The Dufour 48 has a contemporary design with voluminous hulls. The reversed and narrow bows cleave the water efficiently.

The aft placed mast allows larger headsails, and the boom is more angled than in Dufour’s monohulls. The self-tacking jib (48 m2) combined with the mainsail (76 m2) creates a total sail area of 124 m2. She comes also with a huge flybridge with stairs access from both starboard and port sides.