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ABOUT NEEL 50:
Life aboard is like in a loft with addition of a central kitchen, a
saloon with a lovely panoramic view, in this case three double cabins
and two bathrooms. All the main hull volume is devoted to boats
equipment, engine, wiring, plumbing, 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 equipment 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 meant to be resolutely innovative
with its uncluttered exterior style, its interior decoration and
its dinghys aft garages.
Performances
The NEEL 50 is resolutely designed for fast cruising. It easily achieves
sailing speets of more than 10 knots average. It can therefore
cover 150 miles in 12 hours easily. Higher speeds of between 15
to 20 knots are often reached as soon as the .wind strengthen.
The NEEL 50 Trimaran’s broad
beam brings optimal stability in high seas. This way, its PVC foam
sandwich construction and anti-collision partitions make it unsinkable
and even lighter than water..
Three fins protect the hulls, rudder and propeller, while the main fin
enables the NEEL 50 to conveniently land on a ramp or beach for
exploring or sheltering in inclement weather.
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.
A loft
under sail
The Neel 50 interior layout has been designeed with a very
innovative concept.
The 650 square meter of living space with 2 meters headroom is
unbeatable.
Latest 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.
Safety
The NEEL 50 width is an important safety factor in high seas, bringing
much stability.
The PVC foam sandwich construction and the anti-collision partitions
make the NEEL 50 unsinkable The boat is even lighter than water.
The three fins are protecting the hulls, the rudder and the propeler.
The main hull fin enables to land the NEEL 50 on a ramp or a beach.
The two lateral fins then make it stable. The boat thus can sail
in shallow waters for exploring or getting protected in case of bad
weather.
Winches and stoppers for manoeuvering the sails are fitted inside, thus
protecting the crew in case of strong wind. Welcomed also during night
navigation.
The NEEL 50 is certified according to EC regulation by ICNN (Institut de
Certification et de Normalisation dans le Nautisme).
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