Dufour 470
Dufour · Umberto Felci · 2021
Updated
The Dufour 470 is a 13.99 m displacement racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour, first launched in 2021. It races in Class B.
Length
13.99 m
45′ 11″
Beam
4.74 m
Draft
2.28 m
Displacement
13.2 t
Sail area
102 m²
On the podium
Where a Dufour 470 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 1 boat between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Dufour 470 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Kornati Cup2026- Regata Jabuka2024
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 470 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Dehler 46 (2 meetings), Salona 44 (2 meetings), Elan E6 (4 meetings), Sydney 43 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (1 meeting), Mat 11.80 (1 meeting), Elan 450 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 50 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Solaris 60 (1 meeting), Salona 45 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Solaris 44 (1 meeting), Bavaria 47 (1 meeting), First 36 (4 meetings), Salona 41 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (1 meeting), More 55 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 40 S (1 meeting), Elan 350 (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
5.74
41°
Beam reach
9.44
90°
Broad reach
10.04
135°
Downwind VMG
8.27
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 needs pressure to show what it can do. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beam when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind 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 1.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Dufour 470
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.27 | 4.71 | 5.54 | 5.74 |
| 52° | 5.15 | 7.12 | 8.11 | 8.42 |
| 60° | 5.53 | 7.45 | 8.35 | 8.74 |
| 75° | 5.81 | 7.76 | 8.56 | 9.23 |
| 90° | 6.02 | 8.09 | 8.94 | 9.44 |
| 110° | 5.90 | 8.13 | 9.14 | 10.30 |
| 120° | 5.63 | 7.96 | 9.04 | 10.42 |
| 135° | 4.99 | 7.38 | 8.69 | 10.04 |
| 150° | 4.18 | 6.47 | 8.05 | 9.28 |
| Run VMG | 3.62 | 5.60 | 6.98 | 8.27 |
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 970 kg.
Rigging
Dufour 470 rig and sail dimensions
A Dufour 470 carries 17.40 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.42 m boom, a forestay 18.05 m above the deck and a 5.90 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 5 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails