Elan Yachts Impression 50

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The Elan Yachts Impression 50, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

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

Comfort ratio 25

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.02

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 138

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.3

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.

Beamier than ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1726 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Elan Yachts Impression 50, as the fleet has seen it

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The Elan Yachts Impression 50 is a 15.2-meter fractional sloop designed by Humphreys Yacht Design, built by Elan Yachts from 2017 to 2020. It features a fin keel with a bulb and dual rudders, displacing 12,867 kg. Elan Yachts constructs its boats in Begunje, Slovenia, using vacuum infusion for hulls and a "spider" frame system fully tabbed to the hull, bulkheads, and deck for structural rigidity.watch The shipyard produces its own interior furniture and vacuum-glued teak decking.10:56 The Impression 50 is part of Elan's cruising line, offered with an optional shallow keel (1.85m draft) and an 80hp Yanmar engine.

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

35.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.3

Displacement / length

137.7

Comfort ratio

24.8

Capsize screening

2.02

Hull speed

9.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

2476

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & dual rudders

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

2017–2020

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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