Dufour 50
Dufour · Jean Berret · 1998
Updated
Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)
The Dufour 50 is a 14.94 m displacement racing yacht designed by Jean Berret and built by Dufour, first launched in 1998. It races in Class B.
Length
14.94 m
49′ 0″
Beam
4.61 m
Draft
2.05 m
Displacement
13.4 t
Sail area
120 m²
On the podium
Where a Dufour 50 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
1
Seconds
0
Thirds
5
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 5 starts by 1 boat between 2018 and 2020, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Dufour 50 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Αγκιστρι2020- Κορφος2020
- Agistri Race2018
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: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Dufour 50 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Sun Odyssey 45.1 (5 meetings), First 30 (Berret) (6 meetings), First 38 (7 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (5 meetings), Nereis 30 (5 meetings), Moody 34 (5 meetings), First 35 (Berret) (5 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (4 meetings), First 32 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (4 meetings), Carter 37 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 32 (4 meetings), Dufour 34 (Dufour) (5 meetings), Feeling 109 (4 meetings), Maxi 95 (4 meetings), Carter 33 (4 meetings), Oceanis 381 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 34 (Finot) (4 meetings), Hanse 315 (4 meetings), Discovery 300 (4 meetings), Bavaria 42 (4 meetings), Bavaria 31 (4 meetings), Feeling 920 (4 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (4 meetings), Dehler 38 (Stadt) (3 meetings), Optima 101 (3 meetings), Sun Fizz (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (3 meetings), Sun Shine 38 (3 meetings), Dufour 33 (3 meetings), Elan 410 (1 meeting), Elan 45 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 32 (1 meeting), Triton 48 (1 meeting), Dufour 36 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 36 (1 meeting), Contest 250 (1 meeting), Dufour 325 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Dufour 50 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.
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.
How fast is a Dufour 50
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.00 | 5.10 | 5.58 | — |
| 52° | 6.24 | 7.67 | 8.22 | — |
| 60° | 6.65 | 7.98 | 8.48 | — |
| 75° | 6.97 | 8.21 | 8.75 | — |
| 90° | 6.93 | 8.31 | 8.95 | — |
| 110° | 6.90 | 8.46 | 9.25 | — |
| 120° | 6.71 | 8.36 | 9.19 | — |
| 135° | 6.11 | 7.98 | 8.88 | — |
| 150° | 5.24 | 7.12 | 8.18 | — |
| Run VMG | 4.54 | 6.16 | 7.08 | — |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 820 kg.
Rigging
Dufour 50 rig and sail dimensions
A Dufour 50 carries 16.37 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.44 m boom, a forestay 18.38 m above the deck and a 5.93 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 121 to 153 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.