Dufour 360
Dufour · Umberto Felci · 2017
Updated
The Dufour 360 is a 9.98 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour, first launched in 2017. It races in Class C.
Length
9.98 m
32′ 9″
Beam
3.54 m
Draft
1.92 m
Displacement
5.8 t
Sail area
57 m²
On the podium
Where a Dufour 360 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 13 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 13 starts by 3 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Dufour 360 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Round Aeolian Race 2026 - Campionato Italiano Offshore ORC2026- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 41a edizione2022
Seanergya Regatta2021
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 360 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Oceanis 31 (5 meetings), Peterson 25 (4 meetings), Hanse 370 (4 meetings), Oceanis 40 (4 meetings), J/80 (4 meetings), Bavaria 36 (4 meetings), Grand Surprise (4 meetings), Show 34 (4 meetings), J/92 (4 meetings), Hanse 320 (4 meetings), Bavaria 42 (4 meetings), First 36.7 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), Figaro (Lombard) (1 meeting), Farr 30 (1 meeting), Italia 10.98 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), Este 39 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Elan 410 (1 meeting), Corsa 915 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Rimar 44.3 (1 meeting), Solaris One (1 meeting), Solaris 44 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Dufour 360 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
5.03
39°
Beam reach
8.03
90°
Broad reach
8.55
135°
Downwind VMG
7.21
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.
It does most things without giving much away. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beam in a working breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind in the light stuff, 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Dufour 360
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.94 | 4.11 | 4.79 | 5.03 |
| 52° | 4.58 | 6.16 | 6.89 | 7.17 |
| 60° | 4.87 | 6.42 | 7.08 | 7.39 |
| 75° | 5.08 | 6.63 | 7.25 | 7.71 |
| 90° | 5.17 | 6.93 | 7.55 | 8.03 |
| 110° | 5.25 | 7.04 | 7.79 | 8.63 |
| 120° | 5.08 | 6.93 | 7.73 | 8.78 |
| 135° | 4.56 | 6.54 | 7.47 | 8.55 |
| 150° | 3.85 | 5.84 | 7.04 | 7.96 |
| Run VMG | 3.33 | 5.06 | 6.19 | 7.21 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 560 kg.
Rigging
Dufour 360 rig and sail dimensions
A Dufour 360 carries 11.91 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.54 m boom, a forestay 12.69 m above the deck and a 4.48 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 64 to 81 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.