With the opening of the Cannes Yachting Festival, the long season of boat shows starts today which, in the month of September alone, includes the appointments of Genoa – the largest exhibition in the Mediterranean – of Monaco (reserved for large boats) and Southampton. In the following months, the most relevant appointments on the calendar are – from 12 to 17 October – the Barcelona boat show and, at the end of the month, the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which the organizers define as “the largest of the seven seas” and which will feature the best of Italian production both in terms of boats and in terms of components and equipment.
More particular, because the reign of nautical engineering in all its parts, is the Mets Trade, scheduled from 16 to 18 November, as always in Amsterdam. We start with Cannes, therefore, a festival that welcomes boats from 3 to 45 meters in the water and less than 10 meters on land, distributed over the two ports of the city. This year there will be around 600 boats and 430 exhibitors, with over one hundred previews. In particular, the Vieux Port will accommodate 450 motor boats from 3 to 45 meters, while on the other side of the Croisette, the Port Canto has been dedicated is the Spazio Vela. It will bring together 108 new boats from 10 to 35 meters, monohulls and multihulls, of which 20 are world novelties. These units are exhibited in the water in front of the stands of construction sites, accessory manufacturers and service companies. These new units work alongside about 50 second-hand boats over 22 meters and nautical toys in the Brokerage Space.
Closed on September 12th, the doors of the French appointment, the nautical world will be ready for the sixty-first Genoa Boat Show, which will start on the 16th with over a thousand boats and new projects on display, one step away from the record number of a thousand brands present. Two hundred thousand square meters, 85% of which outdoors, filled with everything that has to do with the sea. Work in progress to redesign the waterfront will allow for many more boats on the water and will obviously facilitate testing. After the success of last year, the only European appointment due to the covid, reservations make the idea of numbers – and business – even more important.
From Genoa to Montecarlo for the worldly MYS, Monaco Yacht Show, traditionally dedicated to dream boats: 125 superyachts of at least 18 meters from the most important shipyards around the world and over 590 leading companies in the yachting sector. Massive, given the leadership in the segment starting from 24 meters, the Italian presence. In addition to the three names that lead the world rankings – Ferretti, Sanlorenzo and Azimut-Benetti – will exhibit, among others, Fincantieri, AB Yachts, Baglietto, Blugame, Maiora, Mangusta, Nautor’s Swan, Rossinavi, Tankoa. Then, of course, the most beautiful names in components, ports and everything that makes the sea. For an appointment that makes exclusivity its figure, the cost of the ticket could only be up to par: 500 euros. For those looking for boats of that level, after all, not too much …
And let’s move to the other side of the world, the United States. In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the 62nd edition of the gigantic salon will be staged from 27 to 31 October where, in addition to boats, there is everything that makes fun, starting with the most particular cars of prestigious brands. The exhibition is spread over a total area of over 279 thousand square meters with more than 1200 exhibitors from 52 countries. The boats come in all shapes and sizes, from superyachts to the most affordable boats, worth over $ 3 billion, along a path of approximately 10 km of floating docks, connected by a network of water taxis.