Dufour 56 Exclusive

Newly-commissioned, high specification, 5-cabin plus crew Dufour 56 Exclusive. Over Euro 380,000 in factory options. Available for immediate delivery.

 

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

 

Fantastic opportunity to beat the lead time and acquire a newly-delivered Dufour 56 Exclusive. With over Euro 380,000 of factory fitted options and specified with the charter-friendly 5-cabin, 3-heads, plus ensuite skipper cabin interior layout.

 

Her upgrade option highlights include: -

• Comfort and Premium packages
• 5-cabin layout including 4x doubles plus Pullman twin bunk cabin and 3x heads
• Forepeak skipper cabin with heads
• Boston teak interior joinery
• 2.2m shallow draft keel option
• Dark grey vinyl hull wrap
• SeaProtector antifouling film
• In-mast furling system
• Self-tacking and side-deck genoa tracks
• Black Dacron mainsail and genoa
• Synthetic teak side decks, coachroof top, cockpit and bathing platform
• Electric retractable bathing platform with remote control
• Volvo D3-150 engine with 4-bladed feathering propeller
• Docking system with bow and stern thrusters
• 2kw inverter
• 1,000Ah service battery capacity upgrade
• 100 litre per hour dual voltage watermaker
• Air-conditioning for saloon
• Height adjustable saloon table with electric adjustment and folding leaves
• Extra refrigeration
• Gas stove and microwave
• Cockpit fridge and gas BBQ grill
• Bimini and sprayhood
• Electric Lewmar control line winch
• Carbonnautica black GRP helm wheels
• Stainless steel anchor
• Raymarine instruments with twin Axiom 12” screens, radar and upgraded VHF
• Electric heads throughout
• Boss Marine upgraded hifi system with interior and exterior speakers

 

MANUFACTURER’S COMMENTS:

 

Every day, we strive to design yachts to make your dreams of offshore adventures a reality.

 

A peerless long-range sailing yacht with stunning aesthetics, the Dufour 56 is designed, first and foremost, for high-sea sailing. Fast, seaworthy and reliable in all circumstances, it embodies the very essence of a powerful, safe and easy-to-manoeuvre sailboat. With its tilling consoles equipped with commands for all winches and electric furlers, sailing on the Dufour 56 is child’s play.

 

Inside, the Dufour 56 sets a new standard for on-board luxury and comfort with a sophisticated design and high-end features.

 

PRESS REVIEW:

 

Dufour’s new 56 Exclusive looks anything but plain or boring. It simply oozes French-Italian chic and, despite conforming to the template of the modern, high-volume production cruiser, it does so in its own way.

 

I discovered this on a day of testing when we experienced everything from bright sunshine, 15 knots of breeze and flat water to torrential rain squalls, a hailstorm, winds nudging 30 knots and the sort of wind-over-tide chop that’s a speciality of Cowes Roads.

 

It wouldn’t be spoiling the story to say that the new Dufour took it all in its stride, as you would hope. After all, if a boat of this size made heavy weather of a brisk day in the Solent, something would be seriously amiss.

 

What it did was to demonstrate that Dufour has successfully tweaked and refined the Grand Large 560, first launched in 2014. The changes are mostly detailing and styling, following suggestions by owners and bringing the boat right up to date. In its new guise, the 56 and its 63ft sister now form the ‘Exclusive’ range at the top of Dufour’s line-up…

 

This new Dufour is undoubtedly a stylish boat, but not one where style has won at the expense of substance. The ergonomics and practicalities have been well thought out for the sort of use it’s most likely to see. It also sails nicely, offers a lot of boat for the money and is easy to handle under both sail and power…

 

…Whatever any traditionalists might think, the demands of today’s buyers are changing and the Dufour 56 is proof of that. It’s a boat I suspect buyers will find a pleasure to live with.

 

Extract from Yachting World - 2019

Specifications

CONSTRUCTION

 

RCD Status:

• It is our understanding that the yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A — "Ocean".

 

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• Hull: Composite sandwich hand-laminated polyester.
• PVC panels are vacuum-bonded for better adhesion to laminate.
• Structure: Hull bottom counter-moulded, floors laminated into the hull.
• Gelcoat: NPG gelcoat with first mat impregnated with NPG resin forming an optimum barrier against osmosis.
• Hull vinyl wrapped in metallic dark grey
• Decoration: Grey for waterline and decoration line
• Deck: Sandwich with injected PVC foam core
• Synthetic teak side decks, coachroof, cockpit sole, cockpit seating and bathing platform with grey caulking effect
• Seaprotector antifouling film system
• Moulded dolphin striker bowsprit/anchor fitting

 

Keel & Rudder:

• Ballast: Shallow draft keel in cast iron with stainless steel bolts bear on stainless back-plates (optional shallow draft)
• Rudder: Semi-elliptical shape, filled with closed-cell epoxy foam.
• Rudder stock: Solid stainless steel.
• Rudder quadrant: Stainless steel cables and quadrant 610 mm diamter.

 

MACHINERY

 

Engine & gearbox:

• Volvo D3-150 150hp 5-cylinder common-rail turbo-charged diesel engine producing 150hp @ 3,000 rpm
• Transmission: Shaft-line with hydraulic V-drive reverse gear
• Cooling system: Heat exchanger, anti-siphon valve.
• Sea-water strainer: Sea-water strainer
• Electric engine control and gear/throttle control
• Ventilation: Ventilation with 3 natural inlets and electric mechanical extract.
• Insulation: Carefully-designed foam acoustic and thermal insulation.
• Access: Access to the engine from front and both sides.

 

Maintenance & Performance:

• Engine hours – Approx 77 as of Autumn 2023
• Date of last engine service:  Autumn 2023 @ 50hrs

 

Propulsion & Steering:

• 4-bladed feathering blade propeller
• Jethruster 12vDC retractable bowthruster
• Sleipner SidePower 12vDC retractable sternthruster
• Carbonnautica black GRP composite helm wheels
• Emergency steering gear

 

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

 

Voltage systems:

• 12vDC primary domestic system with 220v AC via shore power or inverter
• Simarine DC monitoring system

 

Battery Banks:

• 1x 140Ah engine start battery
• 1,000Ah 12vDC service battery bank
• Battery controller * upgraded option *

 

Chargers & Inverters:

• Victron Multiplus automatic battery charger with integral 2000w inverter with Victron inverter control at chart table area
• Cristec YP 12-48 A8Amp secondary battery charger

 

Alternators:

• 12vDC engine-mounted alternator

 

Shore power:

• 220vAC shore power system
• 220vAC sockets throughout yacht

 

Other Electrical:

• Electrical panel with magneto-thermal breakers
• 220vAC sockets throughout
• USB power sockets
• 12vDC power socket at chart table area

 

PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS

 

Fresh Water:

• 12vDC pressure pump system for fresh water
• Hot water: Water-heater via heat-exchanger or via 220vAC immersion heater element
• Hot water tank: Pressurized water pump unit 50lt
• Purified fresh water supply to galley

 

Watermaker:

• Omosea dual voltage 12vDC/220vAC reverse-osmosis watermaker producing approx. 100 litre per hour.

 

Salt Water:

• Seawater foot pump supply to galley

 

Bilge Pumps:

• Electric bilge pump: With strainer, controlled from electrical distribution panel
• Manual bilge pump: Operated from cockpit.
• Bilge sump: Sump built into keel, access to strainer
• Shower waste: Electric shower pump

 

Black & Grey Water:

• Grey water discharges at sea
• black water discharges to holding tanks

 

Gas System:

• Gas installation (EU appliance)

 

TANKAGE

 

Fuel:

• Fuel tank: 2 tanks with gauge on electrical panel. 500lt
• Fuel filter, water separator
• Shut-off valve: fuel shut-off valve on each tank with selection system.
• Fuel deck fillers: 2

 

Fresh Water:

• Polyethylene water tanks with inspection holes and electric gauges 680lt capacity
• Water deck fillers: 3

 

Holding Tanks:

• black water holding tanks serving heads in port and starboard hulls

 

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

 

Navigation equipment

• Raymarine Axiom 12” colour Wi-Fi GPS chart plotter displays to port and starboard helms
• Raymarine radar scanner
• Raymarine autopilot system with control head at helm
• 2x Raymarine i70 instrument displays
• Raymarine Speed, depth, and wind transducers
• Plastimo Olympic 115 Steering compasses

 

Communications Equipment:

• Raymarine Ray 63 VHF with DSC and GPS plus additional handset at helm
• Raymarine AIS transceiver

 

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

 

Galley

• ENO gimballed gas stove with 3x burners and oven & grill
• 220vAC microwave oven
• Isotherm stainless steel Integrated double vertical fridge/freezer
• Additional  Isotherm 12vDC fridge – top opening
• Twin sinks with hot & cold pressurised water supply

 

Heads:

• 12vDC saltwater flush electric marine heads throughout
• Hot & cold pressurised showers in heads

 

Heating & Ventilation:

• 220vAC air-conditioning for saloon area (operated from shorepower)

 

Lighting:

• 12vDC LED lighting throughout 
• Indirect lighting: Under ceiling
• Lighting: Numerous spots and reading lights.
• Courtesy light: Low-level lighting around saloon furniture

 

Entertainment:

• LCD TV on cantilever bracket in saloon 
• Fusion MS-RA70N bluetooth HiFi system with Bose speakers in saloon and waterproof speakers in cockpit

 

ACCOMMODATION

Summary of Accommodation:

• Charter interior layout with 5-cabins (4x double cabins, plus pullman twin bunk cabin in place of aft starboard heads) and three heads plus additional skipper cabin in forepeak with heads.

 

Accommodation Finish:

• Boston Teak interior joinery
• Moabi laminate soleboards
• Corian counters in galley and heads
• Teak gratings to heads floors
• Bonanza Beige leatherette interior upholstery
• Upgraded mattresses
• Roller blinds and curtains
• Doors: Fitted with twin-bolt anti-vibration locks, cabin doors can be blocked in the open position
• Cushions: Saloon cushions and cabin mattresses fitted with removable covers.
• Head-liner: Lined with wood.

 

DECK EQUIPMENT

Rig:

• Z-Spars mast: Anodized aluminium with 2 levels of swept spreaders
• Rigging: 9/10 fractional
• Mast stepping: On deck
• In-mast furling system
• Topping lift: Boom topping lift cleats.
• Z-Spars boom: Anodized aluminium equipped for 2 continuous reefs.
• Facnor genoa furler.
• Furler line jamcleats: 1 at aft end of sidedeck
• Genoa self-tacking track plus 2 genoa sheet tracks, plunger-adjustable low-lead cars
• Standing rigging: Continuous in stainless single-strand cable, chrome-plated bronze rigging screws, comprising: forestay, backstay bridle with twin rigging screws, inter and lower shrouds.
• Backstay: double mechanically adjusted
• Mainsheet tracks: On coachroof with adjusting car (2440 mm). STD
• Deck organizers: 2 deck 4-sheave organizers for halyard, sheet and reef line returns.
• Jamcleats: 2 rows of jamcleats port / starboard level with the companionway
• Running rigging: “Running rigging in pre-stretched textile including: main and genoa halyards, boom topping lift, main and genoa sheets, 2 continuous reef lines, leech tensio­ner, 1mainsheet car adjustments, furling line, downhaul tackle. (MAIN and JIB halyard in spectra)

 

Winches:

• 2x Lewmar T55 self-tailing manual primary winches at helm positions
• 1x Lewmar T50 self-tailing electric halyard winch on coachroof
• 1x Lewmar T50 self-tailing manual halyard winch on coachroof

 

Sails:

• Elvstrom Sails black Dacron in-mast furling mainsail with UV-protection
• Elvstrom Sails black Dacron furling genoa with UV-protection

 

General:

• Bow pulpits: Stainless, opening for easy access and for spin­naker handling
• Stern pulpits: Jackstaff bracket, navigation light, and opening lifelines with hook.
• Stanchions: With 2 rows of life-lines, one opening gate each side.
• Electric opening bathing platform with wireless remote control
• Integrated foldaway sunbed in starboard cockpit seat
• Stainless steel bow protection
• Hot & cold pressurised cockpit shower
• Outboard engine bracket
• Cockpit table with teak folding leafs
• Isotherm stainless steel fridge in cockpit table
• ENO gas BBQ grill at transom
• Wetbar at transom with pressurised fresh water supply
• Underwater LED lighting
• Folding stainless steel passarelle with halyard line
• Dorade box

 

Anchoring & Mooring:

• Lewmar 12vDC 1,600w electric anchor windlass with deck buttons, Quick wired remote control in skippers cabin and control at helm with chain counter
• 32kgs stainless steel Delta anchor with 75m of 12mm anchor chain
• Second anchor
• Mooring equipment with fenders and warps

 

Covers & Canvas:

• Dark smoke sprayhood with stainless steel frame and grabrail
• Dark smoke biminis for forward and aft cockpit areas with stainless steel frames
• Cockpit and coachroof sunbathing cushions

 

SAFETY EQUIPMENT:

 

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.

 

• Lights: Anchor and steaming lights and deck flood (LED)
• LED navigation lights with tri-colour masthead light
• Safety package including liferaft and self-inflating lifejackets
• Safety harness padeye in cockpit floor and wood hand rail along coachroof

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