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Elan 380 introduction

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Performance

Technical specifications

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ELAN 380

The Elan 380 is a boat for the sailor who cannot deny the thrill of rewarding top performance and handling but at the same time desires the echelon of stylish comfort for cruising with family and friends.

Unmistakably a performance yacht, the Elan 380 features the many outstanding characteristics inherent in the Elan performance range. Elegant and refined, the aesthetically sleek profile displays exceptionally long waterline with designer hull and deck portlights. Her clean deck enhances the freedom of movement on board. Open transom with efficient cockpit layout designed to fulfil the needs of racing crew as well the ease of handling while shorthanded cruising.

Below deck 2 or 3 cabins provide enough space for privacy and relaxation. Fully equipped L-shaped galley fulfils even with the toughest chef‘s demands. Spacious and airy saloon offers extraordinary comfort for crew with plenty of efficient storage and forward facing chart table. Practical solutions with superb comfort are combined with beautiful craftsmanship and attention to detail to satisfy even the highest standards normally found on much larger yachts.

Rob Humphreys’ masterful configuration of the keel, rudder, rig and hull design produces a well-balanced yacht with optimum weight distribution along with remarkably high level of stability and excellent response.

The result of the extensive hydrodynamic research with the superior method of keel and rudder fixing gives the helmsman and crew a confident feeling of safety, control and comfort during navigation in every kind of sea and wind conditions.

For the discerning sailor who seeks more than what most yachts offer, the new Elan 380 has the essential credentials. A successful quality formula that is carried right across the range - from design through to construction to deliver to sailors, real sailing boats of integrity. Performance yacht true to their name.

The Elan 380 is certainly a boat that will give you immense pride of ownership.

You will be well rewarded.

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Inner structure

The hull structural strength is a key factor in overall boat safety, and in its resistance to ever-demanding ocean conditions.Maintaining the highest profile of structural frames among boat builders, and the highest number of longitudinal and transversal stringers, the Elan inner structure is one of the most comprehensive reinforced structure on the market today.Adding a unique combination of gluing and laminating techniques to the inner mould to the hull joint is the final proof Elan yachts are build to last.

Keel joint

The cast iron ore lead keel is attached to the hull by premium grade stainless bolts that are highly resistant to corrosion.The internal structure grid ensures the best possible strength and flexibility in beating to windward, or in severe groundings. Before fitting each Elan keel is sealed for protection and smooth finish.

Chainplates

Chainplate loads are spred via High Quality marine stainless steel rods to metal plates incorporated into the inner structure.

Hull – deck joint

To preserve the design shape of the hull prior to the joint, specially designed metal jigs are used. Use of an in-turning wide flange offers a strong support for the deck and a large surface for bonding material. Hull and deck are joined together by a 3-way technique: Gluing of the hull and deck parts together, use of stainless steel bolts for mechanical shear, fastening and laminating of the joint at the bow and transom area to allow for even greater stiffness and sturdiness. 100% reliability with no recorded failure in thousands of miles of tough ocean conditions.

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High Quality materials

Carefully selected materials are subject to our strict quality control. Use of high technology materials, from the latest research, enable us to optimise the laminate plan of each yacht. Quadriaxial- and multiaxial- glass fibre, Kevlar® reinforcements at the mast support and bow area, Aramat® and Dyvinacell® all contribute to the well known strength of an Elan yacht.Use of Vinyl ester pre-laminate and Isophtalic polyester laminate which insures perfect antiosmosis protection and superb mechanical properties to weight ratio.

Gelcoat spraying

Apart from the aesthetic function, a layer of gel coat is used to prevent water penetration into the laminate and preserve its stiffness over long periods of time. In order to achieve the highest level of consistency in quality and thickness, the HQ gel coat is being sprayed by computer-operated nozzle in a carefully monitored production process.

VAIL

The proper goal in hull construction is to produce the required strength and stiffness with the least weight of material. Unnecessary weight makes a yacht more difficult to manage, and less enjoyable to sail. With our own system of Vacuum Assisted Infusion Lamination - VAIL the results were more than promising.

Germanischer Lloyd

All our yachts are under constant supervision of Germanischer Lloyd. With its long history of more than 150 years Germanischer Lloyd is setting the highest demands in boat building industry today. Each ELAN yacht is carrying a GL certificate as ultimate proof of her quality, durability and safety.Only in that way we know we have fulfilled the owner’s expectations.The Elan range of performance cruising yachts and Impression cruisers are all built under permanent technical supervision of Germanischer Lloyd for Sailing Yacht specification on a hull structure designed to give any sailor confidence.

Gelcoat spraying

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Technical specifications

Length overall 11,34 m

Hull length 11,34 m

Length at waterline 10,63 m

Beam 3,65 m

Displacement 6650 kg

Ballast 2300 kg

Draft 2,05 / 2,35 m

Water capacity 250 l

Fuel capacity 110 l

Engine 29 HP

Mainsail 43 m2

Genoa 44 m2

Spinnaker 104 m2

I 14,98 m

J 4,16 m

P 14,61 m

E 4,96 m

Boat design category A

Design Rob Humphreys

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The Elan 380 The Elan range has always set out to offer a successful bridge between racing and cruising: an ability to deliver results at a fairly high level, yet with sufficient in the way of comfort and user-friendliness to meet the most demanding of cruising aspirations. The benefits of this strategy are self-evident – an ability to fulfil a yachtsman’s widest breadth of interest and reassure him in the process that his is a boat that will maintain its value so much better than the more one-dimensional race-oriented boats. This dual-purpose aspiration continues to be the Elan ethos, but time marches on and the international racing fleet is increasingly peppered with custom racers and production boats that are increasingly committed in their emphasis. The Elan 380 represents a new alignment with the changing pace of the racing world, a totally new design that increases performance per unit of length to a much higher level than previous models. The hull is clean and unfettered, with a fine entry and a powerful run; with her long waterline length she achieves the dynamic feel of a much bigger boat, yet her tall, non-overlapping rig will allow her to make good account of herself in light airs as well as heavy. The appendages are carefully configured for balance and efficiency, and the deep span rudder will generate reassuring control.

All measurements, images and illustrations are approximate and provided for information only. Elan Marine reserves the right to modify or improve specifications without prior notice.

But where does this leave the cruising side of the Elan equation? Paradoxically, the long waterline approach even with its fine entry has created significant internal volume and we believe that the boat’s cruising virtues will be seen to be as appealing as ever. After all, when is it ever a problem to have speed in a cruising boat?Just when conventional, single-rudder boats are living on the edge of control, a properly-designed twin-rudder boat is just getting into gear, giving its helmsman the feel that he is running the boat down a railway line.

EXCELLENCY IN DESIGN

Rob Humphreys

Begunje 1, SI-4275, Begunje na Gorenjskem, SloveniaPhone: +386 4 535 13 70, Fax: +386 4 535 13 60E-mail: sail@elan.si

Elan Marine d.o.o.

Begunje 1, SI-4275, Begunje na Gorenjskem, SloveniaPhone: +386 4 535 13 70, Fax: +386 4 535 13 60E-mail: sail@elan.si

Elan Marine d.o.o.

www.elan-yachts.com

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