Elan has brought in the big guns for this 47-footer: next-generation hull design by Humphreys Yacht Design (HYD), high-tech construction engineered by composite gurus Gurit, and styling by Italian designers Pininfarina. The result is a yacht designed to be powerful yet easy to handle, with a significantly lighter displacement than similar yachts in its class – and one which will turn heads.
The designers took a strict approach to weight-saving, using Elan’s VAIL (vacuum-assisted infusion lamination) process for the hull and the yacht’s internal structure. This system basically creates a one-piece laminated structure out of all the load-bearing elements of the yacht, increasing stiffness and lightness and creating improved performance. Tom Humphreys of HYD says with the lighter displacement the design team were able to be ‘a bit more aggressive’ with the hull shape:
