Neo 350
NEO YACHT'S & COMP · Giovanni Ceccarelli · 2018
Updated
The Neo 350 is a 10.80 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Giovanni Ceccarelli and built by NEO YACHT'S & COMP, first launched in 2018. It races in Class B.
Length
10.80 m
35′ 5″
Beam
3.62 m
Draft
2.12 m
Displacement
4.5 t
Sail area
72 m²
On the podium
Where a Neo 350 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
13%
of 76 starts by 4 boats
Wins
1%
Read from 76 starts by 4 boats between 2019 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Neo 350 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Klaipėda ORC European Championship2026- 59th Kursiu Mariu Regatta2026
- 59th Kmr Remeju Regata2026
- Garmin ORC World Championship2025
Baltic Offshore Week 2025 - ORC EST and FIN Championship2025
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
10%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
6%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The designs a Neo 350 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Neo 350 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.41
39°
Beam reach
9.05
90°
Broad reach
11.30
135°
Downwind VMG
8.50
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
It needs pressure to show what it can do. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 1.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Neo 350
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.63 | 4.92 | 5.30 | 5.41 |
| 52° | 5.54 | 7.10 | 7.54 | 7.70 |
| 60° | 5.84 | 7.30 | 7.79 | 8.00 |
| 75° | 6.06 | 7.46 | 8.10 | 8.54 |
| 90° | 6.35 | 7.80 | 8.32 | 9.05 |
| 110° | 6.26 | 7.97 | 8.86 | 10.00 |
| 120° | 6.13 | 7.91 | 9.11 | 10.71 |
| 135° | 5.55 | 7.55 | 8.73 | 11.30 |
| 150° | 4.67 | 6.86 | 8.02 | 9.82 |
| Run VMG | 4.05 | 5.94 | 6.99 | 8.50 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 600 kg.
Rigging
Neo 350 rig and sail dimensions
A Neo 350 carries 13.94 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.70 m boom, a forestay 14.21 m above the deck and a 6.23 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 5 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails