Elan 362
Elan · Rob Humphreys · 1999
Updated
The Elan 362 is a 10.69 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Rob Humphreys and built by Elan, first launched in 1999. It races in Class C.
Length
10.69 m
35′ 1″
Beam
3.52 m
Draft
1.99 m
Displacement
7.0 t
Sail area
68 m²
On the podium
Where a Elan 362 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 2 starts by 2 boats between 2025 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Elan 362 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Bergen Singlehanded2026- Hollænderseilasen2025
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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Elan 362 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
First 36.7 (5 meetings), Elan 37 (3 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (2 meetings), X-34 (3 meetings), Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Salona 34 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 35 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Elan 333 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (1 meeting), Bavaria 39 (1 meeting), Comfortina 38 (1 meeting), Hanse 370 (2 meetings), J/88 (1 meeting), Sun Legende 41 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Aphrodite 101 (1 meeting), Swan 45 (1 meeting), X-332 (1 meeting), Maxi 130 (1 meeting), Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Hanse 430 (1 meeting), First 30 (1 meeting), First 31.7 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3200 (1 meeting), Hanse 400 (1 meeting)
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
5.17
38°
Beam reach
8.06
90°
Broad reach
8.69
135°
Downwind VMG
7.49
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 one is at home going to windward. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beat when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beam as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a Elan 362
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.21 | 4.43 | 4.99 | 5.17 |
| 52° | 4.95 | 6.49 | 7.06 | 7.26 |
| 60° | 5.23 | 6.71 | 7.23 | 7.46 |
| 75° | 5.48 | 6.95 | 7.44 | 7.78 |
| 90° | 5.50 | 7.07 | 7.59 | 8.06 |
| 110° | 5.47 | 7.19 | 7.84 | 8.46 |
| 120° | 5.32 | 7.11 | 7.83 | 8.77 |
| 135° | 4.79 | 6.77 | 7.62 | 8.69 |
| 150° | 4.05 | 6.08 | 7.24 | 8.17 |
| Run VMG | 3.51 | 5.28 | 6.46 | 7.49 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 680 kg.
Rigging
Elan 362 rig and sail dimensions
A Elan 362 carries 12.84 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.44 m boom, a forestay 14.55 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails