Description

A very tidy example of the popular Elan 333, Beluga II has had one owner from new in 2000. She is well known around Poole Harbour and the Solent having been successfully raced over many years in Cowes Week, Round the Island and many other regattas and club races, as well as the most frequent representative of either club in the Commodore’s Challenge Youth Match Racing between Parkstone and Poole. She has teak decks, lead keel and folding prop.
Also a very comfortable family cruiser to take across the Channel and to the West Country, or just to overnight around the coast.

Specifications

Accommodation

6 berths with port saloon berth converting to a double to make 7.
Cooker: 2 burner cooker and oven
Hot and cold pumped water
Refrigerator
Double sink
Seawater toilet
80l fresh water tank

Saloon looking forward

Fore cabin

Saloon looking aft

Galley

Heads

Aft cabin

Construction

Teak decks add to the comfort of moving around the boat (and warm for lying on in the sun). She has a 54" wheel for ease of helming while sailing to jib telltales. Sprayhood for protection while cruising.

View from port bow

Cockpit and wheel

Cockpit looking forward

Equipment

Teak cockpit table
Spray hood
Wheel cover
Boom cover, wheel cover, fenders, warps, kedge anchor (6kg Brittany with 5m x 6mm chain and 20m x 12mm warp), winch handles, boathook, ensign and staff, bucket, crockery, cutlery, pans, etc.

Navigation Equipment

Raymarine e7 Chartplotter on binnacle
Raytheon ST60s Tri-data and wind above companionway with repeaters on binnacle
Swiftech VHF ship’s radio

Engine(s)

Beluga II has always been based in Poole so generally the engine is on for 10 minutes while entering or exiting the berth. Estimated total hours are 750. The engine is serviced annually by a club member mechanic. With a clean hull in flat water it pushes her along at 6.5 to 7 knots at around 2400 rpm.

Sails & Spars

Overall raced regularly 2000 to 2008, then I worked overseas till 2012 after which I raced dinghies and R19 pocket cruisers so racing sails little used since new in 2014/15. Boat used for Poole v Parkstone Commodores Challenge Match Race training and Match annually but with Kemp main, jib and spinnaker. Therefore little racing since 2007 so standing rigging (replaced 2008) and racing sails (replaced 2014 and later) little used and in good condition. Dacron sails used for cruising.
Racing Sails (all Sanders)
Main tri-radial carbon laminate (2014 season)
No. 3 tri-radial carbon laminate (2014 season)
No. 2 tri-radial carbon laminate (2015 season)
Spinnaker 1 (blue and yellow)
Spinnaker 2 (light blue, blue and lime green)
Carbon fibre spinnaker pole
Selden mast and boom
Gas vang
Cruising sails
Main Dacron (original 2000)
No. 1
No. 3 (2008 approx)
No. 4 Dacron (original 2000)
Storm jib (2001 never used)

Carbon main and No. 2

Downwind in Cowes Week

Safety Equipment

20lb Bruce anchor
20m chain
Various warps
Fenders, horseshoe buoys, etc
EPIRB

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