Neel 45

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The Neel 45, on the water

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

Footage from El Viaje de Bohemia

Is it for you?

Character

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

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 98

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 23.9

Beamier than ~94% of boats her size on file

Compared with 268 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

23.9

Displacement / length

98.2

Hull

Hull type

Trimaran Dbrd.

Construction

FG/Closed-cell foam and honeycomb PVC sandwich

Production

Years built

2013–2020

Designer

Joubert, Nivelt, Mercier, Joubert-Nivelt

Builder

Neel Trimarans

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The family

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