SMILE — GER 8172
Model: Elan 350
Updated
SMILE (GER 8172) is a Elan 350 designed by Rob Humphreys and built by Elan. She has been racing since 2026. Against a typical Elan 350 she is slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
84
Race Edge
Elan 350: 81
547.5s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.59 m
34′ 9″
Beam
3.54 m
Draft
2.14 m
Displacement
5.3 t
Sail area
70 m²
On the podium
Where SMILE finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with SMILE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- Ærø Rund20266021
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Report a regattaHow SMILE compares with a typical Elan 350
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Elan 350s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Elan 350; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Elan 350 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
SMILE in blue, a typical Elan 350 dashed.
SMILE in blue, a typical Elan 350 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Elan 350s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Elan 350
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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