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Elan Yachts E1

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 2017

A lightweight, fractional-rigged lifting keel sloop from Rob Humphreys designed for agile performance and easy trailering

Designed by Humphreys Yacht Design & Rob Humphreys.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.50 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 990 kg of hull, so roughly 1,600 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 990 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.50 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 10
CoastalBluewater

At 2.53 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.53
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 120
EasygoingPowered-up

24.7 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 24.7
TenderStiff

36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 36%

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

  • Draws more than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 586 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
36.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
24.7
Displacement / length
119.8
Comfort ratio
10.1
Capsize screening
2.53
Hull speed
6.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
589
Hull
Hull type
Lifting Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2017
Designer
Humphreys Yacht Design, Rob Humphreys
Builder
Elan Yachts

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