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Cannes Yachting Festival: the arrival map, 28 August

The Vieux Port opens the autumn order book. First-time buyers and brokers crowd the 20-40m class before Monaco closes the deals upstream.

Cannes Yachting Festival·Mid-September

The signal Europe's biggest on-water boat show opens the autumn yacht-market season. The order book for the 20-40m class is set here, two weeks before Monaco closes the deals upstream. Cannes sells the mid-size production fleet, Monaco sells the rest.

The fleet More than 600 boats will occupy the Vieux Port. This is the production-yacht market en masse, not the custom-shipyard showcase. Expect the 20-40m class to dominate the quayside and the brokerage pens.

The crowd First-time yacht buyers graduating upward are the primary footfall. Brokers and production-yacht dealers attend in volume. This is a working market, not a social calendar stop.

The logistics The festival runs from 8 September in the Vieux Port, Cannes. Arrivals are by yacht or jet. Plan berthing and slot requests now, as the port fills before the Monaco leg begins.

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Europe’s biggest on-water boat show opens the autumn yacht-market season: 600+ boats in the Vieux Port, two weeks before Monaco closes the deals upstream.

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The signal Europe's biggest on-water boat show opens the autumn yacht-market season. The order book for the 20-40m class is set here, two weeks before Monaco closes the deals upstream. Cannes sells the mid-size production fleet, Monaco sells the rest.

The fleet More than 600 boats will occupy the Vieux Port. This is the production-yacht market en masse, not the custom-shipyard showcase. Expect the 20-40m class to dominate the quayside and the brokerage pens.

The crowd First-time yacht buyers graduating upward are the primary footfall. Brokers and production-yacht dealers attend in volume. This is a working market, not a social calendar stop.

The logistics The festival runs from 8 September in the Vieux Port, Cannes. Arrivals are by yacht or jet. Plan berthing and slot requests now, as the port fills before the Monaco leg begins.

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