Doing it in comfort.

[photodog]

I don't like the position of the prop..... No prop wash over the rudder.


And she has too many masts....

 

[Sybarite]

The current ones are not real Amels IMHO.

Henri Amel knew what he was doing when it comes to designing long distance cruising boats capable of being sailed by a couple. Although I think the last 2 o3 incarnations were over electrified.

I would love to have a Maramu with slab reefing and the two windlass anchor setup, a proper job.

Everything was electrified in the last versions (Super Maramau 2000) for which Henri Amel took responsibility. He refused to have hydraulics oin board. As he said, everybody anywhere in the world can fix or replace an electric motor, but it takes a rare specialist to deal with hydraulics.

Somebody asked if his drop down bow thruster was reliable. He replied that if they wanted, he would give them a lifetime guarantee on it.

Everything was done to facilitate maintenance which is why he refused to have wood on the outside of the boat, hence the much criticized imitation teak decks.

After his departure it was decided to make the boats perform better and hence outside architects were brought in for the first time (Berret Racoupeau). One of the consequences was finer keel silhouettes which meant that the fuel tanks could no longer be situated in the keel nor have their famous float gauge in a transparent tube. Pity because it was another no-fail item.

 

[Sybarite]

I don't like the position of the prop..... No prop wash over the rudder.


And she has too many masts....

I think the prop shaft design is brilliant. No problems ever of shaft alignment; the shaft drive is contained in the afterend of the keel.

 

[photodog]

Nice and safe, Not going to catch anything... But I like a bit of prop wash... I suppose if you have a bow thruster its not so big a deal... But still.

 

[snooks]

Nice and safe, Not going to catch anything... But I like a bit of prop wash... I suppose if you have a bow thruster its not so big a deal... But still.

Indeed, during the week long handover they teach you how to manoeuvre the boat with no prop wash, basically there is a 12 hp bow thruster that you use like a forward rudder. The other advantage of the prop behind the keel is that the power is transmitted the most effective way, horizontally, not mostly forward and a bit up, it's also lower down where the water is denser, less chance of getting anything caught around it, there is also less chance of cavitation or the prop coming out of the water in a steep sea.

 

[Jamesuk]

No accounting for some people. Go sailing then sit inside watching TV....hmmmm

The new 55 has a 900l fuel capacity

Sailing is not ALL about the sailing you know. 3 weeks at sea, TV is great.

 

[Nicholas123]

http://www.amel.fr/la-gamme/amel-64

Just a couple of million £ - and a bit.

Characterless.

 

[snooks]

Sailing is not ALL about the sailing you know. 3 weeks at sea, TV is great.

The mind boggles how people managed to cross oceans, let alone survive for thousands of years before TV came along

 

[[70521]]

The mind boggles how people managed to cross oceans, let alone survive for thousands of years before TV came along

And no women onboard...

 

[TQA]

I have no figures to back this up but an Amel owner told me a few years ago that Amels have the highest % of circumnavigations of any production boat.

You certainly see them all over the place, salt covered and going about their business quietly.

And none of that varnishing nonsense either.