Elan 350
Elan · Rob Humphreys · 2001
Updated
The Elan 350 is a 10.59 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Rob Humphreys and built by Elan, first launched in 2001. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 81% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 81% of the boats it races against.
31st of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 58 starts across 21 events — not only in measurement files.
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 a Elan 350 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
31%
of 58 starts by 18 boats
Wins
14%
Read from 58 starts by 18 boats between 2013 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Elan 350 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
Skagen Offshore Race2026- Island Offshore - Race to the Arctic2026
Kornati Cup2026- ORC DH World Championship2025
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
64%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
21%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The designs a Elan 350 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (7 meetings), Salona 45 (6 meetings), J/109 (7 meetings), X-412 (7 meetings), 11 Metre (7 meetings), X-34 (7 meetings), Dufour 34 (6 meetings), Oceanis 331 (5 meetings), JPK 10.80 (5 meetings), Corby 33 (5 meetings), Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk) (5 meetings), Salona 41 (4 meetings), Farr 30 (7 meetings), Elan 37 (4 meetings), Comet 105 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36 (4 meetings), Hanse 385 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Elan 350 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
5.35
39°
Beam reach
8.64
90°
Broad reach
10.19
135°
Downwind VMG
7.94
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 is a boat that wants breeze. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Elan 350
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.48 | 4.75 | 5.21 | 5.35 |
| 52° | 5.29 | 6.88 | 7.38 | 7.55 |
| 60° | 5.57 | 7.10 | 7.59 | 7.79 |
| 75° | 5.79 | 7.28 | 7.83 | 8.23 |
| 90° | 5.90 | 7.47 | 7.99 | 8.64 |
| 110° | 5.97 | 7.70 | 8.50 | 9.26 |
| 120° | 5.84 | 7.63 | 8.60 | 9.84 |
| 135° | 5.24 | 7.28 | 8.32 | 10.19 |
| 150° | 4.41 | 6.54 | 7.71 | 9.07 |
| Run VMG | 3.82 | 5.66 | 6.77 | 7.94 |
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 670 kg.
Rigging
Elan 350 rig and sail dimensions
A Elan 350 carries 13.49 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.63 m boom, a forestay 13.79 m above the deck and a 5.15 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 26 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 97 to 131 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.