NEEL 47

Design

Naval architect

Marc Lombard, Yacht Design Group

Summary

Best Suited For

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 14.2 m · 4 cabins · fresh water 600 L

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

46.6 ft (14.2 m)

Hull length

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LWL

—

Beam

27.2 ft (8.3 m)

Draft (min)

5.2 ft (1.6 m)

Draft (max)

—

Air draft

67.3 ft (20.5 m)

Displacement

23,369 lb (10,600 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

3–4

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

753 ft² (70 m²)

Jib

215 ft² (20 m²)

Genoa

538 ft² (50 m²)

Sail area

—

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

60 hp

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

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Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

79 gal (300 L)

Fresh water capacity

159 gal (600 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

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Hull material

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Deck material

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Keel type

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Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

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Builder's Own Figures

Génois

50 m²

Trinquette

20 m²

Grande voile lattée à corne

70 m²

Films of this model from the builder's official YouTube channel (NEEL-TRIMARANS GROUP). They are the builder's own; the figures above are the reference.

Videos whose title names the NEEL 47, from the channel the builder's site links; last checked 9/30/2026. Playing one loads YouTube's player, which may set cookies.

About NEEL Trimarans

Premium production

French builder of production sailing trimarans, based in La Rochelle, whose current range runs from the NEEL 43 to the NEEL 52.

NEEL Trimarans has been designing bluewater cruising trimarans at La Rochelle for more than fifteen years. What it set out to do was new at the time: a trimaran that kept its performance while offering the living space of a cruising boat, rather than trading one for the other. Safety is where the yard says the design starts -- innovation counts, on its own account, only where it makes the boat safer.

The NEEL Trimarans Range

Every model NEEL Trimarans publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. NEEL 5252.2 ft
2. NEEL 4848.4 ft
3. NEEL 47· this modelDiscontinued46.6 ft
4. NEEL 4342.3 ft
5. NEEL 43 DUO42.3 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.

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