Neo 400
NEO YACHT'S & COMP · Giovanni Ceccarelli · 2017
Updated
The Neo 400 is a 12.70 m planing racing yacht designed by Giovanni Ceccarelli and built by NEO YACHT'S & COMP, first launched in 2017. It races in Class A.
Length
12.70 m
41′ 8″
Beam
3.99 m
Draft
2.87 m
Displacement
5.8 t
Sail area
106 m²
On the podium
Where a Neo 400 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
5%
of 20 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 20 starts by 3 boats between 2014 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Neo 400 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean 6002026
Rolex Middle Sea Race2025
EST 1052025- Aegean 6002024
- Roma per Due2024
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
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Not enough data yet: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
7%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Neo 400 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Marten 49 (7 meetings), Vismara 46 (7 meetings), Solaris 50 (7 meetings), Botin 52 (7 meetings), Swan 48 (7 meetings), TP 52 (Farr) (6 meetings), Farr 49 (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (6 meetings), Neo 430 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (6 meetings), Swan 42 (5 meetings), Farr 45 (4 meetings), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (3 meetings), Elan 333 (3 meetings), X-41 (3 meetings), First 36.7 (2 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (2 meetings), J/111 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (2 meetings), Elan 310 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3200 (3 meetings), Pac 52 (2 meetings), JPK 10.30 (5 meetings), Elan 450 (2 meetings), Italia 11.98 (2 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (4 meetings), HH 42 (2 meetings), First 36 (5 meetings), J/121 (2 meetings), J/11 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Neo 400 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
5.89
40°
Beam reach
10.37
90°
Broad reach
13.43
135°
Downwind VMG
10.29
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.
This is a boat that wants breeze. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage running deep 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 wants to get up and go, and needs pressure to do it.
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 2.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Neo 400
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.08 | 5.47 | 5.78 | 5.89 |
| 52° | 6.24 | 7.97 | 8.32 | 8.49 |
| 60° | 6.59 | 8.26 | 8.65 | 8.89 |
| 75° | 6.87 | 8.53 | 9.18 | 9.60 |
| 90° | 7.07 | 8.61 | 9.56 | 10.37 |
| 110° | 6.93 | 8.89 | 10.07 | 11.21 |
| 120° | 6.65 | 8.88 | 10.32 | 12.24 |
| 135° | 6.01 | 8.39 | 10.05 | 13.43 |
| 150° | 5.01 | 7.50 | 9.00 | 11.88 |
| Run VMG | 4.34 | 6.49 | 7.81 | 10.29 |
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 620 kg.
Rigging
Neo 400 rig and sail dimensions
A Neo 400 carries 16.80 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.80 m boom, a forestay 16.64 m above the deck and a 6.98 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails