Most Innovative Boat of the Year awarded to the NEEL 45

Posted: 27th February 2013. Article by Cruising World – January 2013. The second of this year’s special awards goes to the Neel 45, the only production trimaran introduced for 2013, which the judges felt was easily the Most Innovative of all the entries. For many years, builder Eric Bruneel was the managing director of Fountaine Pajot, and in that capacity he oversaw the  construction of roughly 2,000 catamarans. He’s also an accomplished solo transoceanic trimaran racer, so it perhaps goes without saying that he knows more than a little about multihulls. So when he started his own company, he had a specific vision of what he wanted to accomplish. And Tim Murphy, for one, believes he succeeded in his quest. Click here to read full story.