- Length
- 7.77 m
- Beam
- 2.5 m
- Draft
- 1.45 m
- Sail area
- 29.45 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 7.77 m
- Waterline length
- 6.58 m
- Beam
- 2.5 m
- Draft
- 1.45 m
- Displacement
- 1,800 kg
- Ballast
- 800 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, fractional rig
- Sail area
- 29.45 m²
- Mainsail area
- 15.91 m²
- Foresail area
- 13.58 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 8.9 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.05 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 9.5 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 3.35 m
- Forestay length
- 9.41 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, transom-hung rudder
Production & design3
- Production started
- 1982
- Builder
- Elan Marine
- Designer
- Peter Norlin
Performance ratios7
- Sail area / displacement
- 20.29
- Displacement / length
- 176.27
- Ballast / displacement
- 44.5 %
- Comfort ratio
- 16.34
- Capsize screening
- 2.07
- Hull speed
- 6.22 kn
- Load per cm of immersion
- 112.9 kg/cm
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Elan Express1 generation
01
1982 — status pending