As the current owner of the SM with hull no 232, we will just say
thank you for the information of the deck construction.

Regards
Ann-Sofie and Jonas
S/Y Lady Annila
SM 232



--- In amelyachtowners@..., "Jean Boucharlat"
<jean.boucharlat@...> wrote:

To the best of my knowledge in the late 70's and early 80's Amel

used to

build both types of decks, balsa cored and straight FRP. The balsa

cored

decks used to be an option for better insulation and they called it
"Tropical" or something similar. In 1981, I ordered a Maramu,

delivered in

October of that year, with the balsa core option. Later on, they
standardized production to balsa cored decks only and this is how

my (1998

model, hull 232), and all other, SM's came.

In order to know if a particular boat of that period was cored or

FRP only

you would probably have to check directly with the yard, they keep

excellent

records.



Jean Boucharlat