Neel 65 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Neel 65 means entering the realm of a 65-foot French-built trimaran that began production in 2015 as the flagship of the Neel range. These are substantial boats—49,600 pounds displacement, 39.5-foot beam, 5.9-foot draft—with a 150-horsepower diesel and direct drive, so any buyer is taking on a large multihull with the systems and draft profile of a serious offshore cruiser rather than a day-sailer.
Layouts on the Used Market
Charter four-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both configurations are available, and ex-charter examples are common. The Cockloon concept carries through regardless of layout: an open cockpit-saloon marriage with dining for up to 14, a forward sea-view lounge, a convertible central saloon, and a main-deck master cabin. A nav station separates the two saloons, and the forward cabin plus two viewpoint suites define the accommodation spread buyers will find on board.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
The used fleet commonly carries lithium batteries, a self-tacking jib, spinnaker and asymmetric spinnaker, watermaker, air conditioning, and solar. For a buyer, the power-and-energy cluster—lithium banks with solar—means extended anchor autonomy without generator reliance, while the self-tacking jib with spinnaker options keeps short-handed sailing realistic on a 2,227-square-foot rig. A watermaker and air conditioning shift the boat toward autonomous tropical cruising, which matches the ex-charter pedigree many examples carry.
What to Inspect
Any ex-charter hull should be treated as a working vessel; verify rig and sail-handling gear that has seen frequent use through standard trimaran survey practice.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical market for these boats is Martinique. A buyer’s short checklist: confirm whether the layout is the common charter four-cabin or the alternative; verify lithium, watermaker, and air conditioning function; inspect sail-handling gear for charter wear; and budget for the 39.5-foot beam in haulout and slip. The Neel 65 remains a semi-custom production trimaran with full-mold pedigree, so a clean example is a turnkey large-cruiser platform rather than a project boat.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Neel 65. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 3 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26 | 1 | $1,321,433 | — |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $1,321,433 | 0.0% |
| Jun 26 | 2 | $1,334,142 | +1.0% |
Where they're listed
Neel 65 listings appear across 1 country. Martinique has the most listings with 4.
Country view
4 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinique | $1,321,433 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
10 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanneau Yachts 65 | 66.27' | $ 1,649,000 | 47 | 7 |
| Lagoon Sixty 5 | 67.42' | $ 3,575,000 | 37 | 0 |
| Nautitech 541/542 | 53.48' | $ 839,894 | 25 | 6 |
| Outremer 55-2 | 54.89' | $ 2,150,000 | 19 | 8 |
| NEEL 52 | 52' | $ 1,571,227 | 10 | 3 |
| Catana 65 | 66.6' | $ 1,095,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Rapido 60 | 59.38' | $ 1,950,000 | 7 | 1 |
| Swan Swan 65 | 65.98' | $ 432,142 | 5 | 4 |
| NEEL 65You are here | — | $ 1,321,433 | 4 | 0 |
| X-Yachts X-65 | 65.65' | $ 1,166,919 | 4 | 3 |