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For the third consecutive year since its creation in 2017, AMEL Yachts are pleased to announce their partnership with the “Rallye des Iles du Soleil”. The rally will depart on October 31st from La Palma in the Canary Islands to cross the Atlantic, make a stopover in the Cape Verde islands before going to Marie-Galante in Guadeloupe.

We hope to see AMEL yachts in numbers again for this year’s edition, after 3 of them took part in the rally last year. With our partnership in mind, the first ten boats to sign for the crossing will receive a financial support from AMEL.

WHY PARTICIPATE IN THE “RALLYE DES ILES DU SOLEIL”?

In order to benefit from many advantages, such as:

– supervision by professionals,

– a departure port, Marina La Palma, which is ideal for preparing a Transatlantic crossing,

– an arrival in Marie-Galante, the jewel of the Islands of Guadeloupe,

– the chance to navigate with the trade winds in your sails,

– preparatory seminars prior to departure (technical, medical, weather, etc.),

– technical and practical aids at the departure and arrival port,

– rally, weather and medical briefing sessions prior to departure,

– satellite tracking of the fleet,

– an official website with cartography to track the boats involved,

– daily dispatches to all the boats of two positions/day, weather updates and news from the fleet,

– collaboration with many international shipyards, – support from top quality institutional, technical, press and private partners!

For more information on the Rally, feel free to send us an email at : media@amel.fr

Exhibited for the first time at the BOOT Düsseldorf from 18 to 26 this January, our newest sailboat, AMEL 60 has won the title of European Yacht of the Year in the category “Luxury-Cruiser”. Winning this award for a second time after the AMEL 50’s triumph in 2018 is the consecration of all our team’s work. Born of an active cooperation between our different departments and the yacht designer Berret-Racoupeau, AMEL 60 confirms the course taken since the launch of the AMEL 50 with the wind of new ideas blowing on AMEL yachts.

Built in 1986, the Fango Heimana II was the last boat owned by Henri Amel, the founder of Chantiers AMEL. This sloop measuring almost 10 meters was produced on a small scale compared to its contemporary and bigger sisters, the Sharki, Maramu and Mango. In addition, the Heimana II was a special Fango and had been fitted with unusual equipment: like the bigger boats, she had an electric furling mast, a bow thruster and even a stern thruster, a desalinator, a fuel heater and air conditioning, as well as all the navigation and communication equipment at the forefront of 80s technology … in short, a real gem!

Retired at our shipyard since the disappearance of her “Captain”, the Heimana II suffered from not being restored and returned to the water. Fortunately, a former AMEL shipyard worker, now retired but an outstanding mechanic, who had sailed a lot with Henri Amel, recently decided to bring this historic Fango back to life. For about 6 months now, this enthusiast has been coming to work on the boat almost every day and spends hours restoring her mechanical devices, electricity, plumbing, doing a few polyester repairs, touching up some things inside (while she had still kept her original brilliance, especially her varnished mahogany).

A few weeks ago, Heimana II was hoisted to be put into our control pool (next to an Amel 50, she seemed so proud!). A real christening in the air, suspended at the end of this huge crane, 30 metres high and skimming over trees!

She just has to wait a few more days and then she can finally get back into salt water. We can’t wait to see her set sail in the ocean again!