Overview
The Dufour 35 is a Michel Dufour design built in France from 1971 to 1982, with about 450 completed. It is a masthead sloop with a fin keel and skeg-hung rudder.
Design and Construction
Overall length is 35.25 ft on a 27.83 ft waterline, with 11.33 ft of beam and 5.93 ft of draft. Displacement is 13,885 lb with 5,780 lb of ballast, about 42 percent. The hull is fiberglass. A 25 hp Volvo MD 2B diesel is listed, with 32 gallons of fuel and 66 gallons of water. Reported sail area is 551 sq ft.
Buyers Notes
John Neal rates the Dufour 35-45 range 2 of 5. He says the 1964-84 boats had solid hulls and balsa-cored decks, and that later models were not brilliant. A deck core survey for wet balsa is the first job on a boat of this age.
