The Neel 45, a three-hulled wonder and a blast to sail, is one of the coolest boats introduced for 2013.
There are two salient points about French sailor, entrepreneur, and offshore racer Eric Bruneel that anyone interested in his striking new Neel 45 cruising trimaran should know. (And honestly, if you call yourself a sailor, this is a boat that should seriously pique your curiosity.) First, in a previous life, Bruneel was the grand fromage (“big cheese”) at Fountaine Pajot catamarans, where he oversaw the construction of hundreds and hundreds of boats, so he knows multihulls inside and out. And second, his personal boat was a sleek and spartan 50-foot trimaran aboard which he won singlehanded transatlantic races, so he has a particular affinity for and understanding of the p…