{"id":529,"date":"2021-07-14T02:19:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T00:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ob36.org\/?p=529"},"modified":"2025-03-22T10:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T09:02:10","slug":"cannes-yacht-festival-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ob36.org\/en\/cannes-yacht-festival-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes Yachting Festival preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ob36.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cannes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-533\" width=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ob36.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cannes.jpg 833w, https:\/\/ob36.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cannes-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ob36.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cannes-768x276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ob36.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cannes-16x6.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cannes boat show, called the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/en-gb.html\" target=\"_blank\">Yachting Festival<\/a>, is around the corner (7 to 12 September 2021). It is amply in-water and the French riviera in September is an easy sell to spend a few days \ud83d\ude42 The Festival has just annouced their <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services.html?refinementList%5B0%5D%5B0%5D=filters.Type.lvl0%3Aid-565140\" target=\"_blank\">list of exposed boats<\/a>, and this is a good occasion to just do that: dream, visit, learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this stage of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ob36.org\/en\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">my long term dream<\/a>, I intend to use the festival to catch up with &#8220;the latest&#8221;, build knowledge and come up with a list of the key questions that I will eventually have to answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My initial dream boat (\/bias) goes towards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a truly bluewater boat<\/li><li>in the 45-52ft range<\/li><li>aluminium<\/li><li>centerboarder monohull<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is already quite defining. In this game, Garcia, Allure, Alubat, Boreal are the obivous brands. Now, unless I missed something (see footnote *), there&#8217;s no such model on display in Cannes. I actually see it as an opportunity to challenge this bias and, for the sake of organising the visit, I plan to gradually give up my opening assumption: the time is at opening doors, not picking a winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first bias I am willing to challenge is the monohull part and I absolutely want to see the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-c9be8edd-8fdd-433f-959b-360a5a843ef6.pro-e378499c-fd25-4354-92ba-011845aa560c.html\" target=\"_blank\">Garcia 52 explocat<\/a>. To me, it justifies alone the trip to Cannes (nevermind the very average picture on the festival&#8217;s site). Besides, it&#8217;s her worldwide premiere and if I ever give up my bias for monohulls, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.garciayachts.com\/en\/yachts\/catamaran\/explocat-52\/\" target=\"_blank\">I know where my attention will go<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, the other bias that I am willing to challenge is the construction material. Aluminum is natually a very heavy filter and giving this one up opens up many possibilities. It pretty much comes together with giving up the centreboarder and go for an actual keel. Four boats caught my attention here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-1725e6b0-6880-44f9-b07a-fdf318065530.pro-f0d8c651-98c1-4006-b10c-529d12fca38b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amel 50<\/a>. It is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amel.fr\/amel50\/\" target=\"_blank\">a famous and very nice boat <\/a>that deserves a lot of attention. And while at it, the 60ft grand sister will be there too \ud83d\ude42<\/li><li>Failing to be accompanied by its larger sisters, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-43554be1-c8f3-4acf-8b73-91968f8ec2c3.pro-667272e2-03ec-4195-9729-f622d930421a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bavaria 42C <\/a>got very much praised when released last year and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bavariayachts.com\/sailing-yachts\/c42\/highlights\" target=\"_blank\">certainly deserves a look<\/a>. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elan-yachts.com\/en\/yacht-lines\/gt-line\/elan-gt6\" target=\"_blank\">Elan GT6<\/a> might not be a grand cruiser but left me intrigued.<\/li><li>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dufour-yachts.com\/fr\/voiliers-de-luxe\/dufour-530\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dufour 530<\/a> as well might not be a grand cruiser but the pitch about merging their racing and cruising lines is certainly worth a close eye.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giving up on the length requirement (and probably the purse to acquire them !!!), there are number of models that look completely yummy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-495f87be-d934-4af6-bbb2-2aae767f721b.pro-756fe8c8-de37-49bb-aa97-2596b59da846.html\" target=\"_blank\">Contest55CS<\/a> is a beauty, as this years European Yacht of the Year acknowledges. This is her first show in France and I can only <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.contestyachts.com\/contest-range\/sailing-yachts\/55cs\" target=\"_blank\">praise a quite comprehensive presentation<\/a>.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-884af9b6-3cb7-4a31-a2a1-4c1fc0fe7e63.pro-8ad0e7c3-630e-45a9-b60f-ed0692968d38.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hallberg-Rassy 57<\/a> is, how would you say, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hallberg-rassy.com\/yachts\/new-hallberg-rassy-57\/\" target=\"_blank\">an eye-dropper<\/a> in terms of elegance, with a nordic touch?<\/li><li>Not brand new (it&#8217;s a 2018 model), the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-cfd73dbf-f951-48c2-8d96-49eca3339ffe.pro-f6693c46-ca48-430d-953c-9abf700e98f1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hanse 548 <\/a>is another must-see.<\/li><li>I&#8217;m not eager on stereotypes, but one has to reckon that the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-aa2d3015-a700-42bc-bc6b-a8a40df08bd8.pro-48d6340b-38cf-40a5-8fbc-8a22d02a182d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Italia Yacht 54<\/a>, aside being beautiful and likely well performing, puts forward <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.italiayachts.com\/en\/italia-15-98\/\" target=\"_blank\">a number of design options<\/a> that are rather sophisticated.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-637c9b00-5de8-4a0f-a4be-ea8adffceee8.pro-8ae59026-499d-4ff9-8b67-d1c4720daba0.html\" target=\"_blank\">The X5.6<\/a> seems like a must see too.  <\/li><li>Finally, I&#8217;m very curious about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-98e98bf3-f229-4db5-bc54-d8393fc57fe2.pro-def92439-705a-431c-820f-b091a8f4b4fa.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNB66<\/a>&#8216;s selling point to be the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnb-yachts.com\/semi-custom\/cnb66\" target=\"_blank\">largest sailing boat manageable<\/a> in a family-type crew. I have a hard time imagining doing so with anything beyond 55ft, but I am very open to be proven wrong. (oh, and did I mention that the 76 model will be there too?)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final category is made of the models geared up for racing \/ shorter journeys. I am not up to give up long distance cruising, in relative confort, but who could pass by the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-9f102734-2c6c-4dfd-adaf-df06e280ee25.pro-c9adfa33-9cdb-4761-9386-a63d6150158b.html\" target=\"_blank\">First Yacht 53<\/a>, a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-28338590-c166-4e3e-b5f6-236deacd7c9c.pro-145ae784-360e-4eb7-b8a5-9c5f3cf717c9.html\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Soleil<\/a>, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cannesyachtingfestival.com\/fr-fr\/bateaux-produits-services\/details.exh-33cf0487-8997-4c24-b25f-5879b1a68c5e.pro-cac5c43b-8746-4844-8542-2af37f3a9e6d.html\" target=\"_blank\">ICE 52 Rs<\/a> (yes, a carbon boat!), any Swan, etc without dreaming away?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Two questions to conclude<\/span><\/strong>: First, did I miss anything? Second, what else did caught YOUR attention?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*  Two closing remarks as a footnote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, to the Cannes Festival website manager: is it so hard to design better filters?  Filters are scarce (why not filter by hull material, or keel type\/depth?) and why put boats into fixed length categories. For example, boats are considered 10m to 15m or 15m to 20m long&#8230;. that&#8217;s not very helpful for someone looking for a 14-16m, not to mention that a 10m and 15m hardly fall in the same category :-\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, to the boat manufacturers themselves: why is it that X-Yachts manages to do such a nice<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/configurator.x-yachts.com\/x56\/hull\" target=\"_blank\"> configurator<\/a>? A step lower but already better than most is Hanse 548<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hanseyachtsag.com\/hanse\/fr\/boats\/hanse-548\/configurateur\/nouveau-bateau\/\" target=\"_blank\"> configurator<\/a>. And while you are at it, it would be really nice to then generate a virtual visit for that particular configuration \ud83d\ude09 . 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