The NEEL 50 totally frees itself from the layout plan of existing cruising trimarans. It innovates by connecting the two wings with a living platform at cockpit level.

Life aboard is thus like in a loft with a central kitchen, a saloon with a panoramic view, three double cabins and two bathrooms.

All the main hull volume is devoted to equipments, engine, electronic and electric wiring, plumbing, diesel and water tanks as well as supplies extended stocking.

The large space available in this storeroom of 1,80m high makes the access easier for all the equipments maintenance and for optional generator, desalinasator or air-conditioning.

The rigging design is coming from racing trimarans, thus allowing to obtain cruising speeds twice faster than classical boats.

To facilitate manoeuvering as much as possible, the sails are hoisted and trimed from inside. Only the genoa is manoeuvered from the external helm station.

The NEEL 50 offers a new esthetics in naval architecture. The trimaran proportions allow large roof, interior volume guarantee. The NEEL 50 is resolutely innovative with its uncluttered exterior style, its interior decoration and its dinghys aft garages.

Performance:

The NEEL 50 is resolutely designed for fast cruising, regularly sailing at more than 10 knots average, thus covering 220 miles per 24 hours. 15 to 20 knots are often reached as soon as the wind strengthen.

The NEEL 50 is set up with the last innovations developed by racing multihulls, such as square top mainsail, Vectran shrouds and forestay, reef hooks, genoa stocker, carbon rudder.

Weight distribution is centered, limiting pitching.  The main hull roach facilitates tacking. On the other hand, the floats shape is tense in order to favour stability and hull center progress according to the sail loading.

The sail area is wide with 170sqm per ton.

Finally, the trimaran is also fast under power. Indeed, the main hull prismatic coefficient offers a very low drag. Moreover, the lateral floats are touching only very lightly the water surface.

Structural Calculation:

Dedicated computer study for optimized construction.  In order to optimize the NEEL 50 structure, we hired TENSYL company, with whom we had already worked for the racing trimaran TRILOGIC.

TENSYL specialized in structural calculation of racing and cruising composite multihulls.

The laminate is determined by considering the sea loading cases which are the most critical for the boat structure: boat surfing a wave at full speed or crossbeam navigation.

The analysis programs transmit the needed informations which are then compared to requirements acceptable ones. The color views are particularly useful to identify the confine areas to strengthen.

The body of evidence aims to define, for each zone, the most suitable construction materials and the quantities required. The purpose is to eliminate useless weights and to apply security coefficients suited to the effort zones.

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Brochure:

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Layout Pan:

Standard layout -  3 double cabins,  2 single berth,  2 bathrooms,  Storeroom in main hull cellar.

Interior:

The NEEL 50 interior design is a very innovative concept.

The 650sqm living space with two meters headroom is on one level and offers a panoramic view. Contemporary materials, subtle colors and loft like atmosphere are the main assets of the interior, designed and created by Jérôme Bruneel.

From the entrance, an island kitchen made of varnished anthracite medium coexists with a piano for delightful evenings.

In the basement, a ladder leads to the storeroom where food and equipments are kept.

On both sides, the two oblong main cabins, particularly spacious (90sqm), have a bathroom. The double beds add an incomparable comfort.

The walls are decorated with velvet fabric in harmonies of beige-chocolate or anthracite and orange, creating an atmosphere both warm and design.

The floor is covered with a hard-wearing and high-tech polyester weaving in a charcoal grey color. In the large saloon, the floor is marked with thin stripes and a color contrast of orange, red and different kinds of grey.

In the forward section, the port dining room is surrounding an uncluttered table made in the same material than the other furnitures.

On starboard side, the chart table and a watch bench are facing the sea. The dazzling red seats are emphasizing the floors and walls grey.

Finally, in the front, a few steps lead to a third double cabin in which a lateral porthole overhangs the sea.

Media Reviews:

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