2017 Dufour 460 Grand Large

Construction

• Hull: Hand-laminated in polyester/glassfibre
• Decoration: Decorative stripes on the hull
• Gelcoat: NPG gelcoat with first mat impregnated with NPG resin, forming an optimum barrier against osmosis
• Structure: Hull bottom counter-moulded, floors laminated into the hull
• Deck: Sandwich construction with injected PVC foam core
• Ballast: Keel bolts bear on stainless back-plates
• Rudder: Semi-elliptical shape, filled with closed-cell epoxy foam
• Rudder stock: Solid stainless steel
• Non-slip deck surface: Structured non-slip deck surface

Deck

• Shroud chainplates: Single chainplate for cap shrouds and lower shrouds
• Safety chainplates: Safety harness chainplates in cockpit floor
• Chainplates: (2) backstay chainplates
• Midships mooring cleats: (2) aluminium
• Mooring cleats: (4) aluminium
• Rubbing strips: (6) stainless, on hull sheerline
• Fuel deck fillers: (1)
• Water deck fillers: (2)
• Mainsheet track: On coachroof with adjusting car
• Self-tacking jib track
• Downhaul: Multi-purchase tackle and cascade
• Pulleys: Self-tacking jib single-sheet return pulley on coachroof
• Through-deck fitting: Stainless swan-neck for electrical and electronic cables
• Deck organisers: (1) deck organiser for halyard returns
• Halyard winch: (1) on coachroof
• Jamcleats: (2) rows of jamcleats, port and starboard, level with the companionway
• Furler line jamcleat: (1) at aft end of side deck
• Hatch cover: Polyester hatch cover forward of the companionway

Cockpit

• Cockpit bench seats: Teak-covered
• Helmsman's seat: Teak-covered
• Lockers: (2) large side lockers with lids fitted with struts and padlock fixings
• Helm: Dual helm positions with wheels
• Helm console: Polyester
• Engine control: At starboard helm position
• Compasses: (1) at each helm position
• Gas locker: In starboard aft locker
• Stern door: Swings up with built-in folding stainless bathing ladder
• BIB locker: Dedicated life raft locker fitted with ram
• Handrail: In port stern locker
• Shower: Cold water
• Shore supply: Connector in port stern locker
• Bathing ladder: Folding stainless bathing ladder
• Cockpit floor: Non-slip polyester cockpit floor
• Emergency tiller: Head of rudder stock beneath helmsman's floor for fitting the emergency tiller

Galley

• Configuration: Forward
• Worktop: Corian® synthetic resin with wooden fiddle
• Sink: Large stainless sink with covers, one of which can be used as a chopping board
• Water: Hot and cold pumped water with chrome-plated brass single-lever mixer tap
• Gas cooker: Three-burner gas cooker
• Crockery storage: Dowels to retain crockery when heeling
• Refrigerator: Stainless steel drawer
• Waste bin: Sorting compartments

Rigging and Sails

• Mast: Anodized aluminium with two levels of swept spreaders
• Rigging: 9/10 fractional
• Mast stepping: On deck
• Lights: Anchor, steaming and deck flood lights
• Topping lift: Boom topping lift cleats
• Boom: Anodized aluminium fitted with two continuous reefers
• Furler: Genoa roller furler
• Standing rigging: Continuous stainless single-strand cable with chrome-plated bronze rigging screws, comprising forestay, twin backstay, intermediate and lower shrouds
• Preventer shroud: Double
• Running rigging: Pre-stretched textile including mainsail and self-tacking jib halyards, boom topping lift, mainsail and self-tacking jib sheets, two continuous reef lines, leech tensioner, two mainsheet car adjustments, furling line and downhaul tackle
• Mainsail: Two wide reef strips with battens
• Genoa: Furling genoa with UV protection (Dacron)