Dufour 412
Dufour · Umberto Felci · 2016
Updated
The Dufour 412 is a 11.98 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour, first launched in 2016. It races in Class C.
Length
11.98 m
39′ 4″
Beam
4.20 m
Draft
2.08 m
Displacement
9.0 t
Sail area
75 m²
On the podium
Where a Dufour 412 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 12 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 12 starts by 2 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Dufour 412 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
25. Bosphorus Cup2026
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025
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: 9 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Dufour 412 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Bavaria 37 (6 meetings), Mat 10 (6 meetings), Oceanis 38 (Finot) (6 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (6 meetings), Elan 410 (5 meetings), Sinergia 40 (5 meetings), Italia 9.98 (4 meetings), Farr 40 (4 meetings), X-35 (4 meetings), Figaro 2 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 49 (4 meetings), Millenium 40 (4 meetings), Swan 42 (4 meetings), Elan 350 (3 meetings), First 36.7 (3 meetings), Comet 36 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), JOD 35 (1 meeting), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), Xp 44 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), Elan 333 (1 meeting), X-332 (1 meeting), First 31.7 (1 meeting), IMX 38 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Polaris 37 (1 meeting), X-412 (1 meeting), Bavaria 36 (1 meeting), Pogo 44 (1 meeting), M 34 (1 meeting), X-34 (1 meeting), Swan 38 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 47 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Solaris 48 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 343 (1 meeting), Swan 60 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Dufour 412 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
5.36
40°
Beam reach
8.67
90°
Broad reach
9.11
135°
Downwind VMG
7.66
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 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 a reach 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 upwind when the breeze is soft, 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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Dufour 412
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.93 | 4.19 | 5.01 | 5.36 |
| 52° | 4.60 | 6.34 | 7.33 | 7.76 |
| 60° | 4.94 | 6.66 | 7.55 | 8.02 |
| 75° | 5.18 | 6.91 | 7.73 | 8.34 |
| 90° | 5.41 | 7.39 | 8.13 | 8.67 |
| 110° | 5.49 | 7.50 | 8.35 | 9.31 |
| 120° | 5.32 | 7.35 | 8.26 | 9.43 |
| 135° | 4.74 | 6.87 | 7.97 | 9.11 |
| 150° | 3.99 | 6.08 | 7.51 | 8.57 |
| Run VMG | 3.46 | 5.26 | 6.54 | 7.66 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 500 kg.
Rigging
Dufour 412 rig and sail dimensions
A Dufour 412 carries 14.65 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.70 m boom, a forestay 15.40 m above the deck and a 5.07 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 85 to 116 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.