New Elan GT6 X: Explorer | Launch and Official Yacht Tour

[@ElanYachts]

An important clarification that was not explained sufficiently in the video: The Elan GT6 Explorer is of course also available with a 2m L-shaped shoal keel.

[@Bonobo85]

This is SO close to my absolute dream sailboat: a boat you can live on and sail the world (no high latitudes, I hate cold weather) with a nice compromise between speed and comfort, and no compromise on safety. The watertight bulkheads are a great feature, as well as the redundant rudder system. Also, the arch with that array of solar panels is AMAZING. I really like the cutter/slutter rig, amazing option to trim sails and keep the boat balanced in heavy weather. There are also some things I would have thought differently: 1- the kitchen placement and layout is terrible: it's far away from the cockpit so passing food while underway is difficult, and the distance between the stove and the sink makes cooking impractical/unsafe; also, with that array of solar panels plus generator I would've avoided having gas onboard. 2- the T bulb keel is a silly option for a cruiser (even if it's fast), it calls for trouble without providing any significant advantage; fortunately, the shallow draft option seems to be an L keel. 3- the liferaft placement is really poor; it should be behind the folding bathing platform, ready to launch, not in a deep locker. 4- I might be wrong, but the interior doesn't seem to strike a good balance between form and function, I don't see enough storage space to live aboard for extended periods of time. But all in all it is an excellent boat... If only I had the money 🥲

[@audi3318]

In that video with light seas the bow certainly goes down. I could only imagine what it would be like in heavy seas. Water would be washing all over the deck

[@SuperDirk1965]

She was never designed for that. These are boats designed to lay moored stern to the quai with the passengers sipping white wine.

[@drewr34skyline18]

Having sailed a GT6 and lived on other Elan boats i feel i have more experience than most who make flippant comments with no experience. Good sea manners= definitely. Build quality of the hull and essential boat parts= much higher than most. Fixtures and fittings on par with most yards. Would i trust and elan if the weather turns and S**t gets real = definitely. People critical of the keel... Circum navigations have been made in far lesser boats onow for keels falling off! I have been keen to see this version of the GT6. Overall i love it but wished you had done a composite rear arch to match the mainsheet arch. But the changes to the interior over a standard GT6 are well suited to longer passages. Fit and finish inside look stunning. My only request would be move the sink to the same side as the oven so cooking underway is easier. # retirement dream ⛵💪💪🔥❤️❤️

[@bjn68]

Agree! The galley layout is "weird" and the davit would look much better in composite (white or black like the arch) than "stainless-steel"?!

[@drewr34skyline18]

@@bjn68 gally works okay but under passage it is a bit awkward for cooking pasta rice etc. Speaking from having actually done a four day none stop delivery on a 'standard' GT6. It would be better to move the lift up microwave out and make it a lifting storage unit. Freeing the space from the cupboard next to the cooker enabling a sink there as well. The sink on the other side is useful too. And it could have been a real composit masterpiece solar and davits on a elegant carbon/fiberglass arch with storage lockers in the legs. Pull out drencher style shower head. Maybe when I win the lotto that is how I will spec mine 👌

[@intsccents]

Elan as a boat buildr has done a supreme job on this boat and it shows from bow to stern well thought out and more like a high quality custom boat and not a production yacht this is what to expect from such a qualitybuilder...

[@BigRedNZ1]

@@bjn68 Except that welding on mounts for various things is a lot easier on S/S than worrying about loadings and fixing to composite.

[@Ursulavita]

This is an impressive yacht, really built for off grid sailing ⛵️ Congratulations, Elan 🙌

[@Walcingham509]

You did a good job giving us the boat tour.. You obviously know that boat. Hope you do well with it..

[@GuyCruls]

very satisfying structuring of the video into thematic chapters 👍🏼

[@maurolimaok]

Really a very nice boat.

[@HaysClark]

Just watched a similar high-end Italian "ocean" class design have it's keel delaminate when she was lowered onto her keel in a marine yard.

[@miked5563]

Amazing vessel. Cheers.

[@tm502010]

It’s got quite a tippy ride… even for a monohull. At least it looks that way.

[@LIVE_AT_FULL_SAILS]

Bravo Elan. Upam, da jo bom imel priložnost preizkusiti :)

[@yoshuheromi4132]

Explorer keel????????

[@petergrundy8081]

Great party boat I can imagine its cost as being top end

[@bigups43]

Seems like a lovely coastal cruiser, but I would be wary about bluewater travel. Its nice that the rudders have a bulkhead in caee of a container strike but how will the keel handle such an event?

[@petercagliari7835]

Beautiful Yacht as all the Elan yacht 🍾👏👏

[@andrewhardy6221]

Big Fan of the GT6 and this takes it to another leve.

[@felixwinter1741]

Why not loading the batteries with an Integrel alternator solution instead of a generator ?

[@_Briegel]

3:20 Seriously “Explorer Yacht”? So if this is supposed to be an “explorer”, then every Ferrari is also an off-road vehicle for extreme terrain.... Pre-balanced rudder, deep keel with protruding lead bomb.... that collects everything that floats in the water. The only thing you'll explore here is the capacity of your lungs when you have to dive down to the keel every few miles near the coast to cut loose fishing lines, drifting net debris and seaweed. Such keels and rudders are ok for racing goats, but to call a boat with such a layout an explorer is really the height of cheek and actually taking the piss out of the rich but unsuspecting customer! With all the harsh criticism so far, I haven't said anything about the interior and, to be honest, I don't even want to start criticizing the lack of handrails and sharp-edged furniture. It's one design flaw after another.... at least if you want to build an Explorer. It's OK for just strolling around the beech in moderate winds and as a residential boat in a marina. But then it should also be named as such and not “explorer yacht”, which MUST fulfill completely different requirements!

[@drewr34skyline18]

@@_Briegel have you ever set foot on a GT6 or ever sailed an elan boat? Fyi I have worked at Ferrari... They don't survive on a perfectly smooth road... Some would say calling them a car is taking the piss ... But they are beautiful and elegant. Times have moved on long fin keels that make boats ten times hard to manoeuvre in tight anchorages and marinas have a different set of risks associated they are not a perfect solution to every modern boat as most crusty old armchair sailors claim. If there was anything floating in the water Infront of you and preceded to sail into it get tangled and then blame the boat design.... Say alot more about the skipper than the boat! On thing that does take the piss is having never set foot on this boat you are happy to voice such nonses in an aggressive and negative manor. Oh even offer a comparative boat on the market that addresses your 'concerns'. Seems you have put yourself in the KZbin troll club. If I was sailing with you I would sail into every fishing net I could! Send you down to free it so I get five minutes not having to listen to you! In which case the GT6X would be the perfect boat!

[@_Briegel]

@@drewr34skyline18 Yes fanboy, you're absolutely right.... seriously, you didn't read my post, or the statement is too high for your mind. There's no other way I can explain why you're twisting statements and framing them like that

[@drewr34skyline18]

@@_Briegel aww yes the classic response. You didn't make any sense & someone challenged you on it. You don't have anything to back up my claims. So the inevitability of resorting to personal attacks. Happy to be an Elan fanboy thb. Don't dish it out if you can't handle criticism back. Exploring doesn't have to mean survival in an apocalyptic gale at crazy inhospitable latitudes. It can be as tame as off grid for a week or two away from the mainstream areas. There are no set rules for what a yacht must be to be called an explorer. What other boats would you deem adequate to be given the name 'explorer' yachts? The only statement your making is you don't like the name and then voice criticism after criticism based on no real experience of the boat.

[@_Briegel]

@@drewr34skyline18 I can only repeat myself, you have NOT read my post and are here questioning my statements and expecting me to refute them. Anyone who enters a discussion in this way deserves no other answer. I have already refuted EVERY one of your “arguments” in the initial post. So stop getting upset that I'm supposedly insulting you. I'm just treating you as what you admit to being according to your own statement, a fanboy! Love me or hate me, as long as you can't factually refute a single one of my original statements, I don't need to respond to any of your alleged arguments! So remember, if you act like a little defiant child, you will be treated as such

[@drewr34skyline18]

@@_Briegel so still going with the name calling and doubling down on that. Then failing to answer the reasonable questions asking you to offer examples for comparison. Now we go with the narrative of entering a discussion badly. when it is your entry into said discussion that held nothing but contempt for a company's hard work in offering something different to the yacht market. Predictably you will say I I'm the problem and Elan have got it wrong rather than admit to yourself your first comment wasn't the best. Your now acting all high and mighty and will continue to do so I suspect. You say you won't reply to the questions or clarify your points in a discussion. Yet I bet you will continue to reply to everything I put as long as you can try to elevate your own self esteem by putting others down. You do the exact thing you criticise others for. And hate when they point it out to you. So please prove me right and write another wonderful reply that has nothing to do with the criticisms in your first post.

[@zoltanszoke2676]

It looks beautiful, and feels like well thought out, altough I just can't get my head around how that rear dinghy arch would work. If you are mooring, it will be in the way of exiting the boat nonstop, also the bathing platform is not usable with the dinghy being lifted. Maybe it's the lack of my experience but I just dont get it how this would be used in a crowded mediterranean marina. You clearly cant lift that juggernauth of a dinghy by hand on deck, leaving it wobbling around the front of the boat would mess with the neighbours mooring lines/anchors. Can someone enlighten me?

[@johannesr.h.131]

nice boat, but best to explore the med!

[@thomaskrause4586]

I think that the renowned yacht designers at Humphreys can easily construct a solid L-keel instead of the T-keel. It certainly doesn't have to have a draft of 2.45m... Otherwise a dream yacht!

[@ElanYachts]

Hi Thomas, the Explorer is available with a 2m shoal keel, as mentioned in the video. That keel is L-shaped.

[@Yourdadselllsavon]

Beautiful ❤

[@Lilou34650]

Fantastically beautiful boat...but Explorer? Seems more like a BMW X5, or a similarly designed SUV.

[@samaipata4756]

This boat has a lot going for itself, but with this keel, I consider any ocean sailing suicidal!

[@dunkie976]

Jesus Christ guys.....we're going to need to make a bigger park, because you guys just keep smashing it out of the park! Honestly, as soon as this video popped up I stopped what I was doing and hit play.....and there are no words, just goosebumps and shivers. What a beautiful beautiful boat and presented perfectly, well done. I just wish I could even get out on one for a day let alone buy one.

[@TheSoilandGreen]

20 yrs it will be in my price range. Beautiful tho. Looks like 1.2 or 1.3 million.

[@PeterLaFontaine-h8b]

Should have a raised pilot house

[@robinhodgkinson]

Performance yes - she looks sleek and beautiful. But I'm not sure how much crossover the Venn diagram of "Performance hull" and "Ocean Cruising" has! Starting at the bottom with the keel... Perhaps stick to harbours that have a marina to explore.

[@SJP7752]

You need to get a job with Humphries and let them know where they are going wrong. Your vast experience in naval architecture is wasted here in the KZbin comments...unless there are plentiful @robinhodgkinson hulls in the water.

[@robinhodgkinson]

⁠@@SJP7752Lol, yeah I know there’s no shortage of armchair experts on YT. As it happens I do know a bit about boat design - certainly more than enough to recognise what is fit for purpose. No, I need to get a job with Elan and tell them to stop flogging a tricked up GT6 ( a performance cruiser ) as an explorer yacht, which it clearly isn’t, as anyone with a little experience will tell you. This has little to do with Humphries who designed the boat for its intended original purpose. This is a marketing exercise by Elan to fill a perceived hole in their offer. “Hey look we now have an explorer yacht.” Yeah right… PS. I loved how they pointed out the redundancy with the twin (exposed) rudders - that’s how 99% of modern twin rudders work. It comes over more as an attempt to allay fears about the unsuitable design and that should you take one out, there’s always a second. : )

[@petermikus4967]

Love Elan, and this video has been done in the gulf of Piran which is my home town, now I’m living in Sunshine Coast Australia and at the moment is here yearly whale migration, I wonder how would this keel perform in encounter with whale… ( happen quite often here around…)

[@ceirwan]

People cruise RMs, JPKs, and other modern style designs like this to high latitudes. Note, 'explorer' not expedition. Its in the name, GT, you don't plan to take a GT car off-roading through the Sahara, and in the same stretch you probably wouldn't sail the arctic with this, but North Sea, Med, Pacific, Caribbean? No problem at all. Other than the price, I could see this being a great cruising boat, Humphries always puts out good seaworthy designs that have a turn of speed, but most of his boats tend to err a little bit towards slightly heavier and steadier. Proper lee cloths, shoal keel available if wanted, a decent solar array, options for stuff most people tend to add later like water makers. And it certainly has a lot of things that many 'expedition' boats could learn from, water tight bulkheads fore & aft, especially in way of the steering. Completely out of my price bracket, but it seems to me to be a nice compromise between cruising & performance. Off course, for people that only accept long keels and barn door rudders on their cruising boats, then it will never satisfy them, & it doesn't try to.

[@robinhodgkinson]

@@ceirwan Hey no one is talking about old school long keels and barn door rudders! Have a look at other explorer style yachts. Modern yacht design has come along way in the last 50-60 years. As you say, it’s in the name, GT6. Which is a beautiful compromise between a racing and cruising boat, which was no doubt the original brief given to Humphries. We could debate what constitutes an explorer or expedition style yacht, but I’m certainly not suggesting it has to be designed for the north west passage or similar, to be worthy - it needn’t be another Pelagic! But explorer suggests to me that it is designed for exploring - going off the beaten track to more remote locations, which sometimes come with poor charts, lack of services and challenging conditions. I’ve little doubt if that was the brief given to Humphries, or any other designer, they wouldn’t have arrived at a GT6 do you! Water tight bulkheads or not. As said earlier, this is Elan repackaging a racer/cruiser to now be an explorer yacht. A bit too much of a stretch for me, and I’m sure many others looking to do some exploring outside the med or the Caribbean. But good luck to them.

[@stinkintoad]

I like it except for the fisher panda boat anchor.

[@mariuspotgieterproject3437]

Stunning yacht

[@stevenschapera2888]

Lots of clever design here! What is steering like going astern in Med mooring? With no propwash over the rudders will you fit bow/stern thrusters?

[@CptnFuentes_FR]

On the Elan Impression 43, with only a bow thruster to help, it's easy ! Just tighten a little bit the steering tension to help avoiding the rudder going grazy :)

[@OldGuySailing]

I don’t like how it’s handling the small sea state. That is one wet boat 😳

[@kisero2222]

The inox arch at the stern for a half million euro boat could have been resolved in some more elegant way. It looks horrible (on this and any other sailboat)

[@judy8301]

I wouldn't think having a generator in a sleeping berth would be a good idea, it cannot be completely silent? ... and still not sure if any hull can compare with a steel hull, 2nd best Aluminium.

[@lungarotta]

Price?

[@GoodkatNW]

What's going on with that door handle at 2:50?

[@fraserconnell21]

Nice😁. Aluminium or steel ????

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Advanced VAIL GRP composite. 🤔 What no Basalt or chemically modified wood?

[@Septix]

Calling it Explorer with a GRP hull is comical. When I hear "Explorer" I'd expect aluminum hull with lifting/ swing keel so I can actually EXPLORE low tide and rugged areas...

[@easyman8609]

I would prefer a L-keel.

[@philipwright7186]

Very nice boat. You only have to look at Sailing Sweet Ruca (Cape Horner's) and their J46 to see the advantages of a well balanced and easily driven boat that's also fit for cruising. I think it's a great combination. How good would she look with a davit/solar array combination stern arch that matches the mainsheet arch though?

[@drspock3454]

I'll take 2 yo!

[@quasarix]

can I have a test "drive" around earth :D

[@terencetwentyman-jones8861]

Pretty boring looking interior, and hate the boom height...makes the boat look like a toy..

[@valerigeorgiev5615]

What explore, this yacht! The cash of buiers?😅

[@andersh6227]

Nice to look at but usually Elan has poor quality as all massproduction.

[@drewr34skyline18]

Live on 384 for two years, sailed a GT6 up the Irish sea in 30+knots on a 4 day non stop passage I'd strongly disagree with you. What is your basis for your comment?

[@tr5065]

I’ve owned an E5 for last 6 years here in the UK. Completed thousands of miles off shore in all conditions. Build quality and performance are both exceptional. Great brand and great support.

[@andersh6227]

@@drewr34skyline18 One great indicator is the used market, they are giving them away after 4-5 years due to poor quality.

[@andersh6227]

@@tr5065 Sounds like you are employed by Elan or are cluless 🙂

[@tr5065]

Just my opinion as an experienced yacht owner across multiple brands over many years. You of course have a right to your opinion as well. Oh and no, I’m not employed by Elan and I don’t believe I’m clueless but of course if I was I probably wouldn’t know 😉

[@pgsavva2895]

The winning boats.need NO GEN SET.

[@TheCoolhead27]

Not my cup of tea. Try designing a boat from the outside in for a change.

[@mattwerner1686]

Can you please show pictures of boat, not cheesy picutres of actors talking to each other. We’re sailors, not hollywood fans.

[@walking_man]

Meh

[@ArazQizilbash]

They imitated the design of quality yachts with cheap and poor quality workmanship and named it Explorer. They probably aimed to discover the customer's bank account with a simple charter boat.

[@cristianfamigliuolo]

But don't talk bullshit esgarly😂. No no body, and you are late!

[@drewr34skyline18]

You're subscribed to sky news! You clearly love consuming BS so much you have forgotten what an honest and fair piece of media looks like!

[@markpearce2510]

another ikea boat …that interior is enough to make anybody seasick…I think the yacht would full to pieces if sailed off th’e Western Australia coast.

[@larslarsheim1741]

In the fottage of the boat sailing a human being couldn't even be down below without getting their ribs broken. Builders build boats to sell.