2011 Dufour 405 Grand Large

“European Boat of the Year 2010”, not surprisingly from the Dufour Yachts stable. Already widely acclaimed by the general public, the professional press too has recognized its many excellent features.

Beautiful, big, modern, rich, and innovative — and what’s more, it goes very fast! You could say this Dufour 405 has all the attractions of the perfect heartthrob!

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The Dufour 405 Grand Large has been developed for coastal cruising as well as ocean sailing. Her ergonomic cockpit, the interior and exterior layout offer you plenty of comfort, space and safety.

With the Dufour 405, you will enjoy the pleasure of sailing. Easy manoeuvring, circulation on deck, a comfortable and safe cockpit, are some of the key assets for family cruising.

The performance hull shape of the Dufour 405 offers you a maximum of pleasure and sensation.

Life on Board: Galley and Salon
~ Functional and modern interior.
~ Airy and light interior thanks to large portlights and numerous deck hatches.
~ Very sociable saloon.
~ Exceptional head room in the entire boat.
~ Numerous hand rails in saloon.
~ Hull portlights offering panoramic views.
~ Plenty of storage.
~ All joinery work in prime choice light Moabi, with fiddles and mouldings in solid wood.
~ Cupboard and cabin doors with elegant inserts in Wenge.
~ Warm, cosy and modern interior thanks to the choice of wood and rich materials.

The Dufour 405's interior offers plenty of space and comfort, but she is also extremely functional. Each detail has been designed to facilitate your life on board. Some of these functional designs include:
      ~ Galley with large work top in synthetic Corian stone.
      ~ Large refrigerator with both front and top openings.
      ~ Innovative interior details: wine cellar, cupboards with gas springs, drawers with blocking system, sea water pump.

The cabins of the Dufour 405 are spacious for a maximum comfort. They include:
~ Large cabin with en suite owner's heads.
~ Front cabin with numerous storage facilities.
~ Visibility to the outside from the front cabin.
~ Shower compartment with wooden seat in the aft heads. also designed for dressing and to stow away wet gear.
~ Spacious aft cabin(s)
~ Numerous hatches for optimum ventilation and light.
~ Exceptional engine compartment insulation.
~ Large sail locker with a wet locker for oilskins and storage space accessible from the interior and exterior (in 2 cabin version).

Companionway:
~ Sliding companionway hatch and washboard in Plexiglas with stops and lock.
~ Curved wooden steps and access to engine by lifting stair case on jacks.
~ Two handrails.
~ Dedicated stowage for companionway door inside the boat.


Innovative and Technically Advanced:
~ Large cockpit with neat ergonomics
~ Twin steering wheels
~ Easy and safe manoeuvring on board (uncluttered deck and cockpit floor, clear side decks, flush portlights)
~ The position of chain plates allows easy manoeuvring around side decks
~ Genoa winches accessible from the helmsman's seat
~ Sliding hatch recessing into garage and halyards returned to the cockpit
~ Gas springs in the cockpit lockers
~ Two pad eyes for halyard storage at mast foot
~ Life raft locker integrated into the transom
~ Deep and roomy anchor locker with windless remote control
~ Tilting bathing platform with hot/cold shower unit
~ Long integrated telescopic bathing ladder
~ Fuel and water fillers covered by helmsman's seat

Sails & Rigging:
~ Anodised aluminum mast with double swept backed spreaders, In-mast furling.
~ Anchor and steaming light
~ Boom topping lift cleat.
~ Anodised aluminum boom.
~ Genoa roller furling system.
~ Continuous standing rigging in single strand stainless steel cable and chrome plated bronze turnbuckles including: forestay, double backstay, cap shrouds, intermediate and lower shrouds.
~ Pre-stretched running rigging including: Main and Genoa halyards, boom topping lift, Main and Genoa sheets, two reefing lines, outhaul line, Mainsheet car control line, furling line, boom vang tackle.

Ventilation & Lighting:
Very efficient ventilation ensured by:
~ 7 deck hatches with integrated "mushroom" ventilators, 4 opening port-lights on roof with curtains.
~ 8 hull port-lights as well as 4 fixed port-lights add to the saloon's natural brightness.
~ Numerous ceiling spotlights and reading lights come in a chrome finish.

Electricity:
~ 12V DC system, Switchboard with circuit breakers, voltmeter, 12V outlet.
~ 1x100 Ah engine battery. 1x100 Ah service battery. Switch for each battery.

Additional:
~ Two winch handles with holder
~ Owner's briefcase with owner's manual

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.