The strengths of the Elan range have been recognized in numerous awards:

• Better designed in terms of seaworthiness than the majority of production boats

• Great performance under sail

• Built in a sophisticated facility but with traditional, robust methods (hand laid, all structural components laminated together) using materials and equipment of high quality

• Models designed with individual character appropriate for their specific size, and individual looks

• For some models, semi-custom solutions possible

These characteristics together distinguish Elan boats from the majority of mass produced competitive boats today.

This is particularly true in their adherence to the very strict standards of the independent classification society of Germanischer Lloyd where individual yachts are examined and supervised from construction plans through to the finished vessel.

Elan uses equipment and hardware from the leading manufacturers in the world, such as Harken, Spinlock, Selden, North Sails and Volvo.