NEEL Trimarans

Performance


NEEL trimarans are constructed for fast cruising.

With an average cruising speed of around 10 knots, reaching over 200 nautical miles in 24 hours is easily achievable. Speeds from 15 to 18 knots are often reached when the breeze freshens.

Weight centering is managed in order to limit pitching. The centre hull is rockered to facilitate tacking.

Floats are of a stretched form to privilege directional stability and advancement of the centre of buoyancy as a function of sail loading.

The rigging is directly derived from racing trimarans, thereby achieving full cruising speeds up to twice as fast as conventional cruising yachts.

The sail surface area is generous with some 17m2 per tonne.

Finally, the trimaran configuration also facilitates sustained speed under motor propulsion. The low prismatic coefficient of the central hull means drag is very weak. The side floats are only very lightly in contact with the surface of the water.

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