The Neo Yachts brand has only been around for a few years. And yet the yacht builders in the southern Italian city of Bari have already made a remarkable market presence with their Neo 400 (test in YACHT 4/2018) and Neo 350 - among other things with considerable success on the regatta track, for example in the Rolex Middle SeRace.
The shipyard is now responding to various requests for a larger series boat. The designer Giovanni Ceccarelli worked out the plans for this. The first ship of the new type Neo 430 Rom is already under construction and should be ready in September. And shipyard boss Paolo Semeraro has already set a price: The exciting Italian should cost 512,000 euros including 19 percent VAT, but still without sails or electronics.
The price list or the specifications of the basic model are currently not available. But that much is clear: the hull and deck of the Neo 430 Rome are made entirely of carbon fiber with epoxy using a vacuum infusion process. According to Ceccarelli's calculations, the ready-to-sail boat will weigh just 5.7 tonnes with a hull length of 13.06 meters. About half of the total weight hangs as a ballast bomb on the T-keel with a draft of 3.0 meters. With regard to the hull attachments, the customer can ultimately choose whether he wants to order the boat with one or two rudder blades, with a fixed keel or with an electro-hydraulic lifting keel.
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On the almost 19 meter high carbon fiber rig, 106 square meters of effective sail area act against the wind - so a lot of power. The design concept by Semeraro and Ceccarelli aims to optimize measurements in the ORC and IRC compensation systems. The provisional ratings for this have not yet been finally calculated.
Despite the strong focus on high performance under sail, the Neo 430 is also intended to be an exclusive cruising boat in the style of a Gran Turismo. For the interior design, there are various options to choose from, depending on whether the boat is to be used for regattas or touring.
| constructor | Giovanni Ceccarelli Yacht Design |
| constructor | Giovanni Ceccarelli Yacht Design |
| Hull length | 13.06 m |
| width | 4.06 m |
| Draft (lifting keel) | 1.60-3.00 m |
| Weight | 5.7 t |
| Ballast / proportion | 2.7 t / 47% |
| Mainsail | 60.0 sqm |
| Genu (105%) | 46.0 sqm |
| Gennaker | 180.0 sqm |
| Motorization | Volvo PentD1-30 / Saildrive |
| construction | Carbon epoxy infusion |