The new 310 – featuring a unique combination of twin-rudder steering and T-bulb keel, both not-so-often seen on similar sized boats – marks a giant leap forward for Slovenian boat-building company.
It is sometimes presumed that the smallest boat in a range is the least important to a Builder. But then again, it is possible to presume many other things in life that prove to be quite wrong. The new Elan 310 is a case in point - the smallest model of the Elan range it might be but it is one borne out of intense effort and scrutiny. Not only will it serve as first rung of the ladder to the Elan range - a lure to tempt new owners into on-going Elan ownership - but as a boat conceived in the economic turmoil of the global recession it is intended to serve as more than just a so-called ‘starter’ boat.
As such, it is a multi-dimensional project. Researched and developed with the demanding needs in mind, is at one level designed to be sufficiently easy to sail to carry the badge of beginner’s boat, but at another it is sophisticated enough in its sailing qualities to convince passionate sailors that here is an affordable boat that gives them the performance and general scope they might expect to find in a much bigger and more expensive boat. For them it represents an opportunity to meet their desires now without awaiting an economic climate change to unlock their access to the bigger boat they might have thought they needed.
Why so? Well, to begin with the Elan 310 still subscribes to the core Elan ethos of wholesome cruiser/racer with excellent resale potential, so one economic criterion is met; however, on top of that there is a level of simplicity that adds lightness, as the expression goes, reducing build weight relative to the boat’s significant waterline length. And with a hull form that takes advantage of the twin-rudder concept the boat is able to have very powerful aft sections, increasing transverse waterplane inertia and giving the boat the sailing stability, performance and comfort of a much larger boat......
Published: 2009
Photo: Elan Marine
| Technical details | |
| Producer: | ELAN (SI) |
| LOA: | 33'40 ft |
| LOA: | 10,18 m |
| Hull lenght: | 9,25 m |
| Waterline lenght: | 8,71 m |
| Beam: | 3,22 m |
| Draught: | 1,9 m |
| Ballast: | 1140 kg |
| Displacement: | 4200 kg |
| Fuel tank: | 50 l |
| Water tank: | 150 l |
| Max. passengers: | 6 |
| Berths: | 4+2 |
| Cabins: | 2 |
| Mainsail: | 30,15 m2 |
| Genoa: | 23,47 m2 |
| Spinnaker: | 75 m2 |
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