Dufour A9000 Deep draft
Sailboat
40′
Monohull
Since 1979
Overview
- Builder
- Dufour
- Model
- A9000 Deep draft
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1979–1983
- Designer
- Valentijn Design & Michel Dufour
- Hull material
- Hull and deck: aluminum
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi masthead
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 40′ (12.19 m)
- Waterline length
- 31′ 6″ (9.60 m)
- Beam
- 12′ 1″ (3.68 m)
- Draft
- 6′ 8″ (2.03 m)
- Displacement
- 19,842 lb (9,000 kg)
- Ballast
- 9,259 lb (4,200 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 50 hp
- Fuel
- 61 gal (231 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 1,027 sq ft (95.4 m²)
Accommodation
- Berths
- 8
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 22.4
- Displacement / length
- 283
- Ballast ratio
- 47%
- Capsize screening
- 1.78
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Share of the weight that is ballast. Higher generally means stiffer in a breeze.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Keel : fin without bulb
- Ballast ratio
- 47 %
- Ballast type
- Aluminum keel filled with lead
- Cockpit
- Closed aft cockpit
- Construction
- Hull and deck: aluminum
- Country
- France
- Former French navigation category
- 1
- Genoa area
- 654 ft²
- HN (French rating)
- 22.0
- Helm
- Single helm wheel
- Jib area
- 422 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Keel stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 2
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi masthead
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single spade rudder
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- 0 °
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire
- Symmetric spinnaker area
- 1335 ft²
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
- Version
- Deep draft
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.
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