A step up from your average cruiser | Elan Impression 43 | Yachting Monthly
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Theo Stocker gets a tour of the Elan Impression 43 and speaks to one of the designers, Tom Humphreys, about the decisions made on this impressive cruiser
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16:20 Actually it is not unusual. Humphreys design has done the same trick with Azuree 41 which I think has a superior build quality. If I had to choose, I would definitely go for the Azuree 46 though, still by the same designer.
Thanks for the review. It's fairly clear that this is not primarily intended as a blue water cruiser, but for coastal, family and charter sailing it can fill a niche. However I would not choose the knotted oak option for the interior, ever! 😀
I think you guys are doing some of the best sailboat tours and reviews and not getting the credit you deserve. As for this boat the wood style is a choice - I'd like a different one. The galley is a bit of a deal breaker, but you see them all the time on Med island hopping charter boats. I'd hate to run from Newport to Bermuda on that - but I don't think that was ever the plan by Elan.
Thanks!
My subtitles were on somehow. Well done on an informative review PHARAOH Stocker 😂😂😂
Ah, the old auto-generate captions do throw up some... interesting interpretations!
Like Elans but that interior is just bad!
I didn't get that far, as I looked up the Draft - 1.7 mtrs, and add in Twin rudders, and it's a bloody disaster for a Cruising Boat, which is what the Impression Range is supposed to be. Who leaned on Humphreys Yacht Design to come up with that Crap. No Wonder Elan Yachts have failed to answer my emails asking what mid 40ft Sailboats with 1.6 mtr Draft (the absolute maximum I can get by with ideally 1.5 mtrs, and even with that, parts of the ICW have to be avoided) and single rudder Sailboats were they still building. Oh I did get one reply suggesting that I look at their 50ft model ! Can't they even Read ? A bitterly disappointed former Fan of Elan Yachts now definitely Not becoming a New Sailboat Customer of theirs. To be honest est though, it isn't just Elan Yachts suffering from this affliction is it, it has spread to other formerly sensible Boatbuilders as well going Twin Rudders, Deep Draft, and Racing nonsense obstructions in Cockpits etc. Options for Monohull Cruisers, appear to be shrinking by the Day. This coming Autumn, I should be placing an order for a new mid 40ft Sailboat, but are there going to be any Sailboats left to select from, that can still deliver I really need ? I'm starting to have doubts tbh. 🤔⛵️✨️✨️✨️
I was pleasantly surprised at the low sail away base price. I do see quite a few areas where the boat falls short of the cruisers needs. I think the layout could be improved on immensely. Carrying the beam well aft makes a huge difference with the interior volume. I hope there will be more work to the layout in the coming years. The galley really should have been designed with sailing in mind. In the cockpit, the line lockers should not be large open drains like they are because every wave washing into the cockpit will allow seawater in and will result in salting up your running rigging lines you have stowed. As long as we are in the cockpit, the combing angle looks sleek, but has not real support for anyone sitting against it. It needs to be straight across. Other than that and the interior design, it is a beautiful yacht and I love the shape.
Great tour.
Thank you.
Agreed re galley, under way Linear galleys really suck in a seaway, and I'll never have another one on a boat. Best Wishes. Bob. 👍
How do you Hove To with a self tacking jib?
Good question. I assume there's a way to lock it to one side, but I'm not a sailor [yet] myself.
Just pull the slide to windward
Personally I'd furl it in completely to eliminate leverage, and furl in the in Mast Furling Heavy duty Offshore construction Triradial Mainsail to third reef, for balance point kept close to the Mast in heavy weather. Battenless Main as well, to eliminate chafing wear and Tear and getting excellent reliability. Works for me, and is why I'll never have another Jetch, as any amount of Sailcloth at extremes forward and aft in the boat work as a seesaw movement fighting the grave to. That's what I've found works for me anyway, others obviously feel very different. As an aside, a Sailmaker that makes Battenless Triradial Mainsails(I was expecting a pretty big performance hit compared to battened, but for the improved reliability, figured it a price worth paying, especially given the extended shape retention and service life as a non Racing Cruiser) did mention something surprising - that such a Triradial Furling Mainsail, reco ers most of the performance you would gain with a battened Mainsail. That was from Performance Sails. I really like the sound of the one Ullman Sails recommended, constructed with Challenge 9.11 Sailcloth tbh. Not exactly cheap, but potentially brilliant value for money - .I also like the sound of their Furling Polyester, no Sail blowing Mylar Cruising Laminate Reaching Code Zero to help fill in the wind Angle gaps. Could be a greatvinvestment as well. Nice to see other Sailmakers now offering Battenless Triradial Furling Mainsails as well. I think demand for them from Cruisers, could really start increasing tbh. For say t0% more in purchase price, you can get up to 10 times more useful life ? seems a bit of a no Brained to me. Best Wishes. Bob. 👍⛵️✨️✨️
Beautiful!
If you can, please do a review/tour of a Rustler 57 (or any Rustler for that matter).
I'm sorry, but the interior looks like basic ply wood.
It really does look like birch ply.
IKEA interior
I think it looks like a finished plywood or the knotty pine used in summer cabins in the NE US. I've had furniture made of finished oak plywood - it's strong and straight and looks like plywood. It's a choice. Just hope it's not the only choice. The quality and selection of wood has been dropping for years with Environmental issues. The prices on the other hand have been climbing.
Diesel? Maybe as a backup generator but not for primary propulsion. This is 2023!
I can’t believe that Elan have not produced an aft owners cabin version. The old 434 aft cab are so popular they are hard to find and a good one will be $100k over the price of the twin rear cabins. They really missed an opportunity there. Plus the linear galley is not a good idea, and the wood work looks like the interior of a tea chest! Definitely not a live abord.
Made in IKEA
“You know,you know”. No. We don’t, hence the questions…
Ah Well, What a pity never mind. Wlan were right up there at the top of my list for my nextCruising Sailboat at this size, but sad to say have totally blown it thanks to two main Factors NOT to have on my Cryising Sailboats, a far too deep "shallow" Draft of 1.7 mts, and bloody ridiculous Twin Rudders. Humphreys Yacht Design are better than this, or WERE etter than this. Looks like Island Packet nere I come then, with their loaded Waterline displacement giving 5ft Draft - I can live with that, though 4ft ish perfection is possible with a lightned Fuel and Water load for the ICW etc. Designers, please ditch the Sailboat Racing Crap, Sailboat Cruisers using supposed Cruising ranges like the Elan Impression, have totally different Needs and Wants. In 2023, Id have thought they would ha e started to remember this. What a disappointment, and not a boat it is possible for me to like. Try sailing through the Lobster pot fields off Maine, and so any other places, with stupid Twin rudders on the back of your boat, with no keelmin frontvto protect them. Do Any of these Boat designers and builders actually Cruise in any of their Boats ? It doesnt look like it does it. 🤔😡
I agree with you that designers must ditch racing crap on cruising/expedition sailboats. Even Skip Novak's latest high latitude yacht (Pelagic 77 - Vinson of Antarctica) has twin spade rudders. With no skegs to protect rudders, propellers or propeller shafts...
Had tongive it a thumbs down sorry, too manybthings not to like. 😢