Review of Dufour 28 (S)
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
Unknown keel type
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.49 - 1.59 meter (4.89 - 5.19 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Dufour 28 (S) is about 156 kg/cm, alternatively 877 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 156 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 877 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.
Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Dufour 28 (S) is 2.86.
Maintenance
If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jib sheet | 8.2 m | (26.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 8.2 m | (26.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 20.4 m | (67.1 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 18.0 m | (59.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
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