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for CHARTER Dufour Nautitech 475 Builder: Dufour Model: Nautitech 475 Contact: Cosmos Yachting Tel: +44 (0)20 8878 0880 Fax: +44 (0)20 8878 2010 Price*: Price list Length (LOA): 14.3m, Beam: 7.6m, Draft: 1.2m ,

The Nautitech 475 is a high-performance catamaran - reliable, stylish and made to standards of comfort and safety that will satisfy the most demanding sailor. The cockpit is accessible from the saloon through two large doors, and is sheltered from the weather by an innovative, cap-shaped roof extension.

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As in all the upper deck, the Dufour quality even extends down to the four very private and independent double cabins, each with its own head. The Nautitech 475 is also available in a Prestige edition.

The accommodation configuration for both models (3 or 4 cabin) is similar, with galley, nav station and saloon on the bridge deck level. The galley is compact and efficient, though perhaps a little small for hosting a large company at anchor, but the sturdy saloon table is ample enough to serve a full complement of guests. To the all-round saloon view, Nautitech adds forward-facing opening ports that provide very good cross ventilation. All cabins provide standing headroom and good light and ventilation from several deck hatches in each hull, and all are tastefully finished without excessive wood veneer.

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Adequately sound-insulated spaces contain twin Volvo Penta engines with Sail Drives and two-bladed folding props, accessible from deck hatches. Under power, both models maneuvered easily.

Dufour has succeeded better than most at providing standing headroom in the saloon and adequate underwing clearance without creating a Winnebago profile. A fiberglass canopy partially protruding over the cockpit lends the cockpit shade without a vulnerable canvas dodger, and it streamlines the boat's profile.

Those who enjoy sailing will appreciate the outboard, twin Whitlock rack-and-pinion steering stations, though some will also want dual engine controls to facilitate docking on either side.

A walkway between the stations is a nice safety feature. Good lifelines and bow-and-stern jack-line anchoring points are provided, though I would prefer the jack lines farther inboard. Escape hatches, which one hopes never to use but are essential to ultimate multihull safety, are provided in each hull. Attention to safety includes life raft stowage on the aft cross beam. If on deck, the raft would be submerged were the boat to capsize, and if kept under the wing, it could suffer undetected damage while sailing normally.

Hulls and deck are vacuum-bagged sandwiches of non-woven bidirectional and tri-directional cloth in isophthalic resin over closed-cell PVC foam. Epoxy-laminated marine plywood bulkheads include crash bulkheads in both bows. The forepeaks are foam-filled. Fin keels built independently of the hulls reduce the risk of serious hull damage in a grounding situation. A solid-wood rub rail protects each hull.

The fractional aluminum rig is stepped immediately ahead of the forward saloon windows at deck level on a horizontal surface with halyard lockers -- an efficient working platform that is more secure than a mast stepped on a curved coach roof. A full-length traveler spans the beam aft of the cockpit. Roller-furling headsails and fully battened mainsails with lazy jacks vastly improve the performance of both models compared to those with roller-furling mainsails.

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