Excess 15

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The Excess 15, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from MJ Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LightHeavy

175 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 175

EasygoingPowered-up

23.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 23.4

Heavier than ~90% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 263 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Excess 15, as the fleet has seen it

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The Excess 15 is a 14.8-meter fractional sloop catamaran, designed by VPLP Design and built by Excess Catamarans since 2019. It features a twin keel hull, an 8.0-meter beam, a 1.4-meter draft, and displaces 18,400 kg. The catamaran has a Pulse line sail area of 171.6 square meters and can be equipped with optional twin 80hp engines and twin 175-liter fresh water tanks. MJ Sailing toured an Excess 15 at the 2023 Annapolis Spring Boat Show, comparing its helm and winch configurations to their own planned performance catamaran layout.12:20 They observed its interior design elements, such as headboard lighting and friction-latch cabinetry, to adapt concepts for wire runs, lighting, and storage within their weight-sensitive build.5:39

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

23.4

Displacement / length

175.0

Hull

Hull type

Catamaran Twin Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2019

Designer

VPLP Design, Van Peteghem, Lauriot-Prevost

Builder

Excess

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