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ELAN 350 European sailing Yacht of the Year 2011

ELAN 350 European sailing Yacht of the Year 2011

Elan 350 has received a prestigious award:  Elan 350 wins European Yacht of the Year 2011 Performance Cruiser at the fair in Düsseldorf.

Elan 350 sailing yacht award

Elan 350 sailing yacht award

Eropean Sailing Yacht for year 2011 award received in the classroom 30 to 40 feet.

Elan 350 on testThe Awards follow exhaustive testing over many months

Expert Jury were representatives of European magazines that deal with nautical. Elan 350 was presented for the first time at the fair Internavtika in Portoroz.

Elan 350 European Yacht of the Year 2011 Performance Cruiser

Elan 350 European Yacht of the Year 2011 Performance Cruiser

Elan Marine produce 40 instances of this successful yacht in summer 2011.  At this year’s fair  Elan – Marine  also presented the sailing boat 210, which was named toy. She was well received, as Elan-Marine is already receiving the first contract, there are still messages in society

Elan 350 sailing in summer 2011

Elan 350 sailing in summer 2011

Sailboat revolution – Sailing Yacht of the Year

Sailboat revolution - Sailing Yacht of the Year

ELAN 350 European sailing Yacht of the Year 2011

Yacht of the year 2011

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Ocean Sailing and sailing vacations

Ocean Sailing and sailing vacations

What about sailing across the ocean? Have it to be a scary experience? It certainly sounds like it because of all the stories we get told. I have heard many horror stories, but are they true?
I do agree that nothing influence to sailors more than the pleasure of telling stories of near miss death situations.

Inner Ocean Sailing Adventures

My and others experience has been that crossing the ocean safely and without incidents. In fact the ocean is a peaceful place, with gales happening statistically a tiny percentage of the time. For example the charts indicate in the South Pacific above 31 degrees of latitude, the days recorded with winds over 40 miles per hour is between one and two days in any 105 day period and mostly the figure is zero.

Ocean  Adventures

Ocean  Adventures

 

My most scary sailing in the ocean was my first time. Neither the wind not the seas were that high, but the newness of the experience did give me a fright. The ocean as a dangerous place is very subjective, based on our emotional state not the sea conditions at the time. I reassert that the ocean is not dangerous, only seems so based on our imagination and lack of familiarity.

Volvo ocean race sailing adventure

Volvo ocean race sailing adventure

For example,  later I was experiencing much stronger winds, larger seas and was loving it. Needless to say, through out all of this, my boat while only 33 feet long never failed to bounce along safely no matter what the conditions.

Sponsor the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 – Maritime Energy

 

Extreme sailing adventure

Extreme sailing adventure

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