Canadian Yachting — February 2018

6 0 C a n a d i a n Y a c h t i n g F E B r u A r y 2 0 18

Th e fo u r-w a y fo ld u p d in in g ta b le in th e sa lo n is d e sig n e d to
h a v e six fo r d in n e r, fo u r fo r c o c k ta ils, a n d tw o fo r th o se w h o sta y
a b o a rd. T h e n e w m a p le w o o d fin ish d o w n b e lo w b rig h te n s th e
in te rio r d y n a m ic a lly. M u lti c o a t v a rn ish is a p p lie d o n a ll in te rio r
te a k a n d m a p le fin ish e s. H e a d ro o m is lu x u rio u s, m o v in g fro m
6 ’9 ” in th e g a lle y to 6 ’6 ” a s y o u g o fo rw a rd.
T h e sw im p la tfo rm is v e ry stu rd y a n d its e le c tro n ic o p e ra tio n
a llo w s fo r a n y o f th e c re w to o p e ra te it e a sily. G re a t a c c e ssib ility
to m e c h a n ic a l sp a c e s sim p lifie s in sp e c tio n s a n d m a in te n a n c e
fo r a ll sy ste m s. F in a lly, th e c o c k p it b e n c h e s a re lo n g a n d o n e h a s
a fo ld -o u t to p th a t m a k e s a lo u n g in g p la tfo rm b ig e n o u g h fo r
tw o. S o , w ith d e e p c o c k p it c o m b in g s, m o ld e d to e ra ils, a n d a
so lid sta in le ss-ste e l h a n d ra il th a t e n d s a t th e life lin e g a te , th e
a re a b e c o m e s m u c h m o re se c u re a n d sa fe.

D e a le r s in C a n a d a : S w a n s y a c h t S a le s in W h it b y , O N

O ffe rin g s h o re s id e e n te rta in m e n t a m e n itie s a n d o ffs h o re
c o a sta l c ru ise r c a p a b ilitie s, it c o v e rs th e b e st o f b o th w o rld s. Its
m o st strik in g fe a tu re is th e fo rw a rd g a lle y a s p a rt o f th e
a th w a rtsh ip ’s b u lk h e a d , w h ic h o p e n s u p th e sp a c e fo r e n te rta in -
in g. S to ra g e c o m p a rtm e n ts a re e x c e p tio n a lly d e e p.
T h e p o p -u p g a lle y in th e a ft e n d o f th e c o c k p it is c o m p le te
w ith g rill, sin k , a n d p le n ty o f c o u n te r sp a c e fo r w h ip p in g u p
a p p e tize rs o r m e a ls. T h e fo rw a rd o w n e r’s c a b in w ith e n trie s o n
b o th sid e s to th e la rg e q u e e n b e rth is c o u p le d w ith a sp lit h e a d ,
o n e w ith a la rg e d e d ic a te d sh o w e r a n d sin k , a n d th e o th e r w ith

A N N A P O L IS | S N E A K P R E V IE W

N e x t u p , t h e D u fo u r 4 6 0 G r a n d L a r g e

a to ile t a n d h a n d w a sh b a sin.

C o n stru c tio n fe a tu re s a h a n d -la id , so lid fib e rg la ss h u ll w ith a

o n e -p ie c e d e c k th a t is in je c tio n -m o ld e d fo r su p e rio r stre n g th.

T h e h u ll is a tta c h e d to th e k e e l w ith fib e rg la ss c o re to th e w a te r-

lin e. T h e re is n o b a lsa a n d in ste a d , th e g e lc o a t is im p re g n a te d

w ith N P G (N e o p e n ty lg ly c o l) re sin fo rm in g a n o p tim u m b a rrie r

a g a in st o sm o sis. T h e ru d d e r is m o u n te d fu rth e r fo rw a rd fo r b e t-

te r flo w a n d th e d e e p e r k e e l o p tio n a llo w s th e b o a t to sa il fa ste r

a n d p o in t h ig h e r. F in a lly, th e in n o v a tiv e Je t D riv e T h ru ste r sy s-

te m m a k e s d o c k in g a b re e ze.

D e a le r s in C a n a d a : y a c h t S a le s W e s t in V a n c o u v e r , B C ;

S w a n s y a c h t S a le s in W h it b y , O N ; M a r in a L e n n o x in S a in t -

P a u l- d e - I’lle - a u x - N o ix , Q C ; O c e a n y a c h t S a le s in H a lifa x , N S

C a ta lin a 4 2 5 s a lo n ta b le is a d ju s ta b le

fo r d in n e r , c o c k ta ils o r w o r k in g.

D u fo u r 4 6 0 h a s a n im p r e s s iv e

n a r r o w b o w a n d s le e k lin e s.

D u fo u r 4 6 0 g a lle y is

b r ig h t w ith o o d le s o f

r o o m to w o r k.

R e la x in g is e a s y in th e

D u fo u r 4 6 0 c o c k p it.