Elan Yachts E5

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The Elan Yachts E5, on the water

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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 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 24

CoastalBluewater

1.97 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.97

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 152

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.6

TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 35%

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

Draws more than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2897 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Elan Yachts E5, as the fleet has seen it

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The Elan Yachts E5 is a performance-oriented fractional sloop, designed by Rob Humphreys of Humphreys Yacht Design, built by Elan Yachts from 2014 to the present. Formerly the Elan 400, it was rebranded as the E5 in 2014 and features a fin with bulb and dual rudders. The E5 measures 12.0 meters LOA, with a 3.9-meter beam, 2.4-meter draft, and displaces 7766 kg. Elan Yachts constructs its boats in Begunje, Slovenia, using vacuum infusion for hulls and a fully tabbed "spider" frame system for structural rigidity.watch The shipyard produces its own interior furniture and vacuum-glued teak decking in-house.16:25 The E5 is available with a standard Yanmar 3YM30AE 29 hp engine or an optional Yanmar 4JH45 45 hp engine. A performance-enhanced variant, the Elan S5, was also produced with weight reduction in the hull, deck, and interior.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

34.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.6

Displacement / length

151.7

Comfort ratio

23.8

Capsize screening

1.97

Hull speed

8.1 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1676

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & dual rudders

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2014

Designer

Humphreys Yacht Design, Rob Humphreys

Builder

Elan Yachts

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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.

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