam
- 4.8 m
- Draft
- 2.3 m
- Displacement
- 15,245 kg
- Ballast
- 4,042 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, fractional rig
- Sail area
- 100.71 m²
- Mainsail area
- 45.49 m²
- Foresail area
- 48.21 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 17.25 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 5.59 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 16.25 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 5.6 m
- Forestay length
- 18.13 m
Engine & propulsion3
- Engine power
- 75 hp
- Engine type
- Diesel
- Engine make
- Volvo
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass, foam-cored sandwich
- Keel type
- Fin keel, bulb, spade rudder
Tanks2
- Fuel tank
- 500 L
- Fresh water tank
- 719 L
Production & design5
- Production started
- 2011
- Production ended
- 2015
- Hulls built
- 100
- Builder
- Dufour
- Designer
- Umberto Felci
Performance ratios7
- Sail area / displacement
- 16.72
- Displacement / length
- 166.31
- Ballast / displacement
- 26.5 %
- Comfort ratio
- 28.57
- Capsize screening
- 1.96
- Hull speed
- 8.97 kn
- Load per cm of immersion
- 450.7 kg/cm
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Dufour 500 Grand Large1 generation
01
2011–2015