Neo 430
NEO YACHT'S & COMP · Giovanni Ceccarelli · 2020
Updated
The Neo 430 is a 13.07 m planing racing yacht designed by Giovanni Ceccarelli and built by NEO YACHT'S & COMP, first launched in 2020. It races in Class A. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 80% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 80% of the boats it races against.
10th of 46 in its class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 29 starts across 12 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
13.07 m
42′ 11″
Beam
4.05 m
Draft
2.89 m
Displacement
6.1 t
Sail area
113 m²
On the podium
Where a Neo 430 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
28%
of 29 starts by 4 boats
Wins
17%
Read from 29 starts by 4 boats between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Neo 430 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean 6002026
Regata dei Due Golfi (Lignano)2026
Rolex Middle Sea Race2025- ORC DH World Championship2025
- Campionato Italiano ORC - Triestina della Vela2025
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
7%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
47%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The designs a Neo 430 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Swan 45 (6 meetings), IMX 38 (6 meetings), Rimar 44.3 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (5 meetings), X-3 (5 meetings), Wallyrocket 51 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (5 meetings), X-37 (5 meetings), X-372 (5 meetings), Comet 45 (5 meetings), Millenium 40 (5 meetings), Comet 41 (5 meetings), Oceanis 46.1 (6 meetings), Elan 333 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (6 meetings), Neo 400 (5 meetings), Xp 50 (4 meetings), Ice 52 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Neo 430 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
6.36
37°
Beam reach
10.83
90°
Broad reach
13.64
135°
Downwind VMG
10.62
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.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. 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 cracked off when it blows, 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
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 1.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Neo 430
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.35 | 5.72 | 6.15 | 6.36 |
| 52° | 6.62 | 8.20 | 8.64 | 8.93 |
| 60° | 6.97 | 8.46 | 8.95 | 9.32 |
| 75° | 7.25 | 8.75 | 9.45 | 10.04 |
| 90° | 7.25 | 8.95 | 9.84 | 10.83 |
| 110° | 7.05 | 9.05 | 10.29 | 12.08 |
| 120° | 6.85 | 9.09 | 10.52 | 12.70 |
| 135° | 6.14 | 8.61 | 10.34 | 13.64 |
| 150° | 5.12 | 7.66 | 9.22 | 12.26 |
| Run VMG | 4.44 | 6.63 | 8.00 | 10.62 |
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 770 kg.
Rigging
Neo 430 rig and sail dimensions
A Neo 430 carries 17.20 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.79 m boom, a forestay 17.11 m above the deck and a 7.13 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 8 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 171 to 191 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.