Remarks :
This 2001 Dufour 36 Classic has been well minded by her present owners since 2012. She has been cruising the Mediterranean for the last number of years and is now lying in La Rochelle. Her layout consists of one aft cabin to port, chart table to port, heads to starboard, linear galley to starboard and a roomy forward cabin. Her inventory includes a (2012) 29HP Volvo diesel with about 2,020 engine hours, 2025 standing rigging, in-mast furling mainsail, furling genoa on a 2025 furler (Facnor), cruising spinnaker, electric windlass, autopilot, chart plotter/radar, heating, 2022 batteries and much more. Viewing is highly recommended.
Accommodation :
All joinery in first choice clear KHAYA mahogany. Moulded surrounds in solid wood. All soles in plywood laminated on both sides, teak striped.
FORWARD OWNERS CABIN
Double berth about 190 x 147 with double fitted mattress offset to port.
Polyethylene 170 l. approx. water tank #1 under berth.
Shelves on hull sides.
Big hanging locker to starboard.
Large stowage locker to starboard.
Seat with cushion.
Large stowage locker at foot of berth.
2 x LED deckhead lights + reading light.
Counter-moulded deckhead.
1 x Large Lewmar opening deck hatch and 1 x small Lewmar opening deck hatch.
SALOON
U-shaped settee to port
Foam cushions and backrests.
Stowage under settee and behind backrests.
Centre settee with backrest and stowage underneath.
Handrails along port-lights.
Saloon table with fiddles and integrated bottle store.
Crumb tray under sole.
4 x LED deckhead lights + 2 x reading lights.
1 x Large Lewmar opening deck hatch and 1 x small Lewmar opening deck hatch
LINEAR GALLEY - to starboard
Galley counter top with fiddles.
Double s/s sink with pressurised hot and cold water and lid.
Stowage under the sink.
2023 "DOMETIC" two burner gas cooker with oven
Grab rail in front of cooker.
LED strip above galley.
130 l. approx.12v refrigerator. New ISOTHERM compressor and evaporator in 2018
Stowage for dinner service and accessories.
Dufour ware.
Fire extinguisher and fire blanket.
NAVIGATION STATION to port
Chart table/desk with instrument console.
Stowage bin.
Navigator's seat.
Stowage under chart table.
AFT CABIN to port
Double berth, 195 x 160 cm approx.
Polyethylene 160 l. approx. water tank under the berth (2nd tank)
Shelf on hull side.
Hanging locker with stowage.
Reading light plus deckhead light.
1 x Opening port-light on coachroof side.
HEAD COMPARTMENT
2017 Manual marine toilet,
2019 Direct-through polyethylene Holding Tank
Toilet paper dispenser.
Mirror, wash basin and stowage locker.
Pressurised hot and cold water with shower fitting.
Wet locker.
Sole with GRP grating.
Electric sump pump, new 2024.
Pressurised Water system with carbon filter, new pump 2024.
Opening port-light.
Deckhead light.
Inventory :
IN BRIEF
"Classic" and as elegant as she is sea kindly. The wide side decks facilitate easy movement and are reassuring for the crew. The Dufour 36 Classic is a fast and powerful yacht and her cockpit generously shelters six people. Practical and comfortable navigation station. Generous work surfaces in a very well-equipped galley. The long settee offers an extra occasional berth and her saloon table is ready to seat six to seven guests and can be lowered to form a comfortable additional double berth.
"Dóchas" is E.U. VAT paid and is Irish-registered. She has been across the Atlantic with a previous owner and has just returned from an extended multi-year cruise of the Mediterranean. Her current owners have continuously maintained and updated the yacht and she is ready for new adventures.
CONSTRUCTION
NPG gelcoat with first solid laminate layer impregnated with NPG resin, ensuring an excellent osmosis barrier.
Hand laid hull in GRP with PVC foam core and vacuum bagged.
Floors laminated to hull.
Deck in balsa core sandwich
Hull and decks counter-moulded.
Counter-moulded head.
Lead keel.
Semi-elliptic rudder, filled with closed cell foam and mounted on self-aligning bearings.
DECK FITTINGS
Lofrans 1000w horizontal electric windlass fitted in chain locker.
Stemhead fitting and anchor roller.
Bruce Anchor with chain.
Pulpit with navigation lights, pushpit with life buoy bracket.
Toe rail with fairleads and stanchion bases.
S/S stanchions and guardrails with opening gates.
4 x Mooring cleats plus 2 x cleats amidships with fairleads.
Chainplates (cap shrouds and lower shrouds).
4 x Opening port-lights. 2 fixed port-lights.
4 x Opening deck hatches.
2 x Ventilators.
Teak handrails on the coachroof
2 x Genoa tracks with leads.
Mainsheet track on the coachroof with traveler and control lines.
Plexiglas companionway sliding hatch and wash boards.
2 x Genoa sheet winches, 40 AST.
2 x Halyard winches, 30 AST.
2 x Winch handles with pockets.
Clutches on roof for halyards, mainsheet and furling lines.
Teak trimmed cockpit seats.
Leather trimmed steering wheel, with folding removable cockpit table.
Wheel steering by "Whitlock" rod steering (no cables).
Binnacle Instrument pod with Plastimo compass and light.
Binnacle cover
2 x Cockpit lockers with latch and padlock fittings.
Gas cylinder and life raft compartment at stern.
Transom with folding steps.
Cockpit shower (cold)
Outboard motor bracket.
Sprayhood (zip needs attention).
Fitted Bimini.
All-deck winter cover in heavy canvas - 2 sections.
Plastimo Lifebuoy with light.
Fenders
Dock lines
Fender Board
Emergency Tiller.
SPARS and RIGGING
Double spreader Selden anodised aluminium mast and boom. Un-stepped and checked in Dec 2024.
Aluminium mast heel with blocks.
2025 Facnor Genoa furler
Deck organisers for halyard returns.
Internal mast halyards.
2 x Cleats on mast and storm jib halyard clutch.
Rigid Boom Vang
2025 Standing rigging and bottle screws in s/s,
Baby-stay.
Inner forestay (detachable) and storm jib. new 2017
Running rigging including main, genoa and spinnaker halyards, topping lift, genoa and main sheets.
Adjustable backstay by bottle-screw.
In-mast main reefing - outhaul on boom and furling line led back to cockpit.
2025 Navigation tri-light and mooring light, all LED
2025 Steaming and deck light
2025 VHF aerial
Windex.
SAILS
UK in-mast furling mainsail, serviceable, no repairs,
UK furling genoa with UV strip. serviceable, no repairs, UV strip needs renewal.
UK Genniker with snuffer and sheets. One minor tear repaired.
Storm jib, original condition, never used
PLUMBING / ELECTRICITY
12v Electric bilge pump.
Manual bilge pump.
Sea water foot pump, with by-pass for emergency freshwater supply.
Electric shower wastewater pump.
2018 - 18 litre Calorifier (water heater), heated from engine and 220v electric
Water capacity 330l.
Mixer taps in galley and head.
2022 - 2 x 110 Ah acid battery for services.
2022 - 1 x 110 Ah acid battery for the engine.
220v Battery charger.
220v system.
2 x Battery isolator switches (services and engine) in aft cabin.
Electrical panel with thermal circuit breakers and flow meter.
12v power point.
Battery charge indicator (dual).
Fuel gauge.
Water gauge
Copper ground strap from keel bolts to rigging.
INSTRUMENTATION
2013 RAYMARINE ST60 pack,
Auto-pilot fitted direct to rudder quadrant
Log, Speed with water temperature
Depth
Wind Speed and Direction
2013 RAYMARINE C90W Colour Chartplotter
2013 RAYMARINE 4kw Digital Radar.
2013 RAYMARINE 55 E DSC VHF with remote mic in cockpit.
GPS: MLR FX312.
Radio/Stereo. Cockpit speakers not working.
BROKER'S COMMENTS
"Dochás" is an excellent example of this popular model from Dufour. She has been continuously upgraded by her owners since 2012. She has the added advantage of a well minded 2012 Volvo engine and 2025 standing rigging. She is in lovely order and viewing is recommended
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.
Mechanical :
2012 Volvo D1-30 (29 hp) diesel engine.
Serviced annually
Engine hours 2,020
2012 Volvo 130S Sail-drive transmission
Sail-drive Rubber seal replaced in 2019.
2012 Volvo folding three-blade propeller
115 Amp 3-phase alternator.
2012 Volvo EVC instrument panel in cockpit.
Sound insulation foam.
Engine access from companionway steps and aft cabin.
2 x Fuel filters (Coarse Pre-filter and fine filter) with water separator.
Sea Water strainer and anti-siphon valve.
Engine controls near helmsman.
Polyethylene Fuel tank 160l.
Miscellaneous engine spares.