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New 65-foot Elling E6: A Super-Safe, Long-Range Cruiser from the Netherlands

Elling Yachts in the Netherlands is introducing its 65-foot Elling E6, a solid, safe, long-range cruiser to North America at the Fort Lauderdale show, and comes with some fairly unique features, including its ability to right itself in a capsize and its second get-home engine in the event of a catastrophic failure to the main. Ellings are built by Neptune Marine, which has 40 years of experience, and are designed and engineered to be the safest cruisers in the world. With a range of 3,500 nm, the new E6 could cross the Atlantic, explore the fjords of Norway, or complete the Great Loop with only one refueling.

The E6 is powered by a single 900-hp Volvo D13 diesel, and tops out at 21 knots. It also has a spare 75-hp Volvo D2 with a shaft drive and folding prop; with this get-home engine, the boat goes 7 knots. The company uses Kevlar in the hull construction, and it conducts capsize tests to show the E6 can right itself in a 360-degree rollover. It is rated CE ocean Category A for offshore safety. Standard bow and stern thrusters make docking easy, even with just the single main engine.

The flagship of the Elling fleet, the new E6 has four cabins. The owner’s stateroom is aft for privacy, with a walkaround queen-sized bed, lots of storage space, an en suite head and shower, and a high-gloss cherry finish. A VIP stateroom with a queen bed is in the bow with a head, and a third cabin is opposite the lower galley; it has access to the salon and can be used as a separate stateroom or as an office. A crew cabin with a head and shower is aft, with an entrance from the transom. A garage there is large enough for a 12-foot Williams tender.

The pilothouse has two helm seats plus a double sofa so guests can keep the captain company underway. Visibility from the helm is excellent. A curved settee and a table facing a TV and two easy chairs are in the salon; it has large windows providing more visibility. A skylight opens at the touch of a button.

The E6 has a low profile and a low CG for stability underway. A low air draft makes it attractive for anyone cruising the ICW or the Great Loop, with lots of low bridges along the way.

Specs.: LOA: 65’0”; Beam: 17’5”; Draft: 4’11”; Disp.: 52,000 lbs.; Fuel: 1,320 gals.; Water: 317 gals.; Power: 900-hp Volvo D13 diesel and 75-hp Volvo D2 diesel. For more:

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Elling E6 review

One-of-a-kind, the Elling E6 forces us to re-examine what it is that we want from our boating

The Elling E6 is so different to any other boat you are likely to encounter that it’s difficult establishing an independent frame of reference to judge it by.

So as a starting point, let’s use one of Elling’s own edicts, “to make the safest boat in the world” – an audacious claim indeed. But then Elling is a pretty bold outfit.

Twin Volvo Penta D13 900hp engines provide the power

Although the Dutch company has not yet done so with this new flagship E6, under controlled conditions it did (spectacularly and successfully) purposely roll one of its smaller E4 models through 360 degrees, just to prove its self-righting claim.

Like the E4, the E6’s hull is constructed from Kevlar and Twaron, two high strength aramid fibres which in practical boating terms are nigh on indestructible.

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Raised aft deck allows space for the aft master cabin

With its single engine and 5,000 litre fuel tanks, as long as you slow down to single figure speeds it’s capable of crossing the Atlantic without refuelling.

And yet its 900hp Volvo is also capable of pushing it at over 20 knots, giving it a cruising speed in the high teens – fast enough to ignore adverse tides and bad weather on shorter and less demanding coastal passages like, say, Dartmouth to Gibraltar. So far, so very very safe.

Transformation

Of course, a jump in size from the E4’s 49ft to the E6’s 65ft is bound to provide a lot more space inside.

So in the case of the E6, the three cabins are all larger than the E4’s trio, and all en-suite too. The lower saloon is in the same place – located behind the forward VIP – but it’s also a lot roomier.

The smart VIP forward

The real transformation though, and the main reason you would buy the E6 instead of the E4 – is the pilothouse. With safety in mind, Elling refused to sacrifice the generous sidedecks on its E4, so the pilothouse felt unavoidably cosy.

A more spacious wheelhouse is one of the benefits over the smaller E4

The wide side decks have been retained on the E6, but with 25% more beam and so much extra length to play with, the pilothouse feels as though as it has trebled in size. That’s partly down to exceptionally deep windows (double glazed, mind) that are unobstructed by exuberant stylists adornments.

Aft cabin is one of the E6’s major plus points

Elling has also resisted the temptation to cram the space to capacity, instead preferring to leave plenty of free floor space to move around in. This light-filled space now provides a real alternative eating and drinking and socialising area to the lower saloon.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that the smaller E4 also has three cabins and a lower saloon – the pilothouse on the E6 is transformational.

• Potential transatlantic range…
• …or cruise at 17 knots
• Tough Kevlar & Twaron hull
• Category A plus tender garage!
• Maximum 70dB(A) in pilothouse
• Huge forward lazarette
• Tedious engine access
• External machinery room access

Price as reviewed:

£1,650,000.00 Euros ex VAT

You can find other Category A boats that will happily cross the Atlantic. Plus a few with equally tough hulls. Others too which are as quiet. But you’re unlikely to find all these things and a 21.5 knot top speed as well

Length: 65ft 0in (19.80m) Beam: 17ft 5in (5.30m) Fuel capacity: 1,100 imp gal (5,000 litres) Water capacity: 264 imp gal (1,200 litres) Draught: 4ft 11in (1.50m) RCD Category: A (for 12 people) Test engine: Single 900hp Volvo D13 + 75hp wing Top speed: 21.5 knots Cruising speed: 7-17 knots

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