Dufour 382
Dufour · Umberto Felci · 2015
Updated
The Dufour 382 is a 10.91 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour, first launched in 2015. It races in Class C.
Length
10.91 m
35′ 10″
Beam
3.85 m
Draft
1.88 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
60 m²
On the podium
Where a Dufour 382 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 15 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 15 starts by 2 boats between 2021 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Dufour 382 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato di Primavera2025- Campionato Invernale del Sabato2024
- Campionato di Primavera2022
A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt / Moonsund Regatta 2021 - offshore2021- A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt - Parnu lyhirada / inshore2021
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: 5 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Dufour 382 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Polaris 33 (6 meetings), Centurion 40 (5 meetings), Cobra 33 (5 meetings), More 40 (5 meetings), Comet 12 (3 meetings), Oceanis 46.1 (3 meetings), X-362 (3 meetings), Show 42 (3 meetings), Dufour 44 (2 meetings), Elan 40 (2 meetings), Bavaria 36 (2 meetings), Stag 38 (2 meetings), First 375 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Oceanis 41.1 (1 meeting), X-442 (1 meeting), Rimar 44.3 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Xp 38 (1 meeting), Bonin 31 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Dufour 382 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
5.09
41°
Beam reach
8.15
90°
Broad reach
8.83
135°
Downwind VMG
7.81
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 is a boat that wants breeze. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beam in moderate air, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, 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 382
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.83 | 4.03 | 4.79 | 5.09 |
| 52° | 4.44 | 6.11 | 7.02 | 7.41 |
| 60° | 4.76 | 6.43 | 7.24 | 7.67 |
| 75° | 4.97 | 6.68 | 7.44 | 8.01 |
| 90° | 5.28 | 7.11 | 7.80 | 8.15 |
| 110° | 5.34 | 7.20 | 7.98 | 8.82 |
| 120° | 5.14 | 7.07 | 7.93 | 9.01 |
| 135° | 4.59 | 6.66 | 7.69 | 8.83 |
| 150° | 3.91 | 5.99 | 7.31 | 8.38 |
| Run VMG | 3.38 | 5.20 | 6.58 | 7.81 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 510 kg.
Rigging
Dufour 382 rig and sail dimensions
A Dufour 382 carries 13.95 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.45 m boom, a forestay 13.24 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails