A 1981 Dufour 4800
Specifications
Length:
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34' 4"
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Designer:
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Johann Valentijn
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LWL:
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30'
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Hull material:
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fiberglass
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Beam:
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10' 10"
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Auxiliary:
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Volvo MD11C 23hp
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Draft:
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5' 7" (formerly 6'8")
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Fuel:
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39 gals
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Displacement:
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12,700#
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Water:
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60 gals
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Ballast:
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5700#
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Standard Layout below
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Our Dufour had the Standard Layout.
Electronics
- Standard VHF w/ RAM mike in cockpit
- Standard handheld VHF
- Standard waterproof handheld VHF
- SEA 235R SSB with Pactor II controller
- Garmin 128 panel-mounted GPS
- Garmin 12XL handheld GPS
- Garmin 38 handheld GPS
- Furuno 1621 radar w/ Edson mast
- Standard depth & knot/log
- Speed Tech hand-held depth sounder
- Autohelm 4000 wheel autopilot
- Dell Latitude CPt laptop computer
Electrical System
- Three 70-AH gel-cell house batteries
- 210-AH gel-cell starter battery
- Two Siemens 75W solar panels
- 75-amp Balmar alternator + spare
- Balmar 3-stage regulator + spare
- West Marine battery combiner
- Blue Sea Systems main battery switch
- Blue Sea Systems 150-amp main circuit breakers (I hate fuses!)
- New Blue Sea Systems AC and DC main panels
Mechanical Systems
- Volvo MD11C 2-cylinder diesel. Racor filters
- Webasto diesel-fired water/cabin heater
- Isotherm 12VDC air-cooled refrigerator w/ ASU
- Force 10 propane oven
Rig, Steering and Ground Tackle
- Single-spreader masthead sloop with Hall Spars aluminum mast and Isomat 3-reef boom
- All-new mechanically-terminated standing rigging except for shrouds (cont. rod rigging)
- Navtek hydraulic backstay adjuster
- Harken roller-furling jib
- Jiffy-reefing main
- Cape Horn self-steering windvane
- 35# CQR anchor on bow roller
- 100' of 5/16" high-test chain + 300' 5/8" rode
- Additional anchors: 22# Bruce and two 20# Danforths
- Additional chain and rode: 145' 5/16" HT; 600' 5/8" rode
- Lofrans Royal manual windlass
Sail Inventory
Working sail area (100% jib) = 538 sq. ft.
Actual sail area (130% genoa) = 655 sq. ft.
Main (Manchester)
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Good condition--added 3rd reef and replaced all plastic slides w/ metal
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280 sq. ft.
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Full-battened main (Doyle)
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Good condition--new battens & replaced some plastic slides w/ metal
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300 sq. ft.
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130% Genoa (Doyle)
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Excellent condition-- added chafe resistant strips
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375 sq. ft.
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Genoa Staysail (North Sails)
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Excellent condition
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Drifter
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Good condition--cut down from spinnaker
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Storm trysail
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Excellent condition
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Storm jib
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Excellent condition
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Safety Equipment
- West Marine harness/CO2 PFDs
- Wichard harness tethers
- 3 new fire extinguishers
- New flare gun
- 8 gun flares
- 6 regular flares
- Lifesling MOB rescue system
- Horseshoe float
- 10 PFDs (2 child-sized)
- aACR 406 EPIRB (registered)
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