Elan 380
Elan · Rob Humphreys · 2008
Updated
The Elan 380 is a 11.35 m displacement racing yacht designed by Rob Humphreys and built by Elan, first launched in 2008. It races in Class B.
Length
11.35 m
37′ 3″
Beam
3.63 m
Draft
2.30 m
Displacement
7.4 t
Sail area
78 m²
On the podium
Where a Elan 380 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
3%
of 38 starts by 4 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 38 starts by 4 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Elan 380 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Island Offshore - Race to the Arctic2026
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2024
E4 Championship W/L2024- Regate di Primavera Altura2024
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2023
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
10%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The designs a Elan 380 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Corby 33 (7 meetings), Dufour 44 (7 meetings), Elan 333 (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 47 (6 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (5 meetings), Comet 38 (Finot) (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Elan 380 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
5.27
39°
Beam reach
8.46
90°
Broad reach
9.38
135°
Downwind VMG
8.16
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is downwind once the breeze fills, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off in a strong breeze, 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 380
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.45 | 4.73 | 5.14 | 5.27 |
| 52° | 5.26 | 6.87 | 7.37 | 7.53 |
| 60° | 5.54 | 7.10 | 7.59 | 7.77 |
| 75° | 5.75 | 7.28 | 7.82 | 8.14 |
| 90° | 5.71 | 7.33 | 7.92 | 8.46 |
| 110° | 5.73 | 7.55 | 8.21 | 8.72 |
| 120° | 5.56 | 7.47 | 8.30 | 9.11 |
| 135° | 4.99 | 7.09 | 8.07 | 9.38 |
| 150° | 4.23 | 6.40 | 7.67 | 8.89 |
| Run VMG | 3.66 | 5.56 | 6.90 | 8.16 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 480 kg.
Rigging
Elan 380 rig and sail dimensions
A Elan 380 carries 14.60 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.95 m boom, a forestay 14.89 m above the deck and a 4.90 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 7 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 104 to 120 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.