Dufour 365
Dufour · Umberto Felci · 2005
Updated
The Dufour 365 is a 10.53 m displacement racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour, first launched in 2005. It races in Class C.
Length
10.53 m
34′ 7″
Beam
3.66 m
Draft
1.65 m
Displacement
6.4 t
Sail area
58 m²
On the podium
Where a Dufour 365 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
13%
of 31 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 31 starts by 2 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Dufour 365 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Φιλιας Σ.ε.ν.α.δ.π. - Ν.ο.δ2026- ¨16ο Athens Trophy 2026¨2026
- AHEPA Cup Perama2026
- "Κυπελλο Χριστουγεννων"2025
- "Αγ. Νικολαου 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: 9 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
21%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Dufour 365 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Dufour 38 (7 meetings), Bavaria 31 (7 meetings), Gin Fizz (6 meetings), First 41 (6 meetings), Granada 31 (6 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (6 meetings), Dufour 350 (5 meetings), Oceanis 381 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 440 (5 meetings), Moody 38 (5 meetings), Oceanis 361 (Berret/Racoupeau) (7 meetings), Bavaria 37 (4 meetings), Discovery 300 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (4 meetings), Carter 33 (3 meetings), Oceanis 311 (3 meetings), Aquila (3 meetings), First 47.7 (2 meetings), Ecume De Mer (2 meetings), Feeling 920 (2 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 352 (2 meetings), Maxi 120 (2 meetings), Ohlson 29 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Dufour 365 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
4.91
40°
Beam reach
7.90
90°
Broad reach
8.49
135°
Downwind VMG
7.22
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 across the wind once the breeze fills, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short downwind in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 365
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.00 | 4.18 | 4.73 | 4.91 |
| 52° | 4.65 | 6.21 | 6.89 | 7.07 |
| 60° | 4.93 | 6.47 | 7.10 | 7.31 |
| 75° | 5.13 | 6.67 | 7.31 | 7.64 |
| 90° | 5.11 | 6.93 | 7.51 | 7.90 |
| 110° | 5.16 | 7.00 | 7.79 | 8.47 |
| 120° | 4.97 | 6.86 | 7.69 | 8.72 |
| 135° | 4.42 | 6.42 | 7.41 | 8.49 |
| 150° | 3.73 | 5.68 | 6.94 | 7.90 |
| Run VMG | 3.23 | 4.92 | 6.06 | 7.22 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 500 kg.
Rigging
Dufour 365 rig and sail dimensions
A Dufour 365 carries 11.83 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.20 m boom, a forestay 12.59 m above the deck and a 3.90 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 7 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 57 to 77 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.