Elan 295
Elan · Rob Humphreys · 1996
Updated
The Elan 295 is a 9.18 m displacement racing yacht designed by Rob Humphreys and built by Elan, first launched in 1996. It races in Class C.
Length
9.18 m
30′ 1″
Beam
2.95 m
Draft
1.81 m
Displacement
3.7 t
Sail area
46 m²
On the podium
Where a Elan 295 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 15 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 15 starts by 2 boats between 2018 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Elan 295 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Κυπελλο Αμφιθεας 2025"2025
A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt / Moonsund Regatta 2021 - offshore2021- A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt - Parnu lyhirada / inshore2021
- Aegean Regatta2018
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 3 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Elan 295 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
M 34 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (5 meetings), First 42 (Farr) (5 meetings), Jv 44 (5 meetings), IMX 38 (5 meetings), X-35 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (5 meetings), Mat 101 (5 meetings), J/133 (5 meetings), Comet 41 (5 meetings), Nek 26 (1 meeting), Atlantic 31 (1 meeting), Dufour 30 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36.2 (1 meeting), First 28 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (1 meeting), Dufour 390 (1 meeting), Maxi 84 (1 meeting), Feeling 920 (1 meeting), Dufour 35 (1 meeting), Elan 410 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 40 (2 meetings), Oceanis 393 (3 meetings), First 38 (2 meetings), First 35 (Berret) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel) (1 meeting), Bavaria 31 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Elan 295 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.63
39°
Beam reach
7.53
90°
Broad reach
8.50
135°
Downwind VMG
7.43
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This design earns its keep off the wind. A course with long free legs suits it better than a windward-leeward.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beam when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. 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 this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Elan 295
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.12 | 4.27 | 4.58 | 4.63 |
| 52° | 4.75 | 6.19 | 6.54 | 6.63 |
| 60° | 5.01 | 6.38 | 6.73 | 6.85 |
| 75° | 5.16 | 6.52 | 6.97 | 7.19 |
| 90° | 5.38 | 6.75 | 7.10 | 7.53 |
| 110° | 5.42 | 6.89 | 7.50 | 8.05 |
| 120° | 5.24 | 6.81 | 7.53 | 8.46 |
| 135° | 4.68 | 6.50 | 7.30 | 8.50 |
| 150° | 3.94 | 5.88 | 6.95 | 8.04 |
| Run VMG | 3.41 | 5.10 | 6.37 | 7.43 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 420 kg.
Rigging
Elan 295 rig and sail dimensions
A Elan 295 carries 11.79 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.11 m boom, a forestay 11.16 m above the deck and a 3.63 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails