Insuring NEEL Trimarans: cover and premium

catamarans and multihulls · France

NEEL Trimarans builds catamarans and multihulls in France. NAMMERT insures a Neel regardless of year built or where you bought it, liability, hull, legal expenses and personal accident cover from one house, taken out online in five minutes.

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At a glance

Origin

France

Class

catamarans and multihulls

Typical sizes

13 to 20 m

Premium from

from €39 a year for liability

Worth knowing

NEEL 43

NEEL 47

NEEL 51

NEEL 52

NEEL 65

NEEL Trimarans; cover, cost and conditions

In La Rochelle, NEEL builds cruising trimarans: three hulls, one engine, one rudder. In insurance terms that is a category of its own, not simply a catamaran with an extra hull. The single engine in the centre hull halves the maintenance effort compared with a catamaran and with it a whole cluster of claims; the two floats, by contrast, are exposed, slender components that are hit first in a collision and when berthing.

With a trimaran the berth is the main practical issue, and it has an insurance side. At ten to eleven metres in beam a NEEL does not fit into every box, and many owners lie at hammerhead berths or mooring buoys, more exposed than in a box and with more movement on the boat in a storm. State the type of berth in the application; it feeds into the assessment and prevents discussions if storm damage occurs at the berth.

The floats bring a second point with them: on most model ranges they are fixed, not foldable, and therefore more laborious to handle during craning and in winter storage. Our policy expressly includes hauling out, launching, craning and the stay ashore. Use this cover deliberately and have craning work carried out by yards experienced with multihulls; the most frequent craning damage arises from wrongly placed slings.

Questions and answers

Frequent questions

Is a trimaran more expensive to insure than a catamaran?

For Neel: Not as a matter of principle.

The single engine lowers the machinery risk, the exposed floats raise the collision risk.

What remains decisive is value, length and cruising range.

Is craning damage during launching and hauling out covered?

Yes, for Neel too: launching and craning are included in our hull insurance.

Have the work carried out by a yard with multihull experience;

wrongly placed slings are the most frequent cause.

The cover that fits

For Neel: What matters for catamarans and multihulls is the same across every brand;

engine output, how a claim is settled, cruising range and theft protection.

The class page lists every point and every brand in this class, Neel included.

Insuring catamarans and multihulls, every brand and every condition

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Nautical information What counts before you cast off, papers, equipment, waters

Licence

A powerboat licence (inland or coastal) is required from 15 hp (11.03 kW).

Registration

Registration from 3 hp; for trips abroad carry the boat certificate or flag document.

Waters

Inland, coastal and abroad; plan fairways, bridge clearances, draught and tides.

Equipment

Lifesaving gear, fire extinguisher, anchor, signalling equipment and correct navigation lights.

Cruising range

The agreed cruising range is stated in the policy and can be extended at any time.

Weather

Check wind force in Beaufort and wind direction before casting off, and allow for gusts.

General guidance, not a complete account;

what governs are the rules of the waters you are on and the manual of your Neel.

Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.

Series by Neel, with value and cover

Neel 51 / 52

Neel 51 / 52 is a cabin trimaran from Neel (France), built since 2015,

and today changes hands at between €600,000 and €1,400,000.

Neel 43 / 47

Also a cabin trimaran, built since 2013, €390,000 to €780,000.

NEEL 51 / 65

NEEL 51 / 65 is a cabin catamaran from Neel (France), built since 2015,

and today changes hands at between €590,000 and €1,900,000.

What this means for the cover

As the Neel 51 / 52, Neel 43 / 47 and NEEL 51 / 65 by Neel series are still in production,

parts are available and repair costs are predictable.

Even so, value it at replacement cost including retrofitted electronics, not at list price.

For the Neel 51 / 52, Neel 43 / 47 by Neel series:

On a trimaran the floats and their beams are the weak point,

on folding models the mechanism as well.

For the NEEL 51 / 65 by Neel series:

On catamarans the bridgedeck between the hulls is the sensitive part,

and the berth belongs in the application: double width often means a mooring rather than a marina.

All series at a glance

The Neel range in figures

These figures come from the model records we keep for Neel: boat type, build years and length,

nothing estimated.

cabin trimaran: 9 models, since 2008, 13.1 to 21.8 m

Which model was built when?

Sailing boat Motorboat RIBEach bar is one Neel model, running from its first to its last year of build. The colour shows the type of boat.

What does a used Neel cost?

We hold today’s price ranges by year for 6 models by Neel.

The table shows what boats in average condition are worth,

from the oldest to the youngest year on record.

Choose your exact model, year and condition in the calculator.

Model	Years built	Range today
Leen 56 Power	2020 to 2024	€700,900 to €1,062,800
Neel 43	2020 to 2024	€302,800 to €468,200
Neel 45	2011 to 2013	€248,400 to €329,400
Neel 45 Evolution	2019	€318,800 to €405,800
Neel 47	2019 to 2024	€374,200 to €590,300
Neel 51	2017 to 2024	€497,400 to €912,400