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Cannes Yachting Festival
Mid-September· Vieux Port, Cannes
Yachting Superyacht Private jet
Why the circuit stops here
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.
The money signal
The season’s order book opens here: Cannes sells the 20-40m class, Monaco sells the rest.
Journal
Latest dispatches and guides from this stop.
Dispatch
Cannes Yachting Festival: the arrival map, 16 September
The Vieux Port closes its two-week window. Order books for the 20-40m class are set before the circuit moves upstream to Monaco.
Read article DispatchCannes Yachting Festival: the 20-40m class sets the autumn order book
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Read article GuideCannes Yachting Festival: how the circuit hits Vieux Port
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Read articleWho's there
First-time yacht buyers graduating upward, brokers, the production-yacht market en masse.
How they arrive
- The harbour is the venue: berths book out months ahead and the best parties happen on deck, not on shore.
- Private aviation is the default: expect FBO slots and hotel helipads to be the real constraint, not tickets.
On the calendar
Also in September: Frieze Seoul · Fashion Month · Singapore Grand Prix · Monaco Yacht Show · Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez