NEEL 52

Design

Designer

NEEL-TRIMARANS

Naval architect

Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group

Summary

Best Suited For

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 15.9 m · 4 cabins · fresh water 630 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

52.2 ft (15.9 m)

Hull length

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LWL

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Beam

28.9 ft (8.8 m)

Draft (min)

6.2 ft (1.9 m)

Draft (max)

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Air draft

79.4 ft (24.2 m)

Displacement

29,762 lb (13,500 kg)

Ballast

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Cabins

4

Heads

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Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

1,012 ft² (94 m²)

Jib

344 ft² (32 m²)

Genoa

764 ft² (71 m²)

Sail area

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Downwind sail area

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Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

110 hp (Yanmar)

Engine count

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Engine manufacturer

Yanmar

Propulsion type

saildrive

Fuel capacity

206 gal (780 L)

Fresh water capacity

166 gal (630 L)

Black water capacity

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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

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Steering wheels

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Builder's Own Figures

Tirant d'air

24,2 m (mât en aluminium)

GV lattée à corne (mât carbone)

102 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.

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  Come aboard Tao, a NEEL 52, for the Cannes Yachting Festival!

  NEEL-TRIMARANS GROUP · 8/10/2024

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  NEEL 52: experience the timeless beauty of sailing in Galicia (Spain)!

  NEEL-TRIMARANS GROUP · 3/29/2024

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  NEPTUNE ESCAPE's owner is already loving his NEEL 52! Discover his testimony ⛵

  NEEL-TRIMARANS GROUP · 3/15/2024

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  Behold the NEEL 52 – navigating the open seas becomes pure magic! ✨

  NEEL-TRIMARANS GROUP · 1/12/2024

Videos whose title names the NEEL 52, 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 52· this model52.2 ft
2. NEEL 4848.4 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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