Dufour 40
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The Ultimate Sailing Pleasure • Hand laminated GRP Hull, vacuum bagged PVC foam core sandwich above water line. NPG Gelcoat with first layer of cloth impregnated with NPG resin forming an op- timum barrier against osmosis. Inner moulded hull bot- tom, structural framing laminated to the hull. Navy blue decorative stripes on hull and coach roof. • Deck in PVC foam core sandwich, moulded by injection process [Resin Transfer Moulding) for significant weight saving and excellent interior finish. • Standard draft 1.65 m, cast iron keel, bolts loads taken up by stainless steel backing plate. Semi-elliptical rud- der, filled with closed cell epoxy foam. Stainless steel so- lid stock, on self-aligning bearings. >>> DECK & DECK FITTINGS >>> • Teak handrails on coachroof. Wood toerail on hull-deck joint. Self-draining chain lockerwith eye bolt and integra- ted windlass bracket, cover with locking bolt. Stemhead fitting with removable anchor roller. Pulpit in two sepa- rate parts with separate green/red navigation lights. • Asymmetrical spinnaker tack ring ahead of forestay. Pushpits with horseshoe buoy bracket, flag pole holder and opening cab le gate with hook. Stanchions with 2 levels of stainless steel guard -rails. 6 Mooring cleats, stainless steel rubbing plates on sheer line. Single chainplate for cap shrouds/aft lower shrouds including an eye for fixing extra control lines. 2 deck filler plates for water, 1 for • Mainsheet track on cockpit sole with adjustable travel- ler. Genoa sheet tracks with piston lead blocks. • Double sheet turning blocks with built-in jammer. Stainless steel swan neck electric cable gland. 2x4 and • 6 sheave deck organizers for halyard returns. 5+2 clut- • 2 X 40.2 ST halyard winches on coachroof. 2 x 48 ST Genoa sheet winches on coamings close to helmsman. Spinlock clutch on toerail for Genoa furling line. • Sliding companionway hatch and washboards in Plexi- glas with stops and lock. GRP cover ahead of compa- nionway with spray deflector. • Teak trimmed seats, slightly curved GRP sole. Large side lockers with lids fitted with padlock hasps. GRP stee- ring pedestal forming a footrest and instrument panel, with compass. Stainless steel arch above compass. • Large leather rimmed steering wheel. Rudder stock head under helmsman's seat for installing the emergency tiller. Engine control lever starboard and recessed engine control panel. Recessed instrument panel symmetrical to engine panel. Stowage bins built into engine and instru- ment panels. 2 winch pockets. • Transom opens in centre by tipping helmsman's seat gi- ving access to the swim/boarding platform. Large Propa- ne locker in aft port seat. Locker for small equipment in • Life raft stowage in dedicated locker under sole. Swim/ boarding platform teak trimmed in central part. Cockpit shower in aft locker. Stainless steel bathing ladder with teak steps. Shore power socket in cockpit • Anodised aluminium mast with double swept backed spreaders, rigged 9/10, deck stepped. Anchor and stea- ming lights. • Possibility of rigging a removable inner forestay. Boom topping lift cleat. Anodised aluminium boom equipped with single line reefing system. • Rigid boom vang , with tackle led back to cockpit. • Genoa furling system. • Discontinuous standing rigging in single strand stain- less steel cable and chrome plated bronze turnbuckles including: forestay, backstay, cap shrouds, interand lower shrouds. Backstay adjusted with stay tensionner. • Running rigging in pre-stretched textile including: « low stretch » main and Genoa halyards, boom topping lift, main sheet on standing winch block with cleat on cock- pit floor, Genoa sheets, adjustable mainsail track, boom vang, reefing lines and Genoa furling line. • Mainsail with logo in high tenacity cloth, with two broad reef bands. Mainsail cover. Special biradial roller furling Genoa with anti-UV protection. Very good ventilation ensured by 5 deck hatches with inte- grated ventilators and 6 opening port-lights. Lighting is completed by 2 fixed coachroof port-lights and 2 fixed hull port-lights. Electric lighting provided by nume- rous spotlights and reading lights.

DUFOUR 40 Performance - Standard specifications - September 2007 • All joinery work in prime choice light Moabi mahogany, with fiddles and mouldings in solid wood. Locker doors have ventilation louvers. The cabin doors have double anti-vibration bolts. The soles are in varnished • Moabi veneered marine plywood. • Cabin mattresses and saloon cushions have removable covers. The upper cabin and saloon linings are in Moabi • Headroom: 1.95 m. Removable companionway unit with wooden steps. Handrail. Removable engine wooden cover under companionway steps. Battery switches under com- panionway....