Lifting Keel w/bulb; trans. Hung Rudder · First built 2024
A lightweight, high-performance 2024 sport boat by Pascal Ernst featuring a lifting bulb keel for versatile shoal access
Designed by Pascal Ernst, built by Neptun Yachts.
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel w/bulb; trans. Hung Rudder
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 2.30 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 798 kg of hull, so roughly 1,400 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 798 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 1.10 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 1Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.50Bluewater
EasygoingSA/D 26.1Powered-up
TenderBallast 30%Stiff
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
Draws less than ~87% of boats her size on file
Compared with 609 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
29.8%
Rig & sail area
Ratios
SA / displacement
26.1
Comfort ratio
1.0
Capsize screening
2.50
Hull speed
21.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
6764
Hull
Hull type
Lifting keel w/bulb; trans. hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2024
Designer
Pascal Ernst
Builder
Neptun Yachts
Boats like this, on the water
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Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
Dufour Yachts T66.15 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA lightweight 800kg fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance in light air
Melges 247.32 mSame hull family0.7 m longerA 7.32-meter sportboat with a lifting keel and a 32.09 sail-area-to-displacement ratio built for rapid planing
Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling5.54 mSame hull family1.1 m shorterA gaff-rigged catboat based on a 1941 design, featuring a shallow-draft keel-centerboard hull for versatile day sailing
Catalina Yachts 227.26 mSame hull family0.7 m longerA swing-keel masthead sloop with 15,000 units sold, offering a highly versatile and trailerable coastal cruiser
Cal Boats 247.43 mSame hull family0.8 m longerThe inaugural Jensen Marine Cal model, this fractional keel-centerboard sloop was built for shoal-water versatility