PUFFIN
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

PUFFIN — NOR 15401

Model: Dufour 335

DufourUmberto Felci

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PUFFIN (NOR 15401) is a Dufour 335 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Dufour 335s. Against a typical Dufour 335 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

PUFFIN NOR 15401 - Umberto Felci - Dufour

Racing record

30

Race Edge

591.9s/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 kn29
10–16 kn43
Over 16 kn12
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Length

9.98 m

32′ 9″

Beam

3.49 m

Draft

1.92 m

Displacement

5.7 t

Sail area

53 m²

On the podium

Where PUFFIN finishes when she goes racing.

Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.

How PUFFIN compares with a typical Dufour 335

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Dufour 335s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Dufour 335; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.29 kn
Beam reach+0.11 kn
Broad reach+0.15 kn
Downwind+0.16 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Dufour 335 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

PUFFIN in blue, a typical Dufour 335 dashed.

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PUFFIN in blue, a typical Dufour 335 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Dufour 335s racing

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

More about the Dufour 335

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

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