English
Dufour 31 - 1980 - £22,950
A spacious yacht designed for safe and comfortable cruising and offering well designed
accommodation for six.
Fitted with a new 25hp Beta diesel engine in 2014 with only 217 hrs. run from new.
New standing rigging fitted in 2021; a new Ullman Genoa supplied in 2021 and a full
cockpit enclosure and sprayhood newly fitted in 2022.
Over a 12 year period 'Wahoo' has been maintained by a professional marine fitter (ex-Princess Boats) who was a previous owner of the boat and continued in maintaining her for the subsequent owners. This boat has truly wanted for nothing.
Her accommodation offers remarkably good volume, is light and warmly finished using
genuine wood veneers and velour covered deep foam cushions.
This is a lot of boat, fully sorted and ready for use straight away.
Accommodation
Up to six berths in two cabins and with particularly good headroom.
Saloon: 'L'-shaped seating to starboard that can be converted to a double berth in
conjunction with the table, with a single settee berth to port. Good light levels, as a result of
relatively large fixed coachroof side windows and a large opening hatch over the table.
Chart table: to port with chart stowage within and pilot book/manuals stowage shelf, single
quarter-berth aft of the chart table.
Galley: to starboard, with a Plastimo two burner cooker and oven, stainless steel sink, large
refrigerated cool box with Corian-style worktop cover. Crockery, cutlery and pots and pans are included.
Heads compartment: with a Jabsco sea toilet (new toilet pipes and both inlet & outlet valves
renewed in 2021), and wash basin opposite to port. Large hanging locker outboard beneath
the side deck.
Forward cabin: Double, V-shaped berth with an infill cushion, locker and shelves.
LED cabin lighting throughout. Sony CD player/radio with bluetooth connection and four
cabin speakers.
Mechanical and electrical systems
Beta Marine 25hp 3 cylinder indirectly cooled diesel engine, fitted new in 2014 and with
only around 217 hrs run from new.
The engine drives a folding 2 bladed Gori propeller (Also new in 2014) through a conventional stainless steel shaft, with a drip-less stern seal fitted. Calorifier providing hot water via engine circulation and fitted with a 240v immersion heater.
2 x domestic batteries & an independent engine cranking battery are charged by an engine driven-alternator and shore powered 10A 240v battery charger by Sterling.
NASA BM1 Battery condition display.
240V shore power connection with lead, 13A outlets are fitted in the accommodation
spaces.
LED cabin lighting throughout with soft 'mood', low-level lighting to the cockpit footwell.
Tankage:
Fuel capacity: approx. 45 litres in a stainless steel tank.
Water capacity: approx. 120 litres (new flexible tank fitted 2019).
Sails and spars
Sloop rig with alloy mast and boom.
Lazy Jacks and tailored mainsail cover (cover new in 2020).
Stainless steel standing rigging renewed in December 2021
Wheel-type backstay adjuster.
Nemo roller furling headsail system.
Mainsheet track mounted on cabin top.
Winches:
2 X Lewmar 40 2-speed primary sheet winches.
2 X Lewmar 16 2-speed secondary sheet winches
1 X Lewmar 8 single speed winch on coachroof
1 X Lewmar 6 single speed winch on coachroof
2 X Lewmar 8 single speed halyard winches on mast
1 X Lewmar 7 single speed reefing winch on underside of boom
Sails include:
Mainsail with slab reefing.
Ullman roller furling genoa with a grey UV strip (New in 2021).
Navigation Equipment
Within the cockpit:
2 x Contest steering compasses.
Raymarine ST60+ Depth/Echo sounder display.
Raymarine ST60+ Speed/Log display.
Autohelm ST4000 Autopilot control with separate tillerpilot ram
Standard Horizon CMP25P VHF/DSC Command Mic
At the chart table:
Garmin GPS128
NASA AIS 'radar' instrument.
Deck Equipment
10kg Delta pattern anchor.
Approx. 30m all chain rode.
Electric anchor windlass by Lewmar (new in 2020) with a wired handheld control
at bow.
Sprayhood in grey acrylic fabric (new in 2020).
Full cockpit enclosure (new in 2021) with zip out sides to create a sun shade/
bimini (you could sail with it up).
Mainsail cover.
Cockpit table with mounting pedestal leg.
Cockpit cushions.
Cockpit dodgers (named).
Fabric hatch covers.
Stern boarding/swimming ladder.
H&C cockpit shower.
Hardwood slats on seats & cockpit floor grating.
Adequate mooring warps and fenders with fender socks.
Safety Equipment
Standard Horizon VM-35000E VHF/DSC radio.
Horseshoe lifebuoy.
MoB Recovery life sling.
Fire extinguishers (note: all beyond warranty expiry date).
Manual bilge pump.
Mast-mounted radar reflector.
12V DC electric bilge pump.
General note on any safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as life rafts, EPIRBs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owner’s specific needs.
History & Construction
A highly successful model, with nearly 900 of the Dufour 31's sold from 1973 onward, this
is one of the later boats built in 1980, hull number 619.
With hull, deck and superstructure designed by Michel Dufour. they were considered to be
'cruiser racers' in their day and with their masthead rig they still represent a surprisingly fast
cruiser with immense volume.
This example has the 1.73m/5'8" cast iron fin keel and tiller steering.
The deck hatches and side windows were re-glazed recently, while the coach-roof styling
stripe/window line was also refinished in black two-part paint last year.
Measurements
LOA: 30 ft 10 in / 9.40 m
LWL: 23 ft / 7.01 m
Beam: 10 ft 8 in / 3.20 m
Max Draft: 5 ft 8 in / 1.73 m
Displacement: 9400 lb / 4,354 kg
Fuel Tanks Cap: 90 L (Approx)
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.