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Excess 11

Catamaran, twin keels · Fractional Sloop · First built 2020

A VPLP-designed catamaran featuring a Pulse Line rig option and a focus on modern, collaborative interior styling

Designed by Vplp Design, Van Peteghem & Lauriot-Prevost.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel

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The Excess 11, on the water

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

Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 1.15 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LightHeavy

185 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 185
EasygoingPowered-up

18.2 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.2
  • Heavier than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 217 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Excess 11, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Excess 11 is a 2020-present catamaran sailboat model, designed by VPLP Design, Van Peteghem, and Lauriot-Prevost, with exterior design by Patrick Le Quement and interior design by Nauta Design. It features a fractional sloop rig and a twin keel hull, measuring 11.3 meters LOA, 6.6 meters beam, and 1.1 meters draft, with a displacement of 9000 kg. The Excess 11 has a Pulse Line variant, which offers an upwind sail area of 82 square meters. The model was displayed at the Salone Nautico boat show in Venice, where it was seen among other production and multihull boats.0:02

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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On the water

The Excess 11 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.2
Displacement / length
185.3
Hull
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2020
Designer
VPLP Design, Van Peteghem, Lauriot-Prevost
Builder
Excess

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Isla 40, the Fountaine Pajot sailing catamaran [ENG]1:03from SVN solovelanet
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Tortola9:06from Sam Holmes Sailing

The family

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