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The Cannes Yachting Festival is gradually becoming a popular arena for showcasing larger yachts , winning over from the Monaco Yacht Show . This year e . g . Cannes played host to the world premieres of two semi-custom superyachts from the Benetti shipyard – the 40-meter Oasis and the 37-meter Motopanfilo , inspired by the 1960s .
Rosetti Superyachts , a division of a giant shipyard , unveiled the long-awaited 38 Exp , its first yacht , and reported of several construction orders .
The Turkish Numarine once again proved that the shipyards in Turkey can be tough competitors to the rest of Europe , by presenting the futuristic explorer 37XP in Cannes .
The Spanish shipyard Astondoa premiered the As5 compact flybridge model in Cannes .
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Cannes Yachting Festival 2021 proved that yacht exhibitions continue to be popular and that the famous festival city of Cannes has every chance to remain the number one venue for premieres . This boat show is the first major yachting event in September , which is considered to be the yachting ‘ New Year ’, and draws to a close with the grandiose World Yachts Trophies ceremony , a memorable event for all those present .
The boat shows in Genoa are next on the calendar , which is attractive mainly for connoisseurs of Italian yachts , and then Southampton , a big draw for water lovers from the UK . The Monaco Yacht Show is an unmatched arena for superyacht presentations worldwide . And the magnificent Fort Lauderdale Boat Show , the largest overseas , completes the series of autumn yachting exhibitions .