Dufour 36 Classic for sale in Burnham-on-Crouch, United Kingdom

The Dufour 36 Classic is a popular modern cruising yacht offering a great combination of comfortable accommodation and confidence inspiring manners under sail.

Shalingar's Luck is the standard draft keel, twin aft cabin version, offering excellent sailing performance combined with ample accommodation for families.

The Dufour 36 Classic is a popular modern cruising yacht offering a great combination of comfortable accommodation and confidence inspiring manners under sail.

Shalingar's Luck is the standard draft keel, twin aft cabin version, offering excellent sailing performance combined with ample accommodation for families. She has been used for RYA training, always with a skipper on board, and could easily be re-equipped with some additional safety gear to Category 2 for this purpose. Her equipment list is extensive and includes an electric anchor windlass, heating, hot water, full cockpit enclosure and more. Presented in good condition, Shalingars Luck could be used for family cruising and/or be kept MCA coded as a training vessel.

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Accommodation

The accommodation offers up to six berths, with three double cabins plus an occasional single berth in the saloon.

FORECABIN - Considered to be the owner's cabin and featuring an offset double berth to port and stowage beneath, seat to starboard and ample storage in two hanging lockers, shelves and a cupboard. Large opening hatch to foredeck with blind.

SALOON - An L-shaped settee fitted to starboard (can be used as a small occasional berth) with a separate bench seat offers comfortable seating for 6 around a table with bottle storage.

GALLEY - Linear galley to starboard equipped with an Eno gimballed 2-burner gas stove with oven and grill, twin stainless steel sinks, large top opening 12v fridge, ample work surfaces and good storage in various lockers and drawers.

CHART TABLE - Generous chart table to port with storage, navigators seat (upholstered in vinyl), electrical distribution panel and navigation equipment.

HEADS - Aft to starboard and fitted with Brydon marine toilet, shower, washbasin, storage and opening portlight.

TWIN AFT CABINS - Each fitted with a double berth, hanging locker, lighting and opening portlights.

GENERAL EQUIPMENT - The mahogany interior with teak and holly effect laminate sole boards and blue patterned upholstery and matching curtains in saloon. Pressurised hot and cold water supply via a calorifier with immersion coil. Eberspacher diesel fired cabin heating with outlets in each cabin.

Mechanical Systems

Located below the companionway and with excellent all-round access. Volvo Penta MD2030, 3-cylinder, 29hp diesel engine. Freshwater cooled via heat exchanger. Single lever controls with electric start. Saildrive to two blade fixed propeller.

The engine appears to be in very good cosmetic condition, was last serviced in April 2021.

Electrical Systems

2 x 12v batteries charged via engine alternator. Shore power system with ring main, immersion coil and battery charger. Electrical distribution panel. Full interior lighting, much of which is LED.

Spars and Sails

Masthead rigged sloop. Anodised aluminium double spreader mast and boom by Z-Spars. Spinnaker pole with adjustable slider on mast. Stainless steel discontinuous standing rigging. Mast and standing rigging replaced approximately 2016. Removable inner forestay. Terylene running rigging. Slab reefing mainsail with stackpack and lazyjacks. Harken MkIV headsail furling system. Lines led aft to cockpit and Spinlock jammers. Two Lewmar 40 self-tailing sheet winches. Two Lewmar 30 self-tailing halyard winches.

• Mainsail
• Furling genoa with UV strip
• Cruising chute
• Storm jib (fits inner forestay)

Deck Equipment

• Plough anchor with 60m of chain & warp
• Lofrans Cayman electric anchor windlass
• Kedge anchor
• Stainless steel, pulpit, pushpit, stanchions and guardwires with access gates
• Blue sprayhood and full cockpit enclosure
• Blue stackpack mainsail cover
• Blue binnacle cover
• Blue dodgers
• Blue cockpit cushions
• Midship cleats and fairleads
• Removable boarding ladder
• 8 x Fenders
• 10 x Warps

Navigation Equipment

• Plastimo Olympic 135 binnacle mounted steering compass
• Simrad RD68 DSC VHF radio with Hawk antenna
• VHF cockpit speaker
• Raymarine E80 colour plotter
• Garmin GPS128 at chart table
• Raymarine ST60 Tridata with depth, speed and log
• Raymarine ST60 windspeed and direction
• Raytheon ST4000+ autopilot (not fully installed)
• Handheld VHF radio
• Radio/CD player with saloon and cockpit speakers
• Clock and barometer
• Bow/stern, steaming, anchor and tricolour navigation lights
• Deck flood light

Safety Equipment

• 2 x fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket
• Pilot gas alarm
• Smoke and CO detectors
• 2 x Horseshoe lifebuoys with floating lights
• Danbuoy
• Webbing jackstays and cockpit harness eyes
• 2 x life jackets with harnesses
• Radar reflector on mast
• Plastimo Rescue Sling
• Heaving line
• Manual and electric bilge pumps
• Emergency tiller

Construction

Dufour 36 Classic built by Dufour Yachts in 2001 to a design by Mortain & Mavrikios. White GRP hull with style stripes, superstructure and decks with moulded non-slip surfaces. Teak cockpit seating. Standard draft cast iron fin keel. Lewmar wheel steering to spade hung rudder. Leather covered wheel. Anodised aluminium toe rail. Walk through transom with bathing platform and transom boarding ladder.