The Dufour 405GL was once a breakthrough boat, bringing a wealth of new ideas to yacht construction. He laid the design and layout foundations for all subsequent Grand Large models, for example, 375-й и335-й. The interior of the 405 impresses with its spaciousness and somewhat unusual, very contrasting interior decoration – too much controversy «between» the large white panels and the interior stitching of dark mahogany. As usual for the GL series, the 405 has simply enormous storage volumes for things and products.

The cockpit of a yacht seems very large too – it is more like a 45-footer. On the move the yacht demonstrates excellent handling and excellent stability on course. The winches are positioned so that the helmsman can handle all of the boat’s control tasks on his own. The ergonomics of sailing is designed in such a way that even staging/handling a Gennaker alone is no problem for an experienced yachtsman.