Elan 310 nominated as HISWA Yacht of the Year

Hot from the Netherlands (thanks Martwin!), the Elan 310 is nominated as HISWA Yacht of the Year in competition with the Boréal 44 and the Saffier 23. Cool!

Hit the title for the pictures and press release (Dutch).

Big interest for the 310 at "Båter i Sjøen" 2010

Lots of people came to the Elan boats today, fun to see that so many people are interested in this new line from Elan. Also cool to see that the 350 is getting a lot of attention. :)

Silverminken on display

The largest floating boat show in northern Europe "Båter i Sjøen" is taking place next weekend in Sandvika, and Silverminken will be there together with the new 350 and a 380. If you have the possibility this is a great opportunity to meet and see the boats live on the water!

Plotter placement ready

We finally got the plotter placement done. There is a protective cage in stainless steel, but it isn't ready just yet, so we'll just have to be a bit careful.

Here you can see where the plotter is mounted, the mount has a small plastic spacer below it so the mount can swivel nicely so it can be viewed from both sides of the cockpit. The hole for the cables was drilled about 20cm behind the hole for the mount, and a bit on the port side of the centerline (since the backstay runs on the starboard side below the board).

If you turn the plotter to face more forward it can be viewed and handled by the mainsail trimmer. Nice screens on those Lowrance HDS models.

Big sister arrives....

The first 350 has arrived in Norway, and is now being sanded. Pics at:

http://silverminkenthomas.blogspot.com/2010/07/elan-350-i-norge.html (Norwegian)

Kalliste win their class in the 2010 Round the Island Race

Kalliste was entered in the IRC 6D division, with an IRC rating of 0,969 and won its class. Congratulations!