NEO 520 Roma

The NEO 520 Roma is an 18-metre performance crossover from Neo Yachts & Composites of Bari, southern Italy, drawn by Ceccarelli Yacht Design. Carrying Neo's distinctive look, she shows muscle with elegance — offered on a shared platform in three versions: fast cruiser, cruiser-racer or full racer, each delivering high average speeds on crossings and deliveries.

Every line serves a technical purpose. A reverse bow gives a longer waterline and less weight forward, while the low freeboard lowers the centre of gravity and raises righting moment. Built entirely in carbon-fibre epoxy infusion, she displaces just 9,150 kg. Her deep keel combines a Weldox steel structure, carbon-fibre moulded shells and a 3,830 kg CNC-machined bulb — half the total displacement — and is offered fixed (3.5 / 3.6 m), hydraulic lifting or electric telescopic (down to 2.1 m). Twin carbon wheels on Dyneema cables give a true dinghy feeling, with a single deep rudder or twin rudders, beneath a Pauger Composites high-modulus carbon mast and boom.

Below, composite interiors are part of the structure, cutting weight and maintenance while maximising space. Three layouts are offered: the symmetrical sport-oriented Layout A, the classic fast-cruiser Layout B with an en-suite owner cabin, and the crossover Layout C with a true owner cabin — all with three cabins, a chain locker and a forward sail locker usable as a crew cabin. The 5-metre transom houses a tender garage closed by a wide beach platform for easy swimming.

Special Features

• Full carbon-fibre epoxy infusion; composite interiors integrated into the structure
• Ceccarelli Yacht Design reverse bow, long waterline, low freeboard and integrated deck cabin
• Keel: Weldox structure, carbon moulded shells, 3,830 kg CNC bulb (50% of displacement)
• Keel options: fixed 3.5 / 3.6 m, hydraulic lifting 3.6–2.1 m, electric telescopic 3.5–2.1 m
• Twin carbon wheels, light-alloy rudder sector, unidirectional Dyneema cables; single deep rudder or twin rudders
• Pauger Composites 3-spreader high-modulus carbon mast and boom, Rod BSI standing rigging
• Dyneema SK78 halyards and sheets, 8 Harken Performa winches, Spinlock stoppers, solid boom vang
• Sail wardrobe (preliminary): Main 100 m², Jib 71 m², Code 0 160 m², Asymmetric 300 m²
• 3 layouts (A / B / C), 3 cabins, 2 heads with separate showers, dining for 8
• Tender garage with wide beach platform in the 5 m transom
• Mastervolt lithium 24V 5.5 kW, hot water circuit
• Options: carbon rigging, hydraulic headstay tuning / mast jack / boom vang, electric winches, coffee grinders, water ballast 650 L per side, A/C, watermaker, windlass, bow thruster