BIJOU
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

BIJOU — ITA 18073

Model: Dufour 405

DufourUmberto Felci

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BIJOU (ITA 18073) is a Dufour 405 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour. She has been racing since 2025 and has won ten races. She sails with a deeper keel than most Dufour 405s. She sails close to a typical Dufour 405 at every angle.

BIJOU ITA 18073 - Umberto Felci - Dufour

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

18

Race starts

10

Wins

78%

Podiums

18

Race Edge

Dufour 405: 17

563.7s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn7
10–16 kn81
Over 16 kn54
BIJOUA typical Dufour 405How Race Edge works
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Length

11.90 m

39′ 1″

Beam

4.00 m

Draft

1.98 m

Displacement

8.1 t

Sail area

80 m²

On the podium

Where BIJOU finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

78%

of 18 starts · Dufour 405 fleet: 41%

Wins

56%

Wins56%10
Seconds6%1
Thirds17%3
Off the podium21%4

Regattas

Every regatta we found with BIJOU on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyCampionato Invernale di Roma, 45a edizione2025–263124515511
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale di Roma, 44a edizione2024–2513111131

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Who she races against

The boats BIJOU meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

BIJOU aheadRival ahead
GAIA · Comet 3678%ahead in 14 of 18 meetings
UMMAGUMMA · Grand Soleil 37 (Design)94%ahead in 17 of 18 meetings
LYSITHEA · Saffier Sc 883%ahead in 15 of 18 meetings
LEMME LEMME · Oceanis 41100%ahead in 18 of 18 meetings
MILONGA · First 36.7100%ahead in 18 of 18 meetings
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FIFTY · First 31.7100%ahead in 18 of 18 meetings
ISTRIA · X-37289%ahead in 16 of 18 meetings
FLORESA · Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto)100%ahead in 17 of 17 meetings
PIPPOPIPPO · Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)50%ahead in 5 of 10 meetings
KIKA 2 · Elan 41070%ahead in 7 of 10 meetings
FLY AWAY 2 · Dufour 40100%ahead in 10 of 10 meetings
ZUCCHERO E CANNELLA · Sun Odyssey 37100%ahead in 10 of 10 meetings
ELENA II · First 36.7100%ahead in 10 of 10 meetings
CICCI VII · Comet 910 (Stadt)90%ahead in 9 of 10 meetings
AKELA · First 31.788%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
H2O · First 435100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
HONEY BADGER · IMX 38100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
TWELVE · Sun Odyssey 45100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
MISS BAGUETTE · Bavaria 34100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
MIZARX · Comet 3388%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
SE PO FA' III · Dufour 2800100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
BREEZE II · Bavaria Cruiser 4288%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
KILAUEA · JOD 35100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
FIREWIND · Bavaria 34100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
SKILL · Bavaria Cruiser 50100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (1)

Met too few times for a figure.

BLU TANGO BLU (First 40.7, 7 meetings)

How BIJOU compares with a typical Dufour 405

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Dufour 405s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Dufour 405; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.04 kn
Beam reach+0.03 kn
Broad reach+0.02 kn
Downwind+0.02 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Dufour 405 across the course.

Speed at every angle

BIJOU in blue, a typical Dufour 405 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

BIJOU in blue, a typical Dufour 405 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Dufour 405s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Dufour 405

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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