Cannes Yachting Festival: the new configuration is ready to be discovered

Over 600 exhibitors from around the world will present approximately 700 boats ranging from 5 to 50 meters in length, including both sailing and motor boats, monohulls and multihulls, rigid and semi-rigid, new and used, along with hundreds of state-of-the-art pieces of equipment. These are the numbers of the Cannes Yachting Festival, the inaugural event of the boating season and the largest in-water boat show in Europe, returning to the heart of the French Riviera for its 47th edition from September 10 to 15, 2024. The show, enriched with a new marina covering over 2,000 square meters, will gather the best of the international boating offerings from Vieux Port to Port Canto and will showcase over 160 new products and world premieres.

The anticipation for the next edition of the Cannes Yachting Festival is through the roof. Over the years, the event has established itself as the must-attend event in the yachting world, and next September it will be presented in a new configuration that will further enhance the 700 boats on display compared to previous years. A major novelty this year is Port Canto with its new marina dedicated to Power Boats, which will match Vieux Port in terms of the number of boats exhibited. The exhibitors present in the Power Boat Marina will be over 60.

For the first time, the visitors of the Cannes Yachting Festival will be able to go all the way round Port Canto, in a +/- 2.5 km loop. The port will offer an even clearer and simplified tour with virtually a quay, or a large area, dedicated to a type of boat. Located between the Sailing and Yacht Brokerage & Toys areas that have been accommodated in Port Canto for several years, the new area dedicated to power boats will cover around 2,000 m² and provide more than 300 m of linear quayside to present 170 motor boats (140 in-water and thirty ashore), with rigid or semirigid hulls. A selection of outboard engines suitable for these boat sizes will also be presented next to the boats.

In the heart of the city, the Vieux Port remains the home port for the motor boat industry, with the wealth and range of what it offers. In water, 350 new boats from 10 to 50 metres long – monohulls and multihulls, with rigid or semi-rigid hulls – will be exhibited by the greatest names in French and international yachting, alongside all the equipment manufacturers and service companies that work with this industry. Large inwater yachts will be moored in their usual locations at the Jetée and the Super Yachts Extension.

Like Port Canto, the Vieux Port will also be subject to new arrangements compared to previous years. More specifically, the main entrance will be moved next to the famous steps film stars walk up during the Film Festival and near the Croisette. The engine manufacturers that equip the superyachts can be seen along the beach opposite the Palais. They will introduce new exhibition structures while a new entrance will be opened at the heart of the Pantiero (replacing the one at Quai Max Laubeuf). This entrance will be accessible to visitors, journalists and exhibitors of the Cannes Yachting Festival.

In its 47th edition, the Cannes Yachting Festival will also feature an “Innovation Route” aimed at promoting innovations that represent a breakthrough in nautical technology and are eco-friendly.

“2024 represents a year of adaptation and new opportunities for the Cannes Yachting Festival – explains Sylvie Ernoult, director of the Cannes Yachting Festival – With the works on the Vieux Port underway, we have redesigned the organisation of certain areas to replace them with other different and innovative spaces, such as the creation of a new large marina in Port Canto. The exhibition teams have risen to the challenge, and I am very enthusiastic and proud of the next edition we will be offering our exhibitors and visitors. Once again the Cannes Yachting Festival will be a magnificent setting for all these jewels of the seas and will highlight the unique craftsmanship and experts in boat building,”As is the case every year, it will be extremely easy and fast to get around, with the option of going from one port to the other thanks to free sea shuttles”.