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Further to the French President’s speech of March 16 and the confinement imposed by our government, we had decided on March 17 to suspend our production activity. Only a small team remained in the yard to achieve the finishing works on two boats. Since then we have worked on how to organize the return to work and on April 8 we could see 30% of our staff coming back to the yard, all volunteers and all covered by our labour doctor’s recommendations (personal protective equipment, tools disinfection, barrier gestures, social distancing, etc.).

So, a few employees were able to return to their work, in every stage of the production line. The workshops of course are still very quiet compared to usual conditions, but we are very happy to have adapted ourselves to the situation and to have managed a progressive return to our activity. We are very grateful to our teams who submit themselves to these particular working conditions. Our wish is to return to a full activity as soon as possible, knowing that the new confinement period imposed by our government is running until May 11.

Our partners such as carriers, crane operators and harbour staff have also partially returned to work, and thanks to them we could launch an Amel 50 last week.

This crisis has disturbed everyone and will keep on disturbing a lot of people during several months. It keeps our minds busy all day (and sometimes all night too!). But at Amel we have the will and the resources to go back to our work, respecting all the rules imposed by the current situation of course. Our staff is ready and is looking forward to being fully operational again, in order to keep on building Amel yachts and to see many of them sailing on all the seas very soon.

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.