Dufour 45 E Performance

2009 DUFOUR 45e Performance. Twin wheel, standard fin keel 2.0m, navy hull with a performance keel stepped carbon mast & rod rigging. 4 Cabin, 2 head version with 2 aft cabins, Owners forward ensuite and bunk cabins. Day head with shower to starboard. Volvo D2 55hp inboard diesel.

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Maintained to a high standard, this Dufour 45e has been used for fast fun family sailing with an electric halyard winch, furling headsail and mainsail cars on lazyjacks for easy sail management. Carbon bowsprit and spinnaker pole on a track to provide downwind sail options.

Great specification providing equipment suitable for all types of sailing requirements & plans.

Mini refit completed in 2021 - details below

ADDITIONAL SPECS:

Dufour 45 Performance with epoxy vacuum infused hull. Dark navy hull in excellent condition considering age.

Teak cockpit with removable cockpit table with carbon wheels on pedestails. Mainsail track in cockpit with a sprayhood providing protection.

2010 World cruising boat of the year.

Volvo Penta D2 55 with 2023 S 130 sail drive and folding prop.

Max prop drop down bow thruster

All Carbon mast, boom, bow sprit, spinnaker pole and twin wheels.

Dishwasher, microwave, coffee pod machine, large fridge, twin heads with showers and electric flush in bow cabin. Upgraded large porcelain toilets. TV and Bluetooth sound bar and radio in salon. Blue tooth deck speakers. Folding Stern swim platform with folding S/S swim ladder. Electric anchor windlass on s/s and teak pullpit. Teak cockpit and coach roof. 3 panel Solar array on coach roof.

Two carbon poles on aft quarters for wind turbine and a radar were removed by current owner but available with the boat.

4 cabin layout. 3 doubles and bunkbed cabin on starboard side, aft of fore cabin. Sleeps 10 including salon.

Large foldout table in main salon.

German main sheet system, Jib inhaulers, full symmetric and asymmetrical spinnaker systems.

2023 -25 full B&G chart plotters mated to B&G race hardware and Raymarine electronics upgrade with all displays repeated at the each wheel plus triple mast display. Raymarine autopilot. B&G VHF AIS transceiver.

All through hull fittings replaced with bronze 2024 and faired into hull.

2021 Epoxy Copper coat anti fouling on hull. Light sanding each year to restore activity. Very smooth and very effective. Full Awlgrip Flag Blue topsides respray. Few marks since require minor touch ups Stern hull deck joint faired in. Making this boat stand out above the rest. Keel faired and trailing edge chamfered to eliminate turbulence. Rudder removed osmosis treated and epoxied and faired 2021. New bearings fitted 2022.

Mast, boom, bow sprit, spinnaker pole and wheels removed fully serviced and resprayed 2021. Rig removed and fully serviced by Allspars Plymouth 2021. 4 new dyneema SK halyards fitted 2021.

Jib and spinnaker sheets replaced with tapered dyneema sk. jib inhaulers fitted. Outboard jib sheeting padeyes. Upgraded boom vang and purchase.

Current owner removed 2 stern quarter carbon poles, one for a wind turbine and other for radar. These are both available with the boat.

Sails:

Quantum main 2021

2021 North sails 3DI jib.

Original roller furling jib.

Asymmetric cruising spinnaker