~The sleek Dufour 45 E Performance stretches out elegantly and powerfully, leaving its playmates far astern.
The flowing lines of the coach-roof, the uncluttered deck, a cockpit that's broad yet offers good protection... High-quality deck fittings coupled with Dufour ergonomics enable everyone to handle this boat easily. At the helm, nothing can stop you - you have a thoroughbred racer in your hands.
The interior impresses with the space and fittings worthy of a large cruising yacht. Many experienced sailors have noticed its superiority in this respect, compared with yachts that aim for comfort alone.
Draft: 6 ft. 4 in.
Beam: 14 ft. 1 in.
Displacement: 10640
Fuel tank capacity: 66
Water tank capacity: 140
Standard features:
SPECS
Overall length 13.95 m
Waterline length 12.16 m
Hull length 13.60 m
Max beam 4.30 m
Light Displacement 10.637 kg
Draft 1.95 m
Keel weight 3.380 kg
Fuel tank capacity 250 L
Water tank capacity 570 L
Engine power 55 cv
Sail area 113 m2
Construction
Hull:Hand-laminated in polyester/glassfibre; sides made from vacuumbonded
PVC foam core sandwich.
Decoration: Decorative stripes on the hull.
Gelcoat: NPG gelcoat with first mat impregnated with NPG resin forming
an optimum barrier against osmosis.
Structure: Hull bottom counter-moulded, floors laminated into the hull.
Deck: Sandwich with injected PVC foam core
Ballast: Keel bolts bear on stainless back-plates
Rudder: Semi-elliptical shape, filled with closed-cell epoxy foam.
Rudder stock: Solid stainless steel.
Steering: Self-aligning roller bearings with ball-bearing sheaves
Non-slip deck surface: Non-slip structured deck surface.
Deck
Handrails: Wood on cabin roof.
Fixed toe rails: Wooden, at the hull/deck join.
Removable toe rail: Central removable footrest
Anchor locker: Self-draining with built-in windlass support and anchor
chain eyebolt, lockable hatch cover
Anchor roller: Anchor roller with removable roller.
Bow pulpits: Open with separate green/red LED navigation lights.
Stern pulpit: Lifebuoy bracket, jackstaff bracket, and opening life-lines
with hook.
Stanchions: 8 with 2 levels of stainless steel life-lines.
Deck Fittings
Shroud chain-plates: Single stainless chainplate for cap shrouds/aft
lower shrouds, including an eye for fixing extra control lines.
Safety chainplates: Safety harness chainplates in cockpit floor
Chainplates: Asymmetrical spinnaker tack ring forward of forestay
Midships mooring cleats: 2
Mooring cleats: 4
Rubbing strips:: 6 stainless, on hull sheerline
Fuel deck fillers: 1
Water deck fillers: 2
Mainsheet tracks: On cockpit floor with car adjustment lines.
Genoa tracks:With piston cars.
Pulleys: 2 sheet turning blocks.
Through-deck fitting: Stainless, for electrical cables, swan-neck.
Deck organizers: 2 deck organizers for halyard returns.
Halyard winches: 2 halyard winches on cabin roof.
Sheet winches: 2 Genoa sheet winches
Jamcleats: 2 rows of jamcleats port / starboard level with the companionway
Furler line jamcleats: 1 at aft end of sidedeck
Hatch covers:Polyester hatch cover forward of the companionway.
Cockpit
Cockpit bench seats: Slatted teak
Lockers: 3 large side lockers, lids with fixing for padlock.
Helm: Wheel in stainless steel.
Helm console: 2, aluminium
Engine control: Engine control panel and lever to starboard
Compasses: 2 on coaming aft .
Instrumentation: On aft cockpit coaming.
Gas locker: On port side.
Stern door: Opening, with built-in bathing ladder
BIB locker: On aft cockpit coaming.
Shower: Hot/cold water.
Shore supply: Socket to Stbd in cockpit
Bathing ladder: Stainless
Cockpit floor: Non-slip polyester cockpit floor.
Emergency tiller: Head of rudder stock beneath helmsman’s floor for
fitting the emergency tiller
Rigging & Sails
Mast: Anodized aluminium with 2 levels of swept spreaders /
Performance profiled mast (option).
Rigging: 9/10 fractional
Mast stepping: On keel.
Lights: Anchor and masthead lights.
Removable forestay: Removable inner forestay available as an option.
Topping lift: Boom topping lift cleat.
Boom: Anodized aluminium, fitted with 2 rapid reefers.
Downhaul: Rigid boom vang, with tackle led back to cockpit.
Furler: Genoa furling system with drum below deck
Standing rigging: Discontinuous in single-strand and Dyform* stainless
cable, chrome-plated bronze rigging screws, comprising: forestay, backstay,
cap shrouds, inter and lower shrouds.
Mast collar: Aluminium, with synthetic gasket and halyard return pulley plate.
Backstay: Backstay adjusted with stay tensioner.
Running rigging: Running rigging in pre-stretched textile (Dyneema available as
option), including: main and genoa halyards, boom topping lift, main and genoa
sheets, mainsheet car and downhaul adjustments, reef lines, and furling line.
Mainsail: Mainsail with logo, in high tenacity fabric, with 2 wide reef strips.
Genoa: Furling genoa with UV-protection.
Interior
Woodwork: Real wood veneer in Moabi, solid Moabi
Floors: Moabi laminate.
Cupboards: Fitted with ventilation louvres.
Mast cover: Cover to protect mast.
Doors: Fitted with twin-bolt anti-vibration locks, cabin doors can be
blocked in the open position
Mattresses: Mattresses are in quilted, anallergic fabric.
Cushions: Saloon cushions and cabin mattresses fitted with removable covers.
Head-liner: White painted head-liner.
Versions: 3 cabins–2 heads / 4 cabins–2 heads
Glazing & Lighting
Hull: 8 fixed hull ports.
Coachroof, fixed: 4 coachroof ports
Coachroof, opening: 2 opening ports
Hatches: deck hatches with roller blinds and mosquito mesh.
Ventilation: 3 ‘mushroom’ ventilators
Indirect lighting: Under ceiling
Lighting:
Numerous spots and reading lights.
Courtesy light Low
level lighting around saloon furniture
Companionway
Steps: Wide steps
Companionway hatch: Sliding companionway hatch and door in
Plexiglas with stops and lock.
Engine cover: “Wooden engine cover with gas struts under companionway
steps.”
Storage: “Dedicated stowage for companionway door under floor below.”
Hand rails: 2, leather-sheathed stainless.
Fwd Cabin
Berth: 200 × 175 cm approx.
Mattress: 10 cm thick foam mattress with washable cover.
Storage:
Below berth.
Closed cubby-holes either side of berth
2 hanging lockers with shelves.
Bookshelf
Water tank: Below berth.
Access: To navigation instrument transducers
Other: Folding seat
Forward Head
WC: Manual marine toilet with teak seat.
Wash-basin: Wash-basin unit with basin and top in
Corian C synthetic resin.
Water: Chrome-plated brass single-lever mixer tap with shower head.
Drain: Direct, via an electric pump.
Mirror: Large mirror
Grating: Teak
Ventilation: Via deck panel or opening port.
Cupboards: Closed high-level cupboards
Other: Coat-hooks
Toilette AR
WC: Manual marine toilet with teak seat.
• Wash-basin: Wash basin in synthetic stone, with an excellent finish and
ideal for easy maintenance.
Water: Chrome-plated brass single-lever mixer tap with shower head.
Drain: Direct, via an electric pump.
Cupboards: Closed high-level cupboards
Mirror: Large mirror
Shower grating: Teak
Ventilation: Via deck panel or opening port.
Other: Rail in aft head for hanging oilskins
Galley
Configurations: L-shaped on port side of companionway
Worktop: ‘Corian’ synthetic resin with wooden fiddle.
Sink: Stainless, twin bowls with GCorian®C synthetic resin covers, one
of which can be used as a chopping board
Water: Hot and cold pumped water with chrome-plated brass single-lever
mixer tap.
Gas cooker: 3-burner cooker with oven on gimbals, with stainless rail
Crockery storage: Dowels to retain crockery when heeling.
Refrigerator access: From side and via the worktop.
Storage:
3 closed cubby-holes
Under sink with waste bin
Outboard lower unit with cutlery drawer and sliding vegetable baskets
with 3 sliding Plexiglas bins, with separate bottle rack under floor.
Waste bin: Sort compartments
Ladder: yes
Accessibility: Via deck hatch.
Drain: yes
Std Engine
Engine power: 55 hp (41 kW)
Transmission: Sail-drive
Cooling system: Heat exchanger, anti-siphon valve.
Sea-water strainer: Sea-water strainer
Fuel tank: Gauge on electrical distribution panel.
Fuel filter: Fuel filter with water separator.
Shut-off valve: Emergency fuel shut-off valve.
Control panel: Control panel close to helmsman, with hour meter and
tachometer.
Alternator: Alternator with battery isolator.
Ventilation: Ventilation with 2 natural inlets and electric mechanical extract.
Bilge: Separate engine bilge.
Access: Access to the engine from front and both sides.
Propeller: Twin blade, fixed.
Insulation: Carefully-designed foam acoustic and thermal insulation
Plumbing
Tanks: 1 polyethylene water tank with inspection holes.
Electric bilge pump: With strainer, controlled from electrical distribution
panel.
Manual bilge pump: Operated from cockpit.
Bilge sump: Sump built into keel.
Hot water: Water-heater via heat-exchanger
Hot water tank: Pressurized water pump unit.
Shower waste: “Shower waste pumped direct to the sea.”
Electricity
Circuit: 12 V
Distribution panel: 15 functions with circuit-breakers, voltmeter
Socket: 12 V in galley and at electrical distribution panel.
Isolator: 1 per battery set in aft port cabin
Miscellaneous
Winch handles: 2 winch handles with bin.
Owner’s pack: Owner’s pack with Owner’s Manual.
Earthing: Rigging grounded.
