The next paris Boat Show will take place from 6 to 14 December at Porte de Versailles. This year's edition will be packed with exceptional events and entertainment and will highlight many new features.
Exceptional events and entertainment
On Saturday, December 6, the Route du Rhum - destination Guadeloupe 2014 will be back on the Nautic stage. This official ceremony will be an opportunity to meet these brave and daring skippers who made us dream the previous month, aboard their racing boats.
On Sunday, December 7, when the Nautic opens, 400 international competitors will cross Paris in Stand Up Paddle, from the Bibliothèque National de France to the Javel docks. This competition, called the Nautic Sup Paris Crossing is the most important race of the discipline and brings together more and more people of all ages and backgrounds. You will be able to admire the riders hurtling down the Seine in front of the Ile Saint-Louis, the Grand Palais, the Eiffel Tower?
Two important events that will take place in the Brittany region, in 2015 and 2016, will be presented at the show. First of all the Volvo Ocean Race in Lorient, from 9 to 17 June, where visitors will be able to meet these exceptional sailors, who braved the oceans to sail around the world for nine months. The other news will be brest Maritime Holidays 2016, France's largest maritime gathering, the premises of which will be unveiled at the show.
Other events and entertainment will be on offer during the Nautic de Paris, including press conferences and boat presentations, such as Macif's new maxi-multihull, with a presentation of the competitors in the Barcelona World Race, the races on the Figaro circuit and the Team France team for the next America's Cup, as well as highlights from the French Sailing Federation.
Finally, the now traditional Nautic Transat by Virtual Regatta as well as the Prix du Livre Maritime l'Express/Le Nautic will allow fans of virtual adventures or beautiful printed books to experience the Nautic 2,014 through their favourite media.
Many new features
In the many halls of the Nautic, visitors will be able to discover many new products.
Space is slipping is developing with a larger kite and surfing offer but also the novelty Stand up paddle which the Nautic has become the annual highlight. Side light veil New products are also expected and can be tested on the 400 m2 pool of the Nautic spot.
In Hall 1, new spaces will welcome the E-Nautic The company has also developed a new website, dedicated to mobile applications, l'Espace croisière The "Grand Voyages" section, designed to group together offers for long-distance travel on ocean liners, or the Traditional Sailing division which should honour the boats of Yves Carcel, creator and unfailing supporter of the Louis Vuitton Cup for many years. The French Navy is also returning this year in Hall 1.
A Theme Village will welcome cruising multihulls who arrive in Paris every year on the evening of 25 November and whose arrival is more and more acrobatic. Visitors will be able to discover the new Bali of Catana and the latest versions of the Foutaine-Pajot and Lagoon, as well as all the key information to carry out your cruise or world tour in the best conditions.
Sailing side Many new products will be on display at Bénéteau, Delher, Dufour, Hanse, JBoats, Jeanneau, Moody and RM of Fora Marine. Light multihulls and the largest sailing yacht ever to enter the nave of Hall 1 since the show's creation, the spectacular new CNB 76, from the Bordeaux Shipyard will also be on display at the Nautic.
The new walkway, refurbished with exhibitors, will give access to the equipment Hall 2.1 and at motorboating Hall 2.2 and Hall 4. In the latter, the Nautic Marina will finally allow you to admire the new products at pontoon level. Among these will be the new Windy, Broom, Clear, Chris Craft, Fjord, Frauscher, or Numo, all representative of the latest trends. It is also in the Marina that the Nautic Design Awards will be presented at the end of the week, after the exhibition of the 10 winners chosen by the online public, and the vote of the prestigious jury chaired by Odile Decq.
Here is the interview with Alain Pichavant, General Commissioner of the Nautic, who presents the 2014 edition of the Nautic de Paris.
