Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 55

This new flagship will benefit from the experience acquired by Wauquiez with its highly successful predecessors.
Larger, faster and more comfortable, the Pilot Saloon 55 also add a new dimension to the Pilot Saloon concept in terms of equipment and luxury: she will truly be a prestigious and exceptional blue water sailing yacht.

Deck layout and rigging:
Simple and efficient
The Pilot Saloon 55 comes with the arch that takes the mainsheet away from the cockpit and receives the bimini, cockpit speakers, cockpit light etc…the 2 electric primary winches allow a complete control of the boat from any of the 2 steering stations.
The genoa and main sheets as well as the manoeuvring lines are run aft under the coachouse coamings, for a totally uncluttered deck.
To make short handed sailing easy, the foretriangle of the Pilot Saloon 55 consists in an efficient and simple self tacking jib. The long bow fitting is designed to receive a furling gennaker or «Code Zero» for light air performance. The mainsail (fully battened or in mast furling) is also easily manoeuvered and trimmed from the helmsman’s stations.

Accommodations:
Natural lighting, luxurious space and comfort
As with all Pilot Saloons, the 55 offers a panoramic 360° vision from the saloon, whether seated around the dinette table to starboard or at the navigation station to port.
Burmese teak is present everywhere, and the Pilot Saloon 55 offers an outstandingly refined living space inside, whether in the owner’s aft cabin or in the 2 guest cabins, with their en suite head compartments.
The «U» shaped galley of the Pilot Saloon 55 is designed to be as comfortable and convenient at sea as in the harbour, with an impressive storage volume.

The new Dufour 45 Performance has a modern look, thanks to her sleek hull lines. She has got the typical characteristics of the Dufour Performance Signature, is designed for fast cruising and also offers the advantages of a comfortable and spacious sailing yacht.

Key properties:

• 45 feet of hull length, with a plumb bow for maximum of waterline length
• Thoroughbred Dufour design: a classic and uncluttered coachroof
• Injection moulded deck for a maximum of weight saving, and to lower the centre of gravity
• Available with cast iron or deep lead keel
• Modern deck design to optimise performance sailing
• Twin steering wheel system
• Open aft cockpit and a wide opening transom
• Rig available as in Club or Fastnet version
• Under deck furling drum
  Hull portholes in Dufour style
• Moabi interior
• Wenge floorboards
• Available in 3 or 4 cabin layout + 2 heads

Technical Specifications:

• Architects: Umberto Felci and Patrick Roséo
• Length over all  :  13,95 m //  45′76″
• Hull length   :  13,60 m  // 44′61″
• Waterline length    :  12,16 m  // 39′89″
• Max. beam   :  4,30 m  // 14′10″
• Standard draft  :  1,95 m // 6′39″
• Optional draft :   2,30 m // 7′54″
• Displacement with std keel  :  10,870 kg // 23,964 lbs
• Displacement with opt keel  : 10.640 kg // 23,457 lbs
• Keel weight std keel  : 3.330 kg // 7,341 lbs
• Keel weight opt keel  : 3100 kg // 6,834 lbs
• Sail surface   : 113 m² // 1,217 ft²
• Engine : 55 HP // 41 kw
• Versions : 3 / 4 cabines

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