Remarks :
This 2008 Dufour 425 Grand Large is a one owner boat from new. She has been meticulously well maintained and has been laid up ashore every winter. She is powered by a well maintained Volvo 55hp diesel engine with 1733 engine hours and a 2021 saildrive seal. Her layout consists of twin aft cabins, saloon, galley, owners cabin forward and two heads. Her inventory includes, retractable bow thruster, fully battened mainsail with single line reefing, lazy bag, furling genoa, electric windlass, chart plotter, heating and a lot more. "Elusive" is in excellent condition and viewing is recommended.
Accommodation :
INTERIOR:
All joinery work is finished in prime choice Moabi mahogany, with fiddles, mouldings and framings in solid wood
Soles are in Moabi laminated floor boards.
Saloon cushions and mattress fabrics have removable covers. The upper cabin linings are in Moabi wood, the bottom in cream coloured vinyl
Sliding companionway hatch and washboards in Plexiglass
Curved wooden steps and access to engine by lifting step case on jacks
GALLEY:
Linear galley to port with corian worktop and double stainless steel sinks
Pressurised hot and cold water
Sea water foot pump
Tree burner stove with oven and grill (gimbaled)
Plenty of storage for extended cruising
12v. fridge (130l.)
AFT CABINS:
Twin aft cabins with large double berths, shelving, hanging lockers, opening ports and engine access.
HEADS AND SHOWER:
Located aft of the galley to port, comes complete with marine W.C., wash hand basin, shower, electric shower sump pump and opening port.
NAVIGATION STATION:
Located opposite the aft head to starboard with a large forward facing chart table, navigator's seat with stowage underneath, instrument panels for both DC and AC along with Nav Instruments.
DINETTE:
U-shaped settee to starboard opposite the galley, saloon table can drop to a double berth (never used), central fixed settee with stowage underneath and even more stowage under the settee along with lockers. Curtains and opening hatches.
Blue suede in saloon
OWNERS/FORWARD CABIN:
Large Island berth, opening deck hatch, two fixed hull ports, shelving, hanging locker, en-suite complete with shower, heads, wash hand basin and electric shower sump pump
Other
"Webasto" Hot air heating
Numerous spotlights and reading lights in chrome
Holding tank with one of the heads
Inventory :
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Displacement 8500 kgs
Ballast 2440 kgs
Fin keel with bulb and spade rudder
Designers: Umberto Felci & Patrick Roseo
Builder: Dufour Yachts, La Rochelle.
E.U. VAT PAID
Three cabin version with two heads.
CONSTRUCTION
Hand laminated GRP hull.
The NPG gelcoat [the first layer of cloth is impregnated with NPG resin) forms an optimum barrier against osmosis
Inner moulded hull bottom, structural grid laminated to the hull. Hull portlights in the saloon. Deck in Balsa core sandwich, made by Infusion process.
Cast iron keel
Semi-elliptical rudder, filled with closed cell epoxy foam. Stainless steel, solid stock.
SAILS, RIGGING AND SPARS:
Anodised aluminium mast with double swept backed spreaders, rigged 15/16, deck stepped.
Anchor and steaming lights. Boom topping lift cleat. Anodised aluminium boom equipped with two single line reefing system.
Genoa furler
Grounded rigging system
Single stainless steel chainplate for cap shrouds/aft lower shrouds.
In June 2021 the mast and rigging were removed, inspected, a new furling drum installed and stepped. This work was carried out by Custom Rigging. A copy of their report is available.
Rigid boom vang
All lines lead aft to the cockpit
furling on the forestay
Fully battened slab reefing mainsail with single line reefing (led to the cockpit) and lazy bag
Furling genoa with UV strip
DECK & DECK FITTINGS
Teak handrails on coachroof and teak toerail
Self-draining chain locker with eye bolt and integrated windlass bracket, lid with locking bolt. Stemhead fitting anchor roller.
Electric windlass 1,000W with anchor - 30 metres of galvanised chain + 20 metres of warp
Pulpit with wooden step and separate green/red navigation lights.
Pushpits with horseshoe buoy bracket, flag pole holder, navigation light and opening cable gate with hook.
Stanchions and guardrails with opening gates
Six aluminium mooring cleats
Fenders and mooring lines
Two deck fillers for water and one for fuel.
Mainsheet traveller on coachroof
Genoa sheet tracks with piston lead blocks and genoa sheet turning blocks on coaming
8 x sheave deck organizers for halyard returns, mainsail sheet and reefing lines
Stainless steel swan neck electric/electronic cable gland
7 x clutches on coachroof
2 X 40 ST halyard winches on the roof to starboard
2 X 48 ST genoa winches on coamings close to the helm
Teak cockpit seats and cockpit sole
Cockpit table
Two large cockpit lockers
GRP steering pedestal
Leather covered wheels
Rudder stock head under helmsman's sole for installing the emergency tiller
Engine lever and control panel easily to hand for the helmsman on the starboard side
Transom open in centre with a tipping helmsman's seat giving access to the swim/ boarding platform
Gas cylinder locker in aft port seat and life raft stowage in dedicated locker under helmsman's seat
Cockpit shower (hot and cold) in aft locker and folding stainless steel bathing ladder
Sprayhood
Bimini
Very good ventilation is ensured by 8 x deck hatches with integrated ventilators, four opening port-lights on roof with curtains, permanent ventilation with two aerators, «mushroom» models Two hull port-lights as well as four fixed port-lights add to the saloon's natural brightness.
Outboard bracket on the pushpit
ELECTRICAL:
12V DC system. Switchboard with circuit breakers, voltmeter and 12v outlet
1 x (2023) engine battery
3 x (2023) service batteries
Radio / CD Player with four speakers - two in saloon and two in the cockpit
12v outlet in cockpit for a light
220v Shore-power with outlets in saloon and cabins
Battery charger (not original)
NAVIGATION:
Raymarine E80 chart plotter
Raymarine Tridata ST60+ Log/Speed/Depth
Raymarine ST60+ Wind Speed/Angle
ICOM VHF with antenna.
OTHER ITEMS:
Retractable bow thruster
Stainless steel bow protection
Seacocks were checked in February 2025
Engine will be serviced before launching
Running rigging has been washed
Dufour dining set and glassware
Epoxied from new
OWNER'S COMMENTS:
"Elusive" has really looked after us from new but unfortunately the time has come for us to retire from sailing, hence the reason for selling. Every year she has been launched in late April and hauled back out in late August or early September, giving a typical sailing season of about 19 weeks.
BROKER'S COMMENTS:
"Elusive" is a fine solid no nonsense, cruising yacht and viewing is highly 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 :
Volvo D2-55
Saildrive seal was replaced in 2021
Three blade folding propellor