Dufour history goes back
40 years ago when Michele Dufour launches
the first Sylphe in 1964. Four
years later -in 1968- he creates the
legendary Aprege, an
unprecedented success that revolutionised
the design of cruising sailing yachts.
A number of successful models follow.
The early '80s and the chartering boom find
Dufour with a number of high quality boats
in production -like the Dufour 2800
and the Dufour 4800. The Dufour
boats were too good (=too expensive) to
compete the antagonism of Jeanneau and
Beneteau models, so the company ceases
operation for almost a decade.
Dufour Yachts Group makes an impressive come
back in the '90s. In 1994 they found
Nautitech, a company specialised...
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