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Elan Marine 36

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 1997

A shallow-draft 1.4-meter fin keel cruiser offering a performance-oriented fractional rig and a 45% ballast ratio

Designed by Rob Humphreys.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Elan Marine 36, 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 22 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 22
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.05
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 179
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 19.4
TenderStiff

45% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 45%

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

  • Draws less than ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2965 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Elan Marine 36, as the fleet has seen it

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The Elan Marine 36 is a Rob Humphreys-designed fractional sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built by Elan Marine since 1997. It measures 11.0 meters LOA, with a 3.6-meter beam, 1.4-meter draft, and 5511 kg displacement. The Elan 36 is similar to the Elan 362 but features a different interior layout. A version with a shorter masthead rig was also available.

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
45.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.4
Displacement / length
179.1
Comfort ratio
21.5
Capsize screening
2.05
Hull speed
7.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1312
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1997
Designer
Rob Humphreys
Builder
Elan Marine

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