Elan Marine 333

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The Elan Marine 333, on the water

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Footage from SVN solovelanet

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 18 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 18

CoastalBluewater

2.20 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.20

LightHeavy

166 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 166

EasygoingPowered-up

20.7 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 20.7

TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

Draws more than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2857 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Elan Marine 333, as the fleet has seen it

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The Elan Marine 333 is a 10.0-meter fractional sloop designed by Robert Humphreys and built by Elan Marine from 1999 to 2005. It features a fin keel with a bulb and a spade rudder, displacing 3999 kg. Elan Marine manufactured the 333 using a vacuum-infused hull and a "spider" frame system fully tabbed to the hull, bulkheads, and deck for structural rigidity.20:29 The builder produced its own interior furniture and vacuum-glued teak decking in-house.16:25 The Elan Marine 333 was one of the builder's most popular models before being replaced by the Elan 340 in 2006.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

38.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.7

Displacement / length

166.3

Comfort ratio

17.9

Capsize screening

2.20

Hull speed

7.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1164

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1999–2005

Designer

Robert Humphreys, Rob Humphreys

Builder

Elan Marine

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Salona 34 from SVN solovelanet

The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Elan Marine 33A masthead sloop derived from an IOR 3/4 ton prototype, balancing competitive performance with a popular charter layout Elan Marine 37A 2.3-meter deep-draft performance cruiser featuring a stiff 37% ballast ratio and a light 5,900kg displacement Elan Yachts 350A performance-oriented fractional sloop featuring a deep 2.35m draft and dual rudders for precise control Elan Marine 36A shallow-draft 1.4-meter fin keel cruiser offering a performance-oriented fractional rig and a 45% ballast ratio

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