Since we’re talking about eco-friendly features, let’s look at an option that NEEL offers to make this yacht even more sustainable. Not only does this lighten the load and therefore improve performance, it also creates a smaller carbon footprint than a cat with twin engines. One bit of weight savings comes from the fact that trimarans only use a single engine in the center hull. In fact, at just 20,000 pounds, it’s about 2,000 pounds lighter than a production catamaran of the same length which is hard to believe since there are three hulls involved. Combine that with a unique cork core (rather than foam) in non-structural elements and you have a boat that is at least partially recyclable which is important with the ever-growing focus on sustainability in yachting. A new twist is the use of flax cloth in the layup. The construction includes a vinylester sandwich with carbon reinforcements in high-load areas. The NEEL 43 is a Marc Lombard design with a Z-Spar fractional rig and a five-foot fixed keel. Photo by Olivier Blanchet / NEEL-Trimarans. Vessel OverviewĪbove: A 2023 NEEL 43 Trimaran Sailing Yacht underway. Trimarans tend to outsail both monohulls and catamarans, and with the comfortable new layouts these models offer, more cruisers are embracing their speed and space.
Company CEO, Eric Bruneel, has long prided himself on championing the concept of cruising on three hulls and he hasn’t been wrong.
French builder NEEL Trimarans splashes about 30 boats per year at their factory in La Rochelle and that is about to increase since they’ve just added a new sailing model to the line – the NEEL 43.
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