Excess 12
Sailboat specifications
The Excess 12 is a 37’7” (11.46m) cruising catamaran designed by VPLP Design (France). She is built since 2019 by Excess Catamarans (France). She has been awarded "2020 - Cruising World - Boat of the Year: Midsize Cruising Catamaran", "2020 - SAIL magazine - Best Cruising Multihull Under 40ft" and "2020 - Multihull of the Year: Under 40 feet".
Excess 12's main features
- Model
- Excess 12
- Hull type
- Catamaran
- Category
- Cruising catamaran
- Sailboat builder
- Sailboat designer
- Country
- France
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
Single skin bottom, sandwich sides and deck: balsa fiberglass polyester (vacuum infusion) - First built hull
- 2019
- Last built hull
- Still in production
- Award(s)
- 2020: Cruising World - Boat of the Year: Midsize Cruising Catamaran
- 2020: SAIL magazine - Best Cruising Multihull Under 40ft
- 2020: Multihull of the Year: Under 40 feet
- Appendages
- Skegs : skeg on each hull
- Helm
- Twin helm wheels
- Rudder
- Twin spade rudders
- Unsinkable
- No
- Trailerable
- No
- EC design categoryiThe CE design category indicates the ability to cope with certain weather conditions (the sailboat is designed for these conditions)
A: Wind < force 9, Waves < 10m
B: Wind < force 8, Waves < 8m
C: Wind < force 6, Waves < 4m
D: Wind < force 4, Waves < 0,5m - A
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About311 000 €(2020)
Excess 12's main dimensions
- Overall length
- 38’ 6”11.74 m
- Hull length
- 37’ 7”11.46 m
- Beam (width)
- 22’ 1”6.73 m
- Draft
- 4’ 5”1.35 m
- Mast height from DWL
- 59’ 11”18.27 m
- Light displacement (MLC)
- 22708 lb10300 kg
Excess 12's rig and sails
- Upwind sail area
- 883 ft²82 m²
- Downwind sail area
- 1259 ft²117 m²
- Mainsail area
- 538 ft²50 m²
- Jib area
- 344 ft²32 m²
- Code 0 area
- 721 ft²67 m²
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi (square top mainsail) fractional
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Rotating spars
- No
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back (diamond)
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire discontinuous
Excess 12's performances
- Upwind sail area to displacementiThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.
The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.
Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat. - 186 ft²/T17.32 m²/T
- Downwind sail area to displacementiThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.
The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size. - 266 ft²/T24.72 m²/T
Excess 12's auxiliary engine
- Engine(s)
- 2 inboard engines
- Engine(s) power (min./max.)
- 29 HP / 45 HP
- Fuel type
- Diesel
- Fuel tank capacity
- 116.2 gal440 liters
Excess 12's accommodations and layout
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Cabin(s) (min./max.)
- 3 / 4
- Berth(s) (min./max.)
- 6 / 10
- Head(s) (min./max.)
- 2 / 4
- Freshwater tank capacity
- 79.3 gal300 liters
- Holding tank capacity
- 42.3 gal160 liters
- Fridge/ice-box capacity
- 34.3 gal130 liters
- Boiler capacity
- 6.6 gal25 liters
Excess 12's fore cabin
- Berth length
- 6’ 8”2.05 m
- Berth width
- 5’ 2”1.6 m
Excess 12's aft cabin
- Berth length
- 6’ 8”2.05 m
- Berth width
- 5’ 2”1.6 m
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