A friend of mine, who is living aboard his catamaran in the

sent me the following story via email:

"I have "rich" friends from Switzerland who were proud of their

Maramu until last year, when the keel broke in the middle on the
thickest part. The Amel station in Guadeloupe was no help, Amel

them to bring the boat to La Rochelle which they refused to do

broken keel and after a year and a lot of pressure Amel finally

and shipped a keel to Trinidad !"

Is that really true? I have never ever heard about a broken keel -

especially not on an Amel.

Best regards
Lars, Denmark