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The search for balance is the primary goal of the Dufour 430, 43-foot sailing yacht. An authentic cruiser with exceptional seafaring qualities, it truly embodies the aspiration of Dufour sailing yachts. 

Naturally elegant, it stands out with its sleek hull and slightly higher and rounded rear bilge to contrast with its streamlined hull recess. 

The deck is perfectly optimized with easy on-board movement and extensive premium equipment. 

The Dufour 430, 43-foot sailing yacht is designed for those in search of bigger sensations on the water. It guarantees sensational enjoyment during all your sailing experiences. 

 

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

CONSTRUCTION

• Hull: Hand-laminated in polyester/glassfibre.

• Decoration: Decorative stripes on the hull.

• Gelcoat: NPG gelcoat with first mat impregnated with NPG resin forming an optimum barrier against osmosis.

• Structure: Hull bottom counter-moulded, floors laminated into the hull.

• Deck: Sandwich with injected PU foam core

• Ballast: Keel bolts bear on stainless back-plates

• Rudder: Semi-elliptical shape, filled with closed-cell epoxy foam.

• Rudder stock: Solid stainless steel.

• Non-slip deck surface: Non-slip structured deck surface.

 

DECK

• Bow nose and fixed fairlead and navigation lights

• Hand rails: Solid wood, on coachroof.

• Removable toe rails.

• Anchor locker: Self-draining with built-in windlass support and anchor chain eyebolt, lockable hatch cover.

• Bow pulpits.

• Stern pulpits: Lifebuoy bracket, jackstaff bracket, and opening life-lines with hook.

• Stanchions: 8 with 2 rows of life-lines.

• Mast foot: Aluminium with halyard return pulleys.

 

DECK FITTINGS

• Shroud chainplates: Single chainplate for cap shrouds and lower shrouds.

• Safety chainplates: Safety harness chainplates in cockpit and mast step

• Chainplates: 2 backstay chainplates

• Midships mooring cleats: 2, aluminium

• Mooring cleats: 4, aluminium.

• Rubbing strips: 6 stainless, on hull sheerline

• Fuel deck fillers: 1

• Water deck fillers: 2

• Mainsheet tracks: On coachroof with adjusting car.

• Self tacking jib track.

• Downhaul: With multi-purchase tackle and cascade.

• Pulleys: 1 self tacking jib single sheet return pulleys on roof.

• Through-deck fitting: Stainless swan-neck for electrical and electronic cables.

• Deck organizers: 2 deck organizers for halyard returns.

• Halyard winches: 1 halyard winch on coachroof.

• Jamcleats: 2 rows of jamcleats port / starboard level with the companionway

• Furler line jamcleats: 1 at aft end of sidedeck

• 2 halyard covers

 

COCKPIT

• Cockpit bench seats: Teak covered.

• Lockers: 2 large side lockers, lids fitted with struts and fixings for padlocks.

• Helm: Dual helm position, wheels

• Helm console: Polyester and aluminum.

• Engine control: At starboard helm position

• Compasses: 1 compass at port helm position

• Gas locker: In port aft locker

• Stern door: Swings up, with built-in folding stainless bathing ladder

• BIB locker: Life raft stowage in dedicated locker fitted with ram.

• Shower: Cold and hot water

• Shore supply

• Bathing ladder: Folding stainless bathing ladder

• Cockpit floor: Non-slip polyester cockpit floor.

• Emergency tiller: Head of rudder stock beneath helmsman’s floo for fitting the emergency tiller

 

RIGGING & SAILS

• 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.

• Topping lift: Topping lift at piano.

• Boom: Anodized aluminium fitted with 2 continuous reefers.

• Furler: Genoa roller furler.

• Standing rigging: Continuous in stainless single-strand cable, chrome-plated bronze rigging screws, comprising: forestay, twin backstay, inter. and lower shrouds.

• Preventer shroud: double

• Running rigging: “Running rigging in pre-stretched textile including: main sail and self tacking jib halyards, boom topping lift, main sail and self tacking sheets, 2 continuous reef lines, leech tensioner, 2 mainsheet car adjustments, furling line, downhaul tackle.”

• Mainsail: 2 wide reef strips, with battens

• Genoa: Furling genoa with UV-protection (Dacron).

 

INTERIOR

• Woodwork: Real wood veneer in Moabi, solid Moabi

• Floors: Moabi laminate.

• Doors: can be blocked in the open position

• Mattress: Mattresses are in quilted, anallergic fabric.

• Cushions: Saloon cushions and cabin mattresses fitted with removable covers.

• Head-liner: White painted head-liner.

• Versions: 3 cabins, 2 heads, forward galley

 

GLAZING & LIGHTING

• Hull: 6 portholes

• Coachroof, fixed: 2 fixed ports

• Coachroof, opening: 4 opening ports with curtains

• Hatches: 6 deck hatches

• Indirect lighting: Under ceiling and upper furnitures.

• Lighting: Numerous spots and reading lights.

• Courtesy light: Low-level lighting around saloon furniture

 

COMPANIONWAY

• Steps: Curved wooden steps

• Companionway hatch: Sliding companionway hatch and folding door in Plexiglas with stops and lock.

• Engine cover: Hinged wooden engine cover with gas struts.

• Hand rails: 2

• Wine cellar

 

FWD CABIN

• Berth: 198 × 160 cm approx.

• Mattress: 10 cm thick foam mattress with washable cover.

• Storage:

- Below berth.

- Cubby-hole along side of hull.

- 2 hanging lockers with shelves.

- Below berth.

- Bookshelf

- 2 tidy pockets

• Water tank: Below berth

• Access: To navigation instrument transducers

 

FWD HEAD

• WC: Manual sea toilet.

• Wash-basin: bowl.

• Water: Hot and cold water, chrome-plated brass single-lever mixer tap and shower head.

• Drain: Direct, via an electric pump.

• Mirror: Large mirror

• Ventilation: Via deck panel or opening port.

• Cupboards: Storage unit

 

AFT HEAD

• WC: Manual sea toilet.

• Water: Hot and cold water, chrome-plated brass single-lever mixer tap and shower head.

• Drain: Direct, via an electric pump.

• Cupboards: 1 high-level 1-door storage unit with mirror

• Mirror: Large mirror

• Ventilation: Via deck panel or opening port.

 

SALOON

• Saloon banquette: L-shaped banquette on starboard.

• Central banquette: Fixed central banquette.

• Starboard banquette.

• Table.

• Storage:

- Storage under seats and behind backrests.

- Built in to banquette

- Bookshelf above banquette

- 5 cubby-holes with doors

• Mast foot: Stainless

 

GALLEY

• Configurations: Forward.

• Worktop: ‘Corian®’ synthetic resin with wooden fiddle.

• Sink: Stainless, largebowl with covers, one of which can be used as a chopping board

• Water: Hot and cold pumped water with chrome-plated brass single-lever mixer tap.

• Gas cooker: 2-burner gas cooker

• Refrigerators: Stainless steel drawer.

• Waste bin: Sort compartments

 

CHART TABLE

• Seat: Hinged wooden seat with stowage

• Standard saloon cushions

• Storage:

- Large sliding chart table with tilt-up desk, on starboard side

of companionway.

• 1 flexible light

• Storage column below table with door. Storage space under table top.

• Other: 12 V electrical distribution panel

 

AFT CABINS

• Berth: 202 × 160 cm approx.

• Mattress: 10 cm thick foam mattress with washable cover.

• Fuel tank: Beneath berth, starboard side.

• Water tank: Beneath berth, port side.

• Storage:

- Hanging locker with double door with shelf.

- Cubby-hole along hull liner with fiddle.

• Soundproofing: Double bulkhead provides acoustic and thermal insulation from adjoining engine compartment.

• Technical area: Battery isolator on side of berth

 

STD ENGINE

• Transmission: Sail-drive

• Cooling system: Heat exchanger, anti-siphon valve.

• Sea-water strainer: Sea-water strainer

• Fuel tank: Gauge on electrical distribution panel.

• Filter: High-capacity sea water filter.

• Shut-off valve: Emergency fuel shut-off valve.

• Distribution panel: Engine control panel with hours meter, engine stop, and tachometer.

• Alternator: Alternator with battery isolator.

• Ventilation: Ventilation with 2 natural inlets and electric mechanical extract.

• Bilge: Separate engine bilge.

• Access: Access to the engine from front and both sides.

• Propeller Twin blade, fixed.

• Insulation: Carefully-designed foam acoustic and thermal insulation.

 

PLUMBING

• Water tanks: 2 polyethylene water tanks with inspection holes and electric gauges.

• Electric bilge pump: With strainer, controlled from electrical distribution panel.

• Manual bilge pump: Operated from cockpit.

• Bilge sump: access to strainer.

• Hot water: Water-heater 40L via heat-exchanger.

• Hot water tank: Pressurized water pump unit.

• Shower waste: “Shower waste pumped automatically to the sea.”

• Other : Access to strainer via a trap under banquette

 

ELECTRICITY

• Circuit : 12V

• Distribution panel: 12 buttons, 1 display, 2 USB sockets

• Isolator: 1 per battery set at the bottom of companionway

• Battery.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

• Winch handles: 2 winch handles with bin.

• Owner’s pack: Owner’s pack with Owner’s Manual.

• Earthing: Rigging grounded.

KEY FEATURES

Layout and key characteristics - 3 cabin an 2 head with galley forward

• Extra for 60 HP engine – Saildrive - Volvo Penta
• Retractable bow thruster - Side power

COMFORT VERSION

• 2 burner stove / oven
• Cockpit seats covered in natural teak
• Cockpit shower (cold/hot)
• Battery charger 25A
• Extra service battery
• Water boiler 40 L (10.567 US Gallons)
• 110V + shore power + outlets in cabins and saloon
• Fixed aft roof hatches
• Electric windlass 1000W with remote control and helm control with counter
• Wood cockpit table varnished
• Blinds with mosquito net
• Wooden wine cellar
• Rigid boom vang
• Dark smoke Lazy-bag plus lazy-jacks
• Outboard engine bracket on Stern Pulpit 

ADVENTURE VERSION 

• Radio CD player compatible for MP3 Fusion
• 2 loudspeakers in cockpit for radio/CD
• "Beige chin." sprayhood with hand rail
• Seat and backrest cockpit cushions
• Aft sunbaths cushions
• Helmsman backrest cushions
• Plancha - gas operated in the cockpit with sink

ELECTRONIC SAILING / CRUISING PACK

• Multifunctional display - Triton 2
• Automatic pilot
• VHF - VS20

ELECTRONIC TRANSAT PACK - Extension Cruising pack

• Upgarde Zeus 3 - 12" display at the cockpit table
• H60 wireless VHF handset
• WR10 autopilot wireless remote

RIGGING / DECK HARDWARE

• 2 x electric winches for german system / genoa / spinnaker - size T45
• 1 x electric winch for halyard T40 starboard (halyard Mainsail and Spi)
• Asymmetrical spinnaker gear (requires aft winches option)
• Code zero, spinnaker with continuous furling system led to cockpit

DECK EQUIPMENT

• Cockpit portlight in aft port cabin
• Cockpit portlight in aft starboard cabin
• Stainless steel bow protection
• Sprayhood with hand rail
• Bimini with led stripes
• Lifeline gates (set of 2)
• Fiberglass steering wheels (set of 2) black
• Set of covers (cockpit table + steering wheels + pod)
• Main mooring kit (anchor + chain + rope) + 3 lines + 6 fenders

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• Electric opening bathing platform
• Microwave oven PRE-WIRING only - USA Norm (instead of EU Norm)
• Extra refrigerator (only in 3C 2 heads version)
• TV 32' saloon - front galley PRE-WIRING only + lift 110V (no TV supplied) - USA Norm (instead of EU Norm)

HYDRAULIC SYSTEM

• Electric toilet forward (fresh water flush)
• Electric toilet aft (fresh water flush)

Disclaimer

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

General information

Make/model	Dufour 430
Category	New sail boat for sale
Price	£463,730 GBP | Listed price $599,000 USD
Year	2024
Length overall	13.21 metres
Location	Marina Del Rey, California, United States