NEEL Trimarans

NEEL Trimarans builds exactly one argument, at three sizes: that the cruising multihull got the hull count wrong. From La Rochelle, the yard founded by Eric Bruneel puts the entire apartment — galley, saloon, owner's cabin — on one level in the central hull, uses the amas for buoyancy and guest space instead of living space, and banks the saved weight as speed. Catamaran comfort, monohull-beating passages, and a marina bill that stings like both at once.

Our shelf holds 41 NEELs live, from $297,000 to $949,000, hulls 2012 through 2026 — a young market for a young thesis, and we keep full files across all three rungs: the 43 where the idea starts, the 47 where it won Boat of the Year and where the market runs deepest, and the 51 where it stops compromising. Because the range is this coherent, the files cross-reference beautifully: the 43's depreciation math, the 47's thirteen-boat negotiating leverage and the 51's five-year price bracket are one continuous story about what a season costs and what a foot buys.

The honest notes, consistent across the range: beams from 24 to 29 feet get billed like catamarans everywhere you dock, light-air pace sags when you load the apartment you bought, and a fleet this charter-friendly means usage history is the first page of any survey. Whether the three-hull thesis fits your cruising plan is the question, answered straight; the evidence is moored at the trimarans for sale.