Editorial / Understand trends in the diverse boating market

During the autumn boat shows, BoatIndustry met with a wide range of yachting industry players. An opportunity to take the pulse of the market, as it anticipates turbulence and change.

What yachting professionals have to say

What better way to sit in a cockpit or in the corner of a stand and talk to yachting professionals than at a boat show? Once again, our teams took advantage of the Cannes and La Rochelle boat shows to interview specialists about their brands, but also about their vision of the boating market. Equipment manufacturer in the image of Osculati , builders with the Bénéteau Group or charterer for Dream Yacht everyone gave us their analysis.

Questions and optimism

Beyond these lengthy interviews, which we'll continue to broadcast over the coming weeks, the discussions on the pontoons underlined the industry's questioning, well summarized by Alberto Osculati, with the image of a roller coaster whose slope we don't know. Between optimism and the reality of sales, it will still be a few months before trends are reflected in the figures, which are always published after the event.

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