cmedsailor
Well-known member
Elan impression 40, which uses the same hull as the previous impression 394, which uses the same hull as the previous impression 384 (!) has a waterline of 10 meters only. How can a boat which is nearly 12m long can, nowadays, still use a hull with so short waterline length when all rivals have at least half a meter of LWL more?
Despite what I mentioned, has anyone sailed one of these models? Are they indeed slow in comparison to competition (Bavaria 40, Jeanneau 409, Beneteau 40 etc) due to the smaller LWL or has Rob Humphrey found another way to make them fast?
Despite what I mentioned, has anyone sailed one of these models? Are they indeed slow in comparison to competition (Bavaria 40, Jeanneau 409, Beneteau 40 etc) due to the smaller LWL or has Rob Humphrey found another way to make them fast?