Dufour News

This page displays a list of published Dufour Newsletters for members to access at any time and goes back to 1981.
To view a newsletter simply click on the issue image. The list of articles for each magazine is very short and “favours” technical issues as these are most popular.
If you have an article for publication, a comment or a query please email newseditor@dufour.org.uk. You could also get £50 (or local equivalent) for an article see here for details.

Dufour News Magazine

Dufour News 123

Summer 2022

  • Round The Island Race 2022
  • Rig Failure
  • Why I Chose my 365GL
  • Flexiteek
  • Going Lithium
  • Galley Gossip
  • Sail-Drive Seals and Rope Cutter

Dufour News 122

Spring 2022

  • Going Solo – western Med cruise
  • Close Encounters of the Lights Kind
  • Rogue Waves and Boats
  • Replacing Hull Fittings With Tru-Design
  • Rudder Trouble (38 Classic)
  • Galley Gossip
  • Living The Dream During A Pandemic?

Dufour News 121

Winter 2021

  • Cruising in the Time of Covid (part 2)
  • Anny ‘A’ Goes Solar
  • Alderney… and Beyond
  • Classic Window Replacement
  • Harken Genoa Car Replacement
  • The Deliverance of Sparrowsong

Dufour News 120

Summer 2021

  • Cruising in the Time of Covid
  • Hull Repairs after a Grounding
  • From the UK to EU… and EU to UK
  • Round the Island Race 2021
  • UK Shore Power Sockets

Dufour News 119

Spring 2021

  • Covid Cruising with a Cabbage
  • Dufour Association 40th Anniversary
  • Looking Astern
  • History of the Association
  • Member Boat Analysis
  • Going Solar
  • Annual General Meeting Report
  • Asymmetric Spinnaker Without a Bowsprit
  • A Most Peculiar Passage
  • Creating A Yacht Inventory

Dufour News 118

Winter 2020

  • Dufour 30 Owners Review
  • Replacing Sheaves in Lewmar Type 1 Genoa Cars
  • Dufour ACM Elite Owners Review
  • It Was The Rum That Did It (Cruising Bahamas)

Dufour News 117

Dufour News Magazine

Summer 2020

  • The Bahamian Moor
  • Water Pump Woes
  • Crossing Biscay – Part 2
  • Windlass Remote On A Budget
  • Nocturnal Emotions

Dufour News 116

Spring 2020

  • Crossing Biscay – Part 1
  • Round The Island Race 2019
  • A Two-Shackle Tip
  • Talks with Seagulls
  • Recaulking Teak Decks
  • Dufour Rebrands
  • AGM report
  • A Friend In Every Port