The 5 cabin’s bareboat sailing yacht Dufour 500 GL was built in 2015 and it is docked in Piombino, Italy. The Dufour 500 GL (2015) can accommodate up to 10 people in 5 cabins and it has 3 toilets. The overall length of the boat is 49 ft / 14,8 m. The main equipment (find the complete list on the ’Equipments’ tab): dinghy with outboard engine, air condition, grill (barbecue) , bathing platform, cockpit table, swimming ladder and it’s obligatory extras: starter pack, final cleaning. The main sail is furling/roll. You can check-in from 17:00 h and check-out until 08:30 h.
Why charter this Dufour 500 GL
5 cabins for 10 berths means about 2 guests per cabin, so bag storage and sleeping turns are clear before departure. 3.3 guests per head matters on early marina mornings, when showers, breakfast and casting off compete for time. At 14,8 m, this sailing yacht works best when swim stops still leave time for the evening berth.
Best charter fit
Dufour 500 GL suits crews comparing cabin separation, luggage storage and bathroom timing across 5 cabins and 3 heads. Sailing crews should keep one fallback leg for wind shifts, late sea state and the final marina return.
Elba across the Piombino channel
Piombino sits right on the channel that makes the shortest crossing to Elba, and whether to take it is the first thing the weather decides: in settled conditions it is a quick hop to Portoferraio, but with the mistral building the sensible first move is to stay on the mainland side and wait for a cleaner window. Pisa Airport (PSA) is a road transfer up the coast, with Florence (FLR) the longer drive inland. Once across, Elba is the week: Napoleon’s green, mountainous island of turquoise coves and hillside vineyards gives enough short coastal legs to fill it, the channel the one stretch to respect on the way home, best recrossed on a settled morning. Capraia and the outer Tuscan islands are longer, more exposed runs out and back, better kept for a longer charter.
