- Manufacturer: Elan Marine
- Location: Chatham
- Year: 1996
- LOA: 39'2" (11.94m)
- Beam: 12' 7'' (3.84m)
- Berths: 7
- Draft: 1.93
- Keel: Fin Keel
- ID no.: 38663
- Cabins: 3
- Aircon: No
- Heating: Yes
- Heads: 1
- Showers: 1
- Watertank Size: 280 Litres
- Engine Make: Yanmar 3JH2E
- Horsepower: 38hp
- Drive Type: Shaft drive
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Fuel Tank Size: 100 Litres
- Cruise Speed: 5
- Top Speed: 7
- Engine Hours Port: 1600
Broker Remarks
1996 Elan 38 for sale in Kent
Embark on unforgettable voyages aboard the exceptional Elan 38, built in 1996 this vessel delivers both comfort and performance for you and your crew. Perfect for coastal or cross-channel trips, the Elan 38 is your gateway to the open seas. Step aboard to discover luxury accommodation designed to meet your every need.
This yacht features a comfortable V-berth double in the forward cabin, two spacious rear double cabins, all adorned with plush finishing touches for a truly indulgent experience. This Elan 38 is based in Chatham Marina where a berth is available.
Please call our Kent Office +44 (0)1634 571605 for further information or to arrange a viewing.
Accommodation
This beautifully built Elan 38 offers a total of seven berths across three cabins. The forward cabin features a double V-berth, complete with under-berth storage and side shelves. The forward cabin also includes a private Heads with a stainless steel sink set in a vanity unit, with pressurized hot and cold water and shower attachment with a built-in shower tray, along with a chemical toilet and mirror. The original sea toilet could be re-instated if required. The forepeak also offers an opening deck hatch overhead for ventilation and natural light.
The Saloon consists of booth dinette seating on the port side with under-seat stowage and numerous lockers and cupboards spread behind the seating area. The galley runs along the starboard side, featuring a double stainless-steel sink with pressurized hot and cold water, gimbled a two-burner gas hob with oven and grill, a 12-volt fridge, and ample storage space. Also included in the saloon is a radio/CD player. This yacht has two water tanks giving a total of 280 litres.
Aft of the galley, this Elan 38 boasts a forward-facing navigation station, perfect for accommodating full-size charts. Below the table, there is ample storage space for multiple charts, as well as housing the navigational instrumentation and the electrical distribution panel.
Opposite the navigation station, to the port side, is another set of heads that consists of a stainless steel sink mounted in a vanity unit, pressurized hot and cold water with shower attachment, a built-in shower tray that does require a new waste water pump, a marine toilet, and a mirror. Hot water is supplied by the engine through a calorifier and via a 240v immersion heater.
Located at the stern of the saloon to both port and starboard are two double berth cabins with under berth, hanging, and side shelve storage. Both cabins also benefit from a single opening portlight to the cockpit, this allows natural light and ventilation. The Starboard aft cabin also has an additional single berth.
This Elan 38 is equipped with Airtronic Diesel heating with outlets in saloon, and aft cabins.
The companionway leads up to a large aft cockpit for a boat of its size with bench seating surrounding the folding wheel steering set in a binnacle with a compass, depth gauge, wind direction, speed log, and engine controls at the rear of the vessel.
Mechanical and Rigging
Sails and Spars
This Elan 38 is a Bermudan sloop with a Masthead rig, with a keel-stepped aluminium Z-Spars mast, boom, and spinnaker pole with adjustable backstay, and kicker.
The mast is secured by stainless steel standing rigging that was replaced in 2011. The vessel has a furling headsail with an in-mast furling mainsail. The running rigging was replaced in 2006 and as and when required.
Winches:
- 2 x Sheet – Lewmar 48 self-tailing.
- 2 x Halyard – Lewmar 40 self-tailing.
Sails:
- 1 x Genoa – Maxi-roach 2011 – good condition.
- 1 x Mainsail - Maxi-roach 2011 – good condition.
- 1 x Cruising Chute – Age & excellent condition.
- 1 x Spinnaker – Age & excellent condition.
This Elan 38 has a single 1996, 38HP Yanmar 3JH2E diesel engine powering a shaft-driven three-bladed folding propeller with rope cutter. The engine was last serviced by the owner in 2023. The Yanmar is supplied by a 100-litre capacity stainless steel fuel tank with Morse controls.
This yacht will cruise at approximately 5 knots and has an approximate maximum speed of 7 knots. This Yanmar engine has Circa 1600 hours.
Electrical System:
This Elan 38 is fitted with 2 x 220AH 12-volt batteries (1 x engine + 1 x Domestic batteries) all new in 2016 charging from the alternator, and 240v battery charger.
This vessel also benefits from a 240v shore power system with ring main, immersion heater and battery charger.
Inventory
Deck Equipment
- Plough Anchor – 15kg – with Chain and Warp
- Windlass – Lewmar - Electric with remote at the bow.
- Searchlight.
- Boom Awning
- Cockpit Dodgers
- Bathing Platform
- Boarding ladder – stainless steel
- 5 x Mooring warps.
- 10 x Fenders Outboard - Mariner
- Steering compass
- Depth gauge
- Windspeed & Direction
- VHF Radio - DSC
- Handheld VHF
- Chart plotter – Garmin at the helm
- Electric Charts - Garmin
- Radar – Garmin
- AIS Receiver – Currently not fitted
- Autopilot – Garmin
- Radio/CD player - with saloon and cockpit speakers
- Navigation lights – Mast level
- Paper charts
- Anchor light.
- Clock and barometer
- 2 x Fire Extinguishers in saloon
- 1 x Fire Blanket
- 2 x Cockpit harness points
- 3 x Harness
- 5 x Lifejackets
- Deck Light
- 1 x Horseshoe Lifebuoy with Floating light
- 1 x Danbuoy
- Sea Anchor
- 1 x MX 6 Person life raft – Requires a service.
- Emergency tiller
- 1 x Manual bilge pump
- 1 x Electric bilge pump
- First Aid Kit
- Bolt on cast iron fin keel
History and Construction:
Built in 1996 this Elan 38 has a white GRP hull and superstructure with teak side decks. She benefits from cast iron fin keel, wheel steering with a spade rudder, a self-draining cockpit and anchor well, alloy toe rails, Stainless steel stanchions, pulpit. She was last out of the water in 2022 when the hull was polished, anodes changed and antifouled.
The Elan range represents a collection of sturdy cruising and racing yachts, catering to professional and amateur sailing crews alike, as well as families seeking waterborne holidays. This Elan 38 was designed for the charter market providing ample space for entertainment, despite never becoming a charter boat.
These yachts seamlessly blend modern technology and expertise with a deep appreciation for tradition, elegance, and timeless aesthetics. Each vessel in the series is engineered for swift passage-making, regattas, and other competitive events, while also prioritizing comfort and safety. This ensures that sailing companions, whether seasoned or new to the sport, can relish both the journey and the destination in equal measure.
Contact NYB Kent
- Address:
Network Yacht Brokers Kent
Chatham Maritime Marina
Leviathan Way,
Chatham, Kent
ME4 4LP
- Telephone: [+44] [0] 1634 571605
- Email: info@nybkent.com
Disclaimer : Network Yacht Brokers Kent offers the details of this vessel for sale but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of the information contained in the specification or warrant the condition of the vessel or equipment. A buyer should instruct his agents, or surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered for sale subject to no prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
