Dufour 36 Classic

Dufour 36 Classic to their ‘Grand Cruiser’ specification – 2000
Very keenly priced at £39,950

The Dufour 36 'Classic' is a popular modern cruising design offering a great combination of comfortable, spacious accommodation and a powerful sail plan that is manageable and confidence inspiring.
Reportedly, this example has the lead keel (1.8m draft) option and the 3 double berth cabins layout, with additional [occasional] berths in the roomy saloon (she has the ‘convertible’ saloon table and dedicated cushion option). The 'master' cabin forward offers indulgent seating and space as well as the double berth itself and the galley takes the 'linear' form on the starboard side of the main saloon and thereby offers generous storage and the larger 'fridge.

‘Mistra’ has been privately owned and sailed by the sole ownership from new; never operated for charter!
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Accommodation
Forward Cabin: An offset double berth to port with large stowage lockers under. Large stowage locker forward with access above foot of berth. Seating area to starboard. Generous hanging and shelved lockers to starboard. Forward opening deck hatch & second smaller ventilation hatch over berth.

Saloon: Generous & comfortable, with L-shaped seating to port around a pedestal table, with a relatively generous two-person island seat that also offers internal stowage and a substantial backrest offering a useful handhold. Excellent ventilation and natural light from three portlights and an overhead hatch above.

Galley: A linear galley along the starboard side of the main saloon offers a relatively large amount of worktop space. An Eno 2-burner gas cooker with oven is fitted and gimballing. Double stainless steel sinks, with a pressurised water supply, supplementary manual pumped outlet for fresh or sea water with changeover valve. A deep top-opening refrigerator with 12v Isotherm cooling plate. Ample stowage lockers and opening hatch above for ventilation.

Chart Table: Of good size and forward facing, the chart table is sited to port with a dedicated seat and chart storage. Adjacent to the main electrical panel.

Heads: The heads compartment is situated aft. to starboard nicely independent of, and equally accessible from all three sleeping cabins. It is fitted with a Jabsco marine-flushing toilet; basin – with pumped H&C freshwater, and a shower with electric pump for the grey water drain. Opening portlight. Under-sink locker contains a centralised location for skin fittings and a freshwater distribution manifold. Fitted with a useful flow meter to display volume of water used.

Two aft cabins (mirrored in form): each with a double berth, double-doored hanging locker, two opening portlights to the respective side deck & to the cockpit well giving good cross flow ventilation.
• Teak & Holly cabin flooring throughout.
• Kenwood radio/CD player with saloon speakers.
• Warm air cabin heating ducting is still fitted, but the heater unit itself has been removed and is not working.

Mechanical and Electrical Systems
Volvo Penta MD2030, 29hp indirectly-cooled diesel engine, driving though a Saildrive transmission unit (receipted last gasket replacement: 2015) to a 2-bladed, fixed propeller.

Electrical Systems:
• 1 x 12V 100A/hr lead acid battery for ‘Domestic & Services’ circuits.
• 1 x 74 A/hr battery for engine cranking.
• Charged by the engine driven alternator, or a shore powered battery charger.
• 240v AC shore power connection with connection cables; one with a ‘Metermaid’ counter incorporated. 30 A battery charger and immersion heater.

Tankage:
• Fuel – 170 litre approx.
• Water – 340 litre total carried within 2 tanks of approx. 140 litres each.

Rig and Sails
Alloy mast and boom by Z-Spars with double, swept spreaders and discontinuous stainless steel wire standing rigging. Current standing rigging, fitted new 09/2020.
Furlex 204S furling headsail system (fitted new in 2020).
Z-Spars rod kicker.
All control lines led aft to the cockpit via Spinlock rope clutches.
2 x Lewmar 30ST self-tailing, two speed halyard winches.
2 x Lewmar 40ST self-tailing, two speed sheet winches.
Lewmar mainsheet track with car and traveller system, forward of the sprayhood.

Sails:
• Mainsail.
• Roller reefing genoa.
• AirX tri-radial cruising chute with snuffer.

Navigation Equipment
At Steering pedestal:
• Raymarine ST60 Tridata log/depth/speed.
• Raymarine ST60 Wind speed & direction (currently unserviceable, with the anemometer’s cups not turning).
• Magnetic steering compass.
• Raymarine i70 autopilot control.
At Chart table:
• Furuno GP-32 GPS Navigator.
• Simrad RD68 VHF/DSC Radio

Deck Equipment
• Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and guardwires.
• Boarding step to pulpit.
• Electric anchor windlass.
• 45lbs plough anchor with 25m chain and approx. 30m three-strand rope cable.
• Multiple warps and fenders.
• Blue fold-down sprayhood, with stainless rear hand rail.
• Blue acrylic mainsail cover.
• Whitlock steering pedestal with hide covered wheel.
• Teak folding cockpit table mounted on the steering pedestal.
• 2 off winch handle pockets.
• Transom shower.
• Towable genoa sheet cars.
• Midships spring cleats and fairleads.
• Outboard stowage pad on the stern rail.
• Set of four individual cushions for use in the cockpit.
• Zodiac inflatable dinghy with pair of wooden paddles.
• 2.5 HP Suzuki outboard engine.
• Folding hose pipe on a reel.

Safety Equipment
• Manual and electric bilge pumps.
• Passive ‘Visiball’ radar reflector at mast head.
• I off 2 kg fire extinguisher in the galley.
• 2 off 1 kg fire extinguishers in aft cabins.
• Fire blanket in galley.
• XM Quick Buoy, self-inflating Danbuoy.
• 4-person life raft (last ‘next service due’ date: June 2025) in a valise within cockpit locker.
• Horseshoe Lifebuoy.
• Stern swimming/recovery ladder.
• Pair of webbing jackstays.
• 4 off lifelines.
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 owner’s specific needs.

History and Construction:
GRP hull with vacuum bagged foam cored structure and balsa-cored deck and superstructure. No teak sheathing of the decks, with exception of to the cockpit seats.
Constructed by Dufour Yachts in late 2000. Warranty Card dated 22/12/2000, (launched 2001) with HIN: FR-DUFD2184J001. An example of the ‘Grand Cruiser’ version fitted with the deeper draft, lead fin keel.