Maramu
13.80 m, built from 1978 to 1989
AMEL Shipyard
In 1978, Ateliers et Chantiers AMEL becomes Chantiers AMEL S.A., a public limited company. Jacques Carteau is appointed CEO in 1979.
The Route des Cocotiers
October 1975 to June 1976: Henri Amel crosses the Atlantic to the West Indies and then sails through the Panama Canal to Polynesia, aboard the Meltem ‘Capitoune II’, which he had promised to deliver personally to a client and friend in Tahiti. He is accompanied by 3 crew members. During…
Meltem
16 m, built from 1974 to 1977
The first La Rochelle Grand Pavois
20th – 23rd September 1973: La Rochelle hosts its very first international in-water boat show, the Grand Pavois, the brainchild of four La Rochelle boatbuilders: Henri Amel, Michel Dufour, Fernand Hervé and Roger Mallard. Photo credits : Archives Sud Ouest – Jean Gaillard.
Euros 41
12.35 m, built from 1972 to 1978
AMEL in Guadeloupe
Opening of a rental company, Guadeloupe Yachting, in Pointe-à-Pitre, which is replaced by an AMEL after-sales service base in 1981.
Kirk
11.02 m, built from 1971 to 1978
Garbi
6 m, built from 1971 to 1972
The fire
On 3rd February 1968, the ARPIN workshops are completely destroyed by fire. Henri Amel decides to build his new shipyard in Périgny, La Rochelle’s newest industrial estate, with the new premises being inaugurated in January 1969. Since that date, all AMEL yachts up to and including the current models have…
