Dufour 455
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The Ultimate Sailing Pleasure • Hand laminated GRP hull. • The NPG gelcoat [the first layer of cloth is impregnated with NPG resin) forms an optimum barrier against osmo- • Inner moulded hull bottom, structural grid laminated to the hull. Hull portlights in the saloon. Deck in Balsa core sandwich, made by Infusion process. • Draft 2.20m, cast iron keel, bolt loads taken up by stain- less steel backing plate. • Semi-elliptical rudder, filled with closed cell epoxy foam. Stainless steel, solid stock. >>> DECK & DECK FITTINGS >>> • Teak handrails on coachroof. Wooden toerail. • Self-draining chain locker with eye bolt and integrated windlass bracket, lid with locking bolt. Stemhead fitting anchor roller. • Pulpit with wooden step and separate green/red navi- gation lights. • Pushpits with horseshoe buoy bracket, flag pole holder, navigation light, and opening cable gate with hook. • Stanchions with two levels of life line. • Six aluminium mooring cleats. Single stainless steel chainplate for cap shrouds/aft lower shrouds. Two • Two deck fillers, one water and one for fuel. • Mainsheet track on and adjustable traveller on coa- chroof. Boom vang. • Genoa sheet tracks with piston lead blocks. Genoa sheet turning blocks on coaming. • 8 sheave deck organizers for halyard returns, mainsail sheet and reefing lines. • Stainless steel swan neck electric/electronic cable gland. Two x three clutches on coachroof. • Two x 44.2 ST halyard winches on the roof to starboard. • Two x 53.2 ST genoa winches on coamings close to the • Teak trimmed seats, GRP sole. • Two large side lockers with lids fitted with padlock has- • Rudder stock head under helmsman's sole for instal- ling the emergency tiller. • Engine lever and control panel easily to hand for the helmsman on the starboard side. • Transom open in centre with a tipping helmsman's seat giving access to the swim/boarding platform. • Gas cylinder locker in aft port seat. Life raft stowage in dedicated locker under helmsman seat. • Cockpit shower in aft locker. Folding stainless steel ba- thing ladder. • Anodised aluminium mast with double swept backed spreaders, rigged 15/16, deck stepped. • Anchor and steaming lights. • Boom topping lift cleat. Anodised aluminium boom equipped with two single line reefing system. • Grounded rigging system. • Continuous standing rigging in single strand stainless steel cable and chrome plated bronze turnbuckles inclu- ding: forestay, double backstay, cap shrouds, inter and lower shrouds. • Pre-stretched running rigging including: Main and Ge- noa halyards, boom topping lift, Main and Genoa sheets, two reefing lines, outhaul line, Mainsheet car control line, furling line, boom vang tackle. • Mainsail equipped with two broad reef bands, with bat- tens and bag. Furling Genoa with anti-UV protection. Very good ventilation is ensured by 10 deck hatches with integrated ventilators, four opening port-lights on roof with curtains, permanent ventilation with two aerators, «mushroom» models. • Two hull port-lights as well as four fixed pot-lights add to the saloon's natural brightness. Numerous spotlights and reading lights come in a chrome

DUFOUR 455 Grand'large - Standard specifications - September 2007 • All joinery work is finished in prime choice Moabi ma- hogany, with fiddles, mouldings and framings in solid • Cabin doors have a blocking system in order to keep them open where necessary. • Soles are in Moabi laminated floor boards. • Saloon cushions and mattress fabrics have removable covers. The upper cabin linings are in Moabi wood, the bottom in cream coloured vinyl. • Sliding companionway hatch and washboards in Plexi- glas with stops and lock. • Curved wooden steps and access to engine by lifting step case on jacks....