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Dufour Cup and Rally 2010

Ocean Village Marina, Southampton
11 to 13 June 2010
All Dufour owners are invited to attend
Contact Dufour organisation

East Coast Events 2010

Contact: Derek Gardner at East Coast Rep
8th and 9th May 2010.
Ipswich Marina visit
Arrive during the day, social and then off to the Yacht Club for Dinner.

Saturday 26th June 2010

Marconi Sailing Club, River Blackwater. Barbeque
Bring your own food type do - The Club provide the bar and the coals and showers/moorings/trot boats (The MSC provide moorings at no charge)

Late July (Date to be confirmed)

Cruise in Company to Ostend
Meet up in Levington and depart for Ostend following day - lay day in Ostend - then head up say to Roompot lock or Vlissingen and lock in - then on to Middleburgh then into Veerse meer and onward for a few days before some head back - or stay over there for a while to enjoy sailing in the Netherlands.

08-03-2010- Jules Mazars at the Louis Vuitton Trophy

Jules Mazars, the Dufour Yachts Seal Trial Manager, takes part at the Louis Vuitton Trophy from the 9 to the 21 of march 2010 with the Aleph Sailing team.

You could follow this adventure on the website:
aleph-sailing.com
or on Twitter: twitter.com/AlephSailing
www.louisvuittontrophy.com/home/

Dufour 34, named Major Tom, enrolled by Bateaux Diffusion in the world famous Rolex Fastnet Race, came in 2nd place in the IRC 3A category.

The DUFOUR 405 Grand´Large awarded European Boat of the year 2010

Yacht of the year

The Dufour Cup & Rally - 2010

The Dufour Association invites the owners of all Dufour Yachts to The Dufour Cup and Rally - 2010 being held over the weekend Friday 11th June to Monday 14th June 2010 at Ocean Village Marina, Southampton, UK.

This is both a racing and a social event for all owners of Dufour yachts. Two races will be held on the Saturday and the third on the Sunday morning.

There will be two classes for the racing:

Class 1 for racing boats, with spinnakers allowed
Class 2 for white sail boats, with no spinnakers or cruising chutes allowed

For non-racers, there will be a sailing Treasure Hunt and a Navigation Exercise.

The Association will be hosting a reception on the Friday evening at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, with a Dinner being held on the Saturday evening. Prize Giving will be held on the Sunday afternoon.

All owners of Dufour yachts, UK and overseas, past and present, are invited to attend, with or without boats.

For further details please see the Dufour Association web site at www.dufour.org.uk. A booking form can be downloaded from this site.

Two Dufour 34 on the podium of the Voiles de Saint Tropez

Two Dufour 34 have taken to the podium of the IRC E category of the "Voiles of Saint Tropez".

Architeutis, the J.M. Festino's Dufour 34 won the first place and those of P. Cospain, Flawless, finished in 3rd position.

Dufour 34 in 2nd place in the Rolex Fastnet Race

Dufour 34, named Major Tom, enrolled by Bateaux Diffusion in the world famous Rolex Fastnet Race, came in 2nd place in the IRC 3A category.

Dufour Yachts wins Cruising World Boat of the Year 2009

US based magazine Cruising World has announced Dufour Yachts as winners of Cruising World Boat of the Year 2009 with its 525 Grand Large model. Also the Dufour 40 won best mid size cruiser prize.

Ramsgate Week

Local Dufour Yachts cleaned up at Ramsgate week with First and Second places!

Peter Richardson's new Dufour 34 Performance took first place, closely followed in second place by another new Dufour, 385 Grand Large, skippered and owned by David Howes, in the cruising class event.

In the preceding year a Dufour 44 Performance Heart Beat II showed a clean transom to completion in the 2007 EORA North Sea series of races being overall class winner for the 2007 season. All yachts were locally supplied.

Dufour new model news

As well as the 34 Evolution, Dufour Yachts have recently developed the 405 Grand Large, recently launched at the Paris Boat Show to much acclaim. This and the 45 Performance, launched earlier in 2008, succeeds the successful 44 Performance as the flagship sports yacht in the range.

Dufour East Coast has had a lively first year as dealers of this fine marquee and are looking forward to more success in 2009. An hour from London and close to Stansted Airport, domestic and foreign customers are well catered for with the large sales hard standing and dedicated afloat finger pontoons, allowing inspection of vessels ashore and afloat. Test sailing is possible throughout the year including Winter!

Top Performance

Dufour Yachts East Coast are renowned for their performance in regattas, with many wins on the international and local circuits. They also offer a cruising range which achieve fast passages whilst providing luxurious accommodation.

The local Performance 44 cleaned up with most of the trophies in the East Anglian Offshore Racing series, with the end season Trophy award held at the Royal Ostend Yacht Club. The event was attended by Graham Knight the sail boat broker based at Ipswich Haven office.

The yachts in the Dufour line-up consist of the Performance Range 34, 40 and 45 and cruising Grand Large 365,385,425, 485 and 525. All boats are RCD category A, suitable for coastal and ocean sailing, and all yachts are available with shoal draft or deep keel options.

A yacht to talk about

Dufour Yachts East Coast, together with Burton Waters, will be holding a Dufour owners end-of-season gathering in October. This will provide an opportunity to build relationships and share a few yarns, whilst enjoying some refreshments. The event is likely to be held at the Ipswich Haven Yacht Club adjacent to the Burton Waters yacht sales site.

Dufour Yachts East Coast