Dufour 460
Dufour · Umberto Felci · 2016
Updated
The Dufour 460 is a 13.50 m displacement racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour, first launched in 2016. It races in Class B. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 58% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 58% of the boats it races against.
39th of 92 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 2 starts across 2 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
13.50 m
44′ 3″
Beam
4.52 m
Draft
2.19 m
Displacement
10.8 t
Sail area
97 m²
On the podium
Where a Dufour 460 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 2 starts by 2 boats between 2021 and 2022, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Dufour 460 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Viška regata2022
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2021
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: no 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 460 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
J/111 (1 meeting), Salona 380 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (1 meeting), Salona 42 (1 meeting), Xp 33 (1 meeting), Farr 40 (1 meeting), Salona 34 (1 meeting), Mat 11.80 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Elan 340 (1 meeting), Archambault 40 (1 meeting), Elan 31 (Design) (1 meeting), Elan Impression 40 (1 meeting), Sweden Yachts 41 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Carter 37 (1 meeting), Swan 39 (1 meeting), Elan 40 (1 meeting)
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
5.76
41°
Beam reach
9.36
90°
Broad reach
10.11
135°
Downwind VMG
8.32
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.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. 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 a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat 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 460
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.23 | 4.67 | 5.50 | 5.76 |
| 52° | 5.08 | 7.05 | 8.00 | 8.33 |
| 60° | 5.47 | 7.39 | 8.24 | 8.63 |
| 75° | 5.75 | 7.66 | 8.45 | 9.12 |
| 90° | 5.91 | 8.05 | 8.77 | 9.36 |
| 110° | 5.97 | 8.12 | 9.12 | 10.25 |
| 120° | 5.76 | 7.98 | 9.02 | 10.56 |
| 135° | 5.13 | 7.51 | 8.65 | 10.11 |
| 150° | 4.30 | 6.57 | 8.07 | 9.32 |
| Run VMG | 3.73 | 5.69 | 7.10 | 8.32 |
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 900 kg.
Rigging
Dufour 460 rig and sail dimensions
A Dufour 460 carries 16.60 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.30 m boom, a forestay 16.94 m above the deck and a 5.85 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 11 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 118 to 162 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.