Dufour 9000 is an aluminium sailingboat builded from Dufour-La Rochelle-France in 1980.The designers are : J.Valentijn $ Dufour.The flag is italian and the dimensions are: Loa 12 mt./floating lenght 9,60 mt./beam 3,94.The displacement is 9 tons,the draft is 2,05 mt.and the keel is filled with plombb and the wieght is 4,5 tons.The engine is a Perkins 48 hp,mod.4108 rebuild in 1997.The tank contains 190 lt. of fuel.The water is stored in 4 pvc tanks for a total amount of 250 lt.The boat is fully equipped for ocean's cruising and has a diesel electirc generator Mase intercooler 2 kw power(yanmar engine)with his own fueltanke of 80 lt.Are installed 2 solar panels(75w each).Electronics : autopilot autohelm 4000 t plus,GPS Magelan nav dlx with external aerial,Vhf shipmate,SSB Icom 7000,electronic compass VDO in addition to the main compass Plastimo.Rigging & sails : Francespar mast,16 mt.from deckl level(completely refurbished in 1996),10 Lewmar winches,adjustable backstay;in addition to the main front stay there is a removable stay for the yankee.There are 2 main sails more a storm sail,3 genoas(roller furling),spinnaker,mps,yankee,jib storm.The anchors are : a Delta 25 kg.,a Britany 20 kh.,a Danforth 15 kg.The lifedrafts are for 6 persons and there is also a wind autopilot (Atoms).Accomodations : a large front cabin and 2 berths at the center served by a toilet,a main cabin with is own toilet at the back.There is a very large refrigerator that can work with 12 volts or with the engine(Frigoboat).Finally the hull's shape is covered by epoxy plaster.There is also a very large bimini in sunbrella and there are 2 cranes for lifting dinghy.The asking price is 85.000 $ (following the valuation of the french magazine "Annonces du bateau" n.286)and the boat is visible in Portobelo(Colon)in Panama.