Hi David just to be clear the sail that came with your boat and fits in the Genoa foil is the Balooner some owners have also added a Gennaker but that is a totally different animal.

Hi Thomas, I am not sure they are custom made. They are only so many many mast profiles and size. Selden or sparcraft may have that for your profile. Good luck with the project, -- John Bernard "JB"

Hi JB, I replaced all standing rigging last year, before our trip to Norway. I got a quote from my rigger to install the running back stays. The quote includes Selden Backing plates with T-eye's. You

Hi Alan, Thank you for your thoughts, I will take them into consideration. The stay is attached via chain plate on the vertical bulkhead:

Hi Gerhard, Yes their certainly is a pigeon stay, just not visible on the photo.

Thomas, Be careful. We had a reputable shop rebuild that on a previous Swan. Hire a professional rigging shop. Make sure they have adequate limits on their general liability insurance policy. They

Trevor, I would guess that Le Marin, Martinique has contractors (including an Amel office) where they can repair vessels? I don’t think hurricane damaged Beneteaus/Jeanneaus/Bavaris/Lagoons are

Hi Thomas, Absolutely you need running backstays for a staysail like that to counteract the load on the mast produced by the winded sail at it's attachment point on the mast. We have a staysail on

Hi David; Welcome to the Amel Family. We are sister ships. You’ll find all Amels a great yacht that will provide many years of enjoyable use. On the A54, the Gennaker is hoisted with a

Dear Bill, You should know better: Nothing is forever on a boat! Even not on an Amel! Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121 Currently in Le Marin, Martinique

Hi David, The Amel owners Manuel for the SM has detailed illustrated instructions, I would expect the 54 to have the same. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Thanks Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550 www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com Yacht School Calendar:

This is the one I use. I cannot confirm it is official or totally accurate. Hope it helps Roque Attika A54 # 117 Em ter., 1 de mar. de 2022 às 13:29, CW Bill Rouse <brouse@...> escreveu: --

We too used Velos in the Med, through the London office. Ours was a US Flagged, US owned SM. We received permission to continue cover in the Caribbean, excluding US waters. Things change frequently

You should also check closely how the previous owner attached the non-Amel staysail to the deck. Most that I have seen have either used a backing plate on the balsa-cored deck, attached it to the

I do not see A54 Polar in the Files section. If you have a copy, there is a 54 owner in need. Either add it to files or email it to me and I will send it to the owner and add it to Files.

We are covered by Velos Marine Insurance Specialties out of London, underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE. The following is verbiage from the insurance certificate: This Certificate is issued

Usually there is a stay between main and mizzen. -- Gerhard Mueller Amel Sharki #60 Currently North Sea, Germany

When I previously checked this company (https://netherlands.co.gd/) I found that it is currently a cooperative owned by citizens of Grenada. Their website states: "Currently with a majority of local

This will be a forever manifold! Bill CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550 www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com View My