Re: 2026 Downwind Circumnavigation Boat Choice: Amel 50 sloop or Amel 55 ketch?
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Bruno COTTE
It was exactly my dilemma . After test on A 50 it is more modern but I think less adapted for circumnavigation ( fridges are perpendicular to the axis as example )it is 1/3 to 50% more expensive than a vey recent A 55.
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The A 55 is more spacious . Some items are less easy ( cleaning the bilge as example ) but is for me more confortable at sea but the interior is globally less optimised than on the A 50. I crossed many times the Atlantic and once the pacific . With advanced furlers no problem with a sloop ( my pacific crossing was with a sloop with 26 m mast and I was just with my wife ) Thé ketch seems easier to handle as with electrical winches and furlers it is less and less true ) the mizzen is however more practical to pick up an engine in the lazaret than the sloop with its extension in the boom . Moreover I prefer a rudder with a good skeg than 2 rudders on the sloop … at the end I have bought an Amel 55#63 from end 2017 with the 2 aft cabins configurations last year but definitely the Amel 50 could have been also a good choice . For me the last points which made my decision was the delivery schedule and the 50% more for the A 50 with all the options I wished ) Concerning sailing my conclusion is that it is as a colour choice both approaches have advantages and weakness … Envoyé de mon iPhone
Le 16 janv. 2022 à 17:08, Fred Vitale <fredvitale@...> a écrit :
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