NEEL 48

Design

Naval architect

Marc Lombard Yacht Design

Interior designer

Piaton Yacht Design

Summary

Best Suited For

• Performance Cruising

  From the published figures: SA/D 27.9 (upwind 140 m², displacement 11500 kg) · 3 cabins

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 14.75 m · 3 cabins

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.

Dimensions

LOA

48.4 ft (14.75 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

—

Beam

28.4 ft (8.65 m)

Draft (min)

5.1 ft (1.55 m)

Draft (max)

5.7 ft (1.75 m)

Air draft

—

Displacement

25,353 lb (11,500 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

2–3

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

—

Jib

—

Genoa

—

Sail area

1,507 ft² (140 m²)

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

60 hp (Volvo)

Engine count

—

Engine manufacturer

Volvo

Propulsion type

Saildrive + hybrid

Fuel capacity

—

Fresh water capacity

—

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Moteur

Volvo 60 cv – Saildrive + hybride 25 kW

Draft performance

1,55 m

Draft standard

1,75 m

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 48· this model48.4 ft
3. NEEL 4342.3 ft
4. 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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