Dufour 2800
Dufour · Michel Dufour · 1980
Updated
The Dufour 2800 is a 8.25 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Michel Dufour and built by Dufour, first launched in 1980. It races in Class C.
Length
8.25 m
27′ 1″
Beam
2.85 m
Draft
1.47 m
Displacement
2.8 t
Sail area
41 m²
On the podium
Where a Dufour 2800 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 16 starts by 5 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 16 starts by 5 boats between 2015 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Dufour 2800 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale di Roma, 44a edizione2025
Liga Interclubes Bahía de Huelva2024
Regatta "Kaliakria Cup - 2020"2020- Vento de l'Alguer2015
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Dufour 2800 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (7 meetings), Conrad 24 (3 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 34 (3 meetings), Hanse 320 (3 meetings), Peterson 25 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (3 meetings), First 211 (3 meetings), First 40.7 (6 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (3 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (3 meetings), Italia 9.98 (3 meetings), Farr 45 (3 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 40 S (3 meetings), Apollo 12 (3 meetings), Swan 42 (3 meetings), Grand Surprise (3 meetings), Oceanis 393 (3 meetings), Dufour 35 (3 meetings), First 33.7 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 32 (4 meetings), First 30 (Mauric) (4 meetings), Comet 910 (Finot) (4 meetings), Salona 40 (2 meetings), J/80 (2 meetings), Platu 25 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Dufour 2800 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.22
40°
Beam reach
6.88
90°
Broad reach
7.54
135°
Downwind VMG
6.66
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This design is even-tempered. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the run in a working breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper. It holds that advantage on the beat as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Dufour 2800
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.70 | 3.72 | 4.20 | 4.22 |
| 52° | 4.18 | 5.51 | 5.99 | 6.07 |
| 60° | 4.42 | 5.70 | 6.15 | 6.27 |
| 75° | 4.57 | 5.86 | 6.32 | 6.60 |
| 90° | 4.49 | 5.96 | 6.39 | 6.88 |
| 110° | 4.56 | 6.07 | 6.69 | 7.28 |
| 120° | 4.40 | 6.00 | 6.70 | 7.56 |
| 135° | 3.96 | 5.74 | 6.52 | 7.54 |
| 150° | 3.44 | 5.24 | 6.24 | 7.18 |
| Run VMG | 2.98 | 4.56 | 5.72 | 6.66 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 300 kg.
Rigging
Dufour 2800 rig and sail dimensions
A Dufour 2800 carries 8.59 m of mainsail hoist on a 2.98 m boom, a forestay 9.96 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails