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2025 Photo Competition Winners

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The 2025 Dufour Association Photo Competition produced some 36 entries, and what a range of photos we had in different styles, locations and situations – with some great creativity, but all the winners have a certain “theme”.
We had a tie in the voting for the third place so decided to award four prizes.

  • Ross Ryan from the UK with “Dawn – Walton-on-the -Naze”
  • Seamus Cook from Ireland with “Wombat in Kinsale”
  • Sarah Sandwell from Australia with “Moonrise in Tonga”
  • and winner who wishes to remain unnamed but from the UK with “Dufour 2800 enjoying the sunset at East Head”

Congratulations to everyone who took part for some great pictures and to each of our winners who now receive not just our praise but a £20 prize.

To see the pictures in more detail (members only) simply click  here.

A competition for 2026 will be launched shortly.

Dufour Association Round The Island Trophy 2025

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Congratulations to Dufour Association member Jeremy Vines with his Dufour 34 “Pickles” performed brilliantly to gain overall first in the ISC class of 383 entrants.
Some 20 Dufour yachts were among the hundreds of entries. The weather forecasts had put some off but on the day it was not as windy as feared though the afternoon saw more blustery showers.

Jeremy Vines is awarded his place on the Dufour Association Round The Island Trophy and also receives two custom engraved Dufour Association glasses. A very notable achievement as he has now won this Association trophy eight times! Well done Jeremy.

Dufour News Summer 2025

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Latest issue of the Association magazine is now out with articles including: A Fair Breeze From the East (Sailing Dufour 36 Classic from Suffolk to Solent); Boiler Maintenance (Quick Nautica); MD2030 to D1-30 Repower (part 3); Atlantic Outliers (Western Isles of Scotland) and “A Meaty Subject”
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2024 Photo Competition Winners

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The 2024 Dufour Association Photo Competition produced some 36 entries, and what a range of photos we had in different styles, locations and situations – with some great creativity.
Now we can name the winners as being

  • Eddie Tingle from Cork in Ireland with “‘Mystic’ – Dufour 30 Classic – Fastnet Rock”
  • Martin McCullough of Carrickfergus in Northern Island with “Leaving Ireland”
    and
  • Joseph Smith from Largs in Scotland with “Calm after the Storm”

Congratulations to everyone who took part for some great pictures and to each of our winners who now receive not just our praise but a £20 prize.

To see the pictures in more detail (members only) simply click  here.

A competition for 2025 will be launched shortly.