Elan 310 details

Here are some more detailed shots of the Elan 310, courtesy of http://blog.yachtandsail.it.

The footbrace is shown folded up here, next to the throttle and a small gas locker. Methinks the round hatch is for rudder access/safety rudder.

Chart table details here, with the small led lamp and instrument panel, and a locker below the panel.

Interior shot with the door open to the front cabin. This time the interior is in white (as opposed to the red shown in other images).

Pantry shown with the cupboards removed for racing. Not sure how much weight one really saves as they aren't that deep anyway.

Detail of the stove, this time not just the double burner shown on other boats. Most likely this will be the preferred option and doesn't really add weight. There is still some room for storage below the cooker, but there is probably a gas shutoff valve and pipe there.

The engine, shown with the companionway steps removed. It seems there is no pneumatic mechanism to hold the steps in an open position - just a stick one can use to keep it up, or (like shown here) just remove the steps altogether. Excellent access to the engine, by the way. Quite compact (and there actually seems to be quite a bit of room behind the engine mount and above.

The wash basin in the heads compartment and also showing some of the wet locker. Why don't all boats have wet lockers? It's a mystery to me, and nice to see Elan have done this right. Good grabrails, too. I saw YM complain about the lack of a shower bracket? What kind of boat do you think this is? Seriously.

Nice through-hull access under the sink - this looks professional and clean, though I might have stripped those cables up above the valves.

This one really needs no comments.

The pump in the bilge, looks like it is mounted in a slightly lower area to get the suction going. But, honestly there isn't much room for anything down there, like so many modern hulls.

Keelbolts have easy access, and this too looks exemplary, as a huge contrast to various, differing images from a yard which shall remain unmentioned. Images like this reassure me - those plates look solid. Maybe since the keel blade is so short they could have had some more longitudinal length?

The tiller....yes....hehe. The tiller. Sweet. Running beneath the shadow from the tiller is the backstay, which seems to come out right where the track is for easy adjustment, but I would have preferred it to run along the track for adjustment from the helmsmans position, as this will probably be a bit cumbersome to reach if you forget to bring it with you when tacking.

The cockpit locker. As expected the opening is too small in order to leverage the sheer size and depth of the locker, but with some right-sized boxes it will probably do. This is where all the fenders and mooring ropes go, along with the ladder, which goes right behind the tiller when in an anchorage.

Engine RPM and what looks like an inclinometer. Still haven't seen where the engine controls are, though?

Looks pretty smooth, but the grabrail is a bit short. With a transom as wide as the 310, running on deck is probably about 3 meters above sea level. And are those headsail tracks a bit short as well? Not sure, but they seem to stop well short of the mast. Doesn't seem to be an inf*cker on this yacht, even though all the other pictures show them. Odd.

Sweet ride.