- Length
- 8.23 m
- Beam
- 2.79 m
- Draft
- 1.32 m
- Sail area
- 29.64 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 8.23 m
- Waterline length
- 6.55 m
- Beam
- 2.79 m
- Draft
- 1.32 m
- Displacement
- 2,694 kg
- Ballast
- 998 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 29.64 m²
- Mainsail area
- 13.49 m²
- Foresail area
- 16.17 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 10.3 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.14 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 8.6 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 3.14 m
- Forestay length
- 10.77 m
Engine & propulsion4
- Engine power
- 10 hp
- Engine type
- Diesel
- Engine make
- Volvo Penta
- Engine model
- MD 6A
Hull & construction3
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, skeg-hung rudder
- Ballast material
- Cast iron
Production & design3
- Production started
- 1969
- Builder
- Michel Dufour
- Designer
- Michel Dufour
Performance ratios7
- Sail area / displacement
- 15.61
- Displacement / length
- 266.82
- Ballast / displacement
- 37 %
- Comfort ratio
- 20.75
- Capsize screening
- 2.03
- Hull speed
- 6.21 kn
- Load per cm of immersion
- 125.7 kg/cm
Years, generations and variants
Dufour Safari 271 generation
01
1969 — status pending