I’ve had insurance through Pantaenius US since my boat was new. Excellent experience and excellent pricing at a little more than .5% of insured value this year. Coverage was all of the Med, Western Bl

New is 1200 plus, never used, kept as a spare since new in 2016. Located in Almerimar, Costa del Sol, until August 26. Joerg Esdorn A55 Kincsem

Hi Barry, there have been several Parasailor threads recently. Please check out my posts on using the Parasailor with the "Tacker". If you do, you won't need a bow sprit. I don't find I need a bow spr

I would highly recommend Basimakopoulos shipyard in Kilada on Peloponnes. Competent, nice people doing work at a reasonable price. And the location is very safe from freak winds and thieves.

To reinforce what Bill is saying: don’t go to the shipyard in Marina di Ragusa. It’s the worst experience I’ve had in decades. And I would go further. If you want any work done on your boat, don’t go

Scott, the runners on my boat are in two parts. Part one comes down from the mast and ends in a loop 1 m above the deck and is tensioned with a block and tackle to the base of the shrouds with a snap

Amel has published the attached guide regarding the use of runners on the A55. This can be found on the Amel Club website, just as several other short papers on operation and maintenance of the boat.

I don’t know current pricing. The generator and mizzen attachment was about 3K 2 years ago but I believe prices have gone up. Definitely cheaper to have more solar but I like the mix of power sources.

I don’t know off the top of my head but there is an output curve on their website which is pretty good. The big benefit is that it’s running all the time when you’re in 7 knots apparent or more. So I

I have a Superwind half way up the mizzen mast and it is completely silent. I have a special connector between the mast bracket and the generator which makes the unit sit and rotate on a plastic plate

Hi Gerry, I have owned a 55 for 4 years and sailed it some 9000 miles. I’m not selling it. I think you should talk to real owners, rather than consultants or people interested in selling you something

Hi Stefania, the A55 doesn't have the "horns" but that should not mean that you cannot have a Parasailor on your boat. There are several SMs with "horns" and Parasailors so you should compare your set

Paul, the Parasailor is not as easy to launch as my Code Zero on a furler but it's less work than setting the pole. There are two ways to set it. The standard way is using 2 sheets and 2 guys running

One more vote for Basimakopoulos. My boat was on the hard there for the winter 2017/18. The yard and their contractors do excellent work and prices are reasonable. They will connect you with a very re

Paul, I have a Parasailor and I use it without a pole. It's attached to the forestay with an ATN Tacker. It's much more stable than a symmetrical or asymmetrical spinnaker and much more forgiving - it

Paul, i, too, have had a failure of the sonic speed transducer but the new one - a much revised model Airmar I’m told - has been working flawlessly for 2 years. If you do not have a BSP reading, you s

i have C Map on my Furuno TZ Plotter and Navionics on my iPad as a backup. I’ve been noticing that the C Map charts for the Med often lack detail where we cruising sailors need it most: many little ba

I have a W@S on my 55. I use it for longer distances - overnight trips. I find that together with wind generator and 400 W solar, the hydro covers all or almost all consumption with 2 fridges and a fr

As I said above, that’s exactly the problem I found and fixed: loose connection in the voltage sensing cable for the alternator. But the latest is that the alarm came back on last night after 8 hours

No such issue on my boat. Joerg Esdorn A55 #53 Kincsem