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Cannes Yachting Festival: the essential briefing, 31 August
Europe’s largest on-water boat show opens the autumn yacht-market season. Six hundred vessels in the Vieux Port set the 20-40m class order book before Monaco closes upstream.
Cannes Yachting Festival·Mid-SeptemberThe signal The season’s order book opens here. Cannes sells the 20-40m class, Monaco sells the rest. Six hundred boats in the Vieux Port establish pricing and availability two weeks before the market moves upstream.
The calendar The festival runs from 8 September, mid-September window. Arrivals by yacht or jet. The Vieux Port is the primary basin.
The market First-time yacht buyers graduating upward, brokers, the production-yacht market en masse. This is the volume tier of the autumn circuit.
The read Cannes is the opening auction. Order books set here determine the deal flow that closes in Monaco. Watch the 20-40m class for the season’s pricing baseline.
Editorial note: this article was generated from Rich Circuit's structured recurring event record. It is scheduled analysis, not live reporting. Confirm exact edition dates with the organiser.
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Cannes Yachting Festival
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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