PALADA
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PALADA — SLO 39

Model: Elan Express

ElanPeter Norlin

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PALADA (SLO 39) is a Elan Express designed by Peter Norlin and built by Elan. She has been racing since 2024 and has won two races. She sails close to a typical Elan Express at every angle.

PALADA SLO 39 - Peter Norlin - Elan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

16

Race starts

2

Wins

25%

Podiums

32

Race Edge

Elan Express: 33

649.3s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn50
10–16 kn36
Over 16 kn7
PALADAA typical Elan ExpressHow Race Edge works
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Length

7.78 m

25′ 6″

Beam

2.49 m

Draft

1.44 m

Displacement

1.9 t

Sail area

34 m²

On the podium

Where PALADA finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

25%

of 16 starts · Elan Express fleet: 24%

Wins

13%

Wins13%2
Seconds0%0
Thirds13%2
Off the podium74%12

Regattas

Every regatta we found with PALADA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • SloveniaORC prvenstvo Slovenije202665143
  • SloveniaORC Slovenian National Championship20259437675
  • SloveniaORC Slovenian National Championship20246761

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

15%

of these races end on the podium

13 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats PALADA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

PALADA aheadRival ahead
NIKA · Elan Express44%ahead in 7 of 16 meetings
TAIA 2 & WHITE GOOSE · Arya 41525%ahead in 4 of 16 meetings
ENJOY · Melges 248%ahead in 1 of 12 meetings
AURORA PIRNAR · X-3518%ahead in 2 of 11 meetings
GENERALI - ASSILINA III · TP 52 (Farr)18%ahead in 2 of 11 meetings
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FREYA · Elan 31073%ahead in 8 of 11 meetings
Other competitors (4)

Met too few times for a figure.

YOGA (Anteros 36, 7 meetings), GLENFIELD (Evolution 10, 7 meetings), MARY S (JPK 10.30, 4 meetings), ČLANICA (X-35, 4 meetings)

How PALADA compares with a typical Elan Express

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Elan Expresss measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Elan Express; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.01 kn
Beam reach-0.01 kn
Broad reach-0.02 kn
Downwind+0.02 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Elan Express across the course.

Speed at every angle

PALADA in blue, a typical Elan Express dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

PALADA in blue, a typical Elan Express dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Elan Expresss racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Elan Express

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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