I sail with a really nice Englishman on an old Amel Sharki 41 ketch, S/V
"Lionheart". Oh, I love that boat....I helped him bring her home...(c;

Cruising http://www.amel.fr/en/pages-amel/amel54.htm
I noted they had a little video cruise to demo their new 54', which is
actually 56' 5" LOA, an unusual truth-in-advertising for the boat biz.

Oh, I'm SO glad it's still ok to sit at my computer and dream a little.
Geoffrey was on the 54 at the Annapolis Boat Show and is still in shock
from its +$US1M pricetag......(c;

"Can we build one for YOU?".......

If you cruise with Google Earth to:
rue Joseph Cugnot, La Rochelle, France
you'll see Joe Cug Knot Street is a dead end street going ESE. Out on the
dead end, you'll see a lift hanging over two Amel 54s in a test tank of
some kind. The one to the north is mine....... Call 'em to reserve the
other one.