2023 Dufour 5656ft

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Every day, we strive to design yachts to make your dreams of offshore adventures a reality.

A peerless yacht with stunning aesthetics, the Dufour 56 is designed, first and foremost, for high-sea sailing. Fast, seaworthy and reliable in all circumstances, it embodies the very essence of a powerful, safe and easy-to-manoeuvre sailboat. With its tilling consoles equipped with commands for all winches and electric furlers, sailing on the Dufour 56 is child’s play.

Inside, the Dufour 56 sets a new standard for on-board luxury and comfort with a sophisticated design and high-end features.

As many owners report, the Dufour 56 will give you the most thrilling emotions and take you wherever you wish to go.

• Hull: Composite sandwich hand-laminated polyester.
• PVC panels are vacuum-bonded for better adhesion to laminate.
• Structure: Hull bottom counter-moulded, floors laminated into the hull.
• Gelcoat: NPG gelcoat with first mat impregnated with NPG resin forming an optimum barrier against osmosis.
• Decoration: Grey for waterline and decoration line
• Deck: Sandwich with injected PVC foam core
• Ballast: Keel in cast iron with stainless steel bolts bear on stainless back-plates (optional shallow draft)
• Rudder: Semi-elliptical shape, filled with closed-cell epoxy foam.
• Rudder stock: Solid stainless steel.
• Rudder quadrant: Stainless steel cables and quadrant 610 mm diamter.
• Non-slip deck surface: Non-slip structured deck surface.

• Mooring: 1400W electrical windlass (LEWMAR ) fixed stainless steel anchor arm (32kg delta anchor and 100mt chain OPT)
• L ED navigation light and tri-color mast head light
• Bow pulpits: Stainless, opening for easy access and for spinnaker handling
• Stern pulpits: Jackstaff bracket, navigation light, and opening lifelines with hook.
• Stanchions: With 2 rows of life-lines, one opening gate each side.
• Mooring cleat: 6, aluminium.(SIZE)
• Chainplates: 2 backstay chainplates, external side deck chainplates
• Fuel deck fillers: 2
• Water deck fillers: 3
• Safety gear: Safety harness padeye in cockpit floor and wood hand rail along coachroof
• Mainsheet tracks: On coachroof with adjusting car (2440 mm). STD
• Genoa tracks: 2 genoa sheet tracks, plunger-adjustable low-lead cars
• Genoa self tacking track
• Through-deck fitting: Stainless swan-neck for electrical and electronic cables
• Deck organizers: 2 deck 4-sheave organizers for halyard, sheet and reef line returns.
• Halyard winches: 2 halyard winches (T 55 LEWMAR) on coachroof.
• Mainsail halyard side winch ELECTRICAL
• Primary winches: 2 genoa sheet winches (T55 LEWMAR) at helm positions
• Jamcleats: 2 rows of jamcleats port / starboard level with the companionway
• Furler line jamcleats: 1 at aft end of sidedeck
• Hatch covers: Sliding companionway hatch in Plexiglas.
• Flush deck hatches: 5 X T60 + 6 X T20 flush hatches on deck (LEWMAR)
• Sprayhood
• Cockpit bench seats: Teak covered. (1975 mm)
• Helmsman’s seat: Teak covered.
• Cockpit floor: Teak cockpit floor(opt)
• Port bench seat: convertible into a sun deck.
• Lockers: 1 large side locker to Stbd with strut-assisted closing and fixing for padlock.
• Helm: Grp instrument console with 2 900mm diameter steering wheels BLACK)
• Cockpit table: wood cockpit table with grp structure
• Cockpit table Storage: storage space (refrigerator and sink OPT)
• Handrail: Stainless, on cockpit table + 1 in each steering column
• Shower: Hot and cold water in aft central section
• Shore supply: Stbd helm position
• Bathing ladder: Foldaway stainless bathing ladder.
• Engine controls: At starboard helm position
• Compasses: 2 on columns
• Gas locker: Under port helmsman’s seat
• BIB locker: Under floor
• Emergency tiller: A stainless tiller with deck plate for access

• Opening transom giving access to swim platform / tender garage with ELECTRIC mechanism /OPT
• Tender (opt) can be 3,10m with inflatable bottom / (OPT)
• Tender inflating/deflating electric pump (OPT)
• Access to tender garage is from deck and transom
• Access to steering system and (opt) autopilot

• Mast: Anodized aluminium with 2 levels of swept spreaders
• Rigging: 9/10 fractional
• Mast stepping: On deck
• Lights: Anchor and steaming lights and deck flood (LED)
• Topping lift: Boom topping lift cleats.
• Boom: Anodized aluminium equipped for 2 continuous reefs.
• Furler: Manual roller furling genoa system (FACNOR).
• Standing rigging: Continuous in stainless single-strand cable, chrome-plated bronze rigging screws, comprising: forestay, backstay bridle with twin rigging screws, inter and lower shrouds.
• Backstay: double mechanically adjusted
• Running rigging: “Running rigging in pre-stretched textile including: main and genoa halyards, boom topping lift, main and genoa sheets, 2 continuous reef lines, leech tensioner,
• 1mainsheet car adjustments, furling line, downhaul tackle. (MAIN and JIB halyard in spectra)
• Mainsail: 2 wide reef strips, with battens and bag.(Dacron)
• Genoa: Furling genoa with UV-protection (Dacron)

Saloon

• Partially raised saloon position allows a front panoramic view.
• Plenty of natural light and ventilation is guaranteed by the front, side fixed plexi and the hatches in the coachroof
• Direct and indirect lights
• Night courtesy light in the saloon,
• Saloon : U-shaped banquette on port side (2.1 m )
• Central banquette: Sliding, with raising back rest
• Table: 3-function saloon table
• L shaped relaxing sofa to starboard side

Forward Cabin

• Double Berth: 200 Å~ 160 cm centred placed in the front bhd
• Mattress: 10 cm thick foam mattress with washable cover.
• 12 V /230 V socket
• 4 opening hatches above the bed
• Stowage:
  - Side top lockers along side of hull.
  - 2 hanging lockers with shelves.
  - Below berth.
  - 2 tidy pockets
• Access: To navigation instrument transducers

Forward Head

• The owner cabin has an en suite toilette and a separated shower area
• WC: Electric sea toilet + basin with single-lever mixer tap
• Wash-basin: Polyester bowl with ‘Corian.’ synthetic resin top
• Water: Hot and cold water, chrome-plated brass single-lever mixer tap and shower head.
• Discharge: Direct, via an electric pump.
• Mirror: Large mirror
• Grating: ‘Corian.’ synthetic resin (std) or teak (std)
• Ventilation: Via deck panel or opening port.
• Cupboards: Storage unit

Aft Cabin

• Berth: 198 x 195 cm approx.
• Mattress: 10 cm thick foam mattress with washable cover.
• Stowage: Hanging locker with shelves and top lockers along side of hull.
• Ventilation and Natural Light: 3 openable hatches and 1 fixed hatches guarantees plenty of light
• Artificial Light: general roof lights and 2 reading lights in each cabin
• 12V & 230V electric outlets in each cabin
• Technical area: Between aft berths.
• Soundproofing: Double bulkhead provides acoustic and thermal insulation from adjoining engine compartment.

Aft Head

• Access: both from saloon and cabin
• WC: Manual sea toilet
• Wash-basin: Wash-basin unit with basin in Corian.C synthetic resin.
• Water: Hot and cold water, chrome-plated brass single-lever mixer tap and shower head.
• Discharge: Direct shower discharge electric pump.
• Cupboards: 1 high-level 2-door storage unit with mirror
• Mirror: Large mirror
• Grating: ‘Corian.’ synthetic resin (std) or teak (option)
• Ventilation: Via deck opening port.
• Other: Head to port and stbd. Separate shower to port 

• Configurations: the galley is located one step down forward of the saloon and it runs across the full beam of the boat
• Worktop: ‘Corian.’ synthetic resin with wooden fiddle.
• Sink: Stainless steel bowl sink in port module
• Water: Hot and cold pumped water with brushed stainless single lever mixer tap.
• Gas cooker: 3-burner gas cooker with oven and grill, on gimbals, with stainless hand rail in port side
• Refrigerators: 130 lt front opening fridge Crockery storage: Dowels to retain crockery when heeling.
• Freezer: 65 lt front opening fridge ( Std )
• Stowage: various lockers
• 220 V microwave oven: In stbd hull cubby-hole
• Pump: Sea-water pump built-in under fl oor to stbd
• Waste bin: Sort compartments, to port

• Engine power: 110 hp (opt 150 hp)
• Bow thruster(opt)
• Transmission: Shaft-line with hydraulic V-drive reverse gear
• Cooling system: Heat exchanger, anti-siphon valve.
• Sea-water strainer: Sea-water strainer
• Fuel tank: 2 tanks with gauge on electrical panel. 500lt
• Fuel filter, water separator
• Shut-off valve: fuel shut-off valve on each tank with selection system.
• Control panel: Engine control panel with hours meter, engine stop and tachometer.
• Alternator: Alternator with battery isolator.
• Ventilation: Ventilation with 3 natural inlets and electric mechanical extract.
• Bilge: Separate engine bilge.
• Access: Access to the engine from front and both sides.
• 4-blade folding propeller
• Insulation: Carefully-designed foam acoustic and thermal insulation.

• Circuit:12 V
• Distribution panel: 18 functions with circuit-breakers, voltmeter 12V / 220V
• Socket: 12 V on electrical distribution panel.
• Isolator: 1 per set of batteries ( Descente )
• 12V / 60 Ah battery charger
• 12V / 220 V - 2000W inverter OPT
• 12V & 220V electric outlets in galley, chart table and each cabin
• Engine Battery = 140 Ah
• Service Batteries = 3 * 140 Ah