Dufour 33
Dufour · Umberto Felci · 2000
Updated
The Dufour 33 is a 9.92 m displacement racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour, first launched in 2000. It races in Class C.
Length
9.92 m
32′ 7″
Beam
3.41 m
Draft
1.58 m
Displacement
5.2 t
Sail area
46 m²
On the podium
Where a Dufour 33 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
15%
of 26 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 26 starts by 3 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Dufour 33 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Αιγινα2026- "Λαγουσσες - Φλεβες 2026"2026
- "Κυπελλο Αμφιθεας 2025"2025
- ¨15ο Athens Trophy & 1ο Κύπελλο Sport¨2025
- "Αιγινα 2025"2025
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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
16%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Dufour 33 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Sun Odyssey 36.2 (7 meetings), Gib Sea 402 (7 meetings), Bavaria 40 (7 meetings), Oceanis 423 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (7 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (7 meetings), Dufour 325 (7 meetings), Sun Shine 38 (7 meetings), First 30 (Berret) (7 meetings), North Wind 435 (6 meetings), First 28 (6 meetings), Elan 45 (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel) (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 33.1 (6 meetings), Melody (6 meetings), Triton 48 (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (6 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Dufour 33 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
4.80
40°
Beam reach
7.75
90°
Broad reach
8.34
135°
Downwind VMG
7.01
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach in a working breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat in light air, giving away time it never gets back.
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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Dufour 33
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.67 | 3.84 | 4.54 | 4.80 |
| 52° | 4.18 | 5.82 | 6.62 | 6.95 |
| 60° | 4.48 | 6.11 | 6.83 | 7.18 |
| 75° | 4.68 | 6.39 | 7.02 | 7.50 |
| 90° | 5.02 | 6.81 | 7.42 | 7.75 |
| 110° | 5.12 | 6.90 | 7.63 | 8.45 |
| 120° | 4.95 | 6.79 | 7.55 | 8.59 |
| 135° | 4.41 | 6.39 | 7.30 | 8.34 |
| 150° | 3.73 | 5.66 | 6.86 | 7.75 |
| Run VMG | 3.23 | 4.91 | 6.00 | 7.01 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 480 kg.
Rigging
Dufour 33 rig and sail dimensions
A Dufour 33 carries 10.92 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.30 m boom, a forestay 12.56 m above the deck and a 3.93 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails