European Powerboat of the Year Awards 2016 will be held at the boot Düsseldorf Flagship Night, Saturday 23 January 2016! I shall post the winners on January 24, or 25. This will be correlated with the winners for European Yacht of the Year, the “Oscars of Yachting”, referring to sailing boats. “Sailing”, meaning, sails using, is the essence of “yachting”.
The thing is that most of the billionaires or multimillionaires are using (with some very few honorable exceptions) luxury motor yachts, which are really palaces on sea, luxury cars, and luxury jets. Sometimes, they use them only because they can afford them, but the real pleasure of navigating on your own yacht, is to sail it, to use wind as the main power. Not only it’s more ecological and nature protecting, but this is the primal use of transporting someone on a yacht.
About all that, in another post, about sailing or what the money can buy. I felt inspired when I read those days about a gold placated truck with a bar and a lavish dormitory inside being for the moment a big success in Dubai.
Just let them for the time when I’m going to write about this, and let’s turn back to the awards. I wanted to publish today the nominees to leave a few days before they announces the winners.
The expert judges for this awards are the editors-in-chief of Europe’s top seven motorboat magazines – Båtliv (Norway), BoatMag (Italy), Boote (Germany), Marina.ch (Switzerland), Motorboot (The Netherlands), Nautica y Yates (Spain), Neptune (France) and Yacht Revue (Austria). The jury nominated 24 new boats in five classes: up to 25 feet, up to 35 feet, up to 45 feet, over 45 feet and the Displacement class, where length is of no importance. The criteria which the jury bases their evaluation on space between value for money, performance, innovation. The spirit is to award the models that carry on valuable features, regardless of the brand or the market diffusion. That is why there’s five categories by length, so the large and famous motor yachts can’t overshadow smaller or less popular boats which still offer peculiar traits.
Nominees in the category up to 25 feet:
Bayliner XR 7
Bayliner XR7
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Bella 600 BR
Bella 600 BR
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Four Winns V 255
Four Winns V255
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Ranieri International Interceptor 222
Rainieri International Interceptor 222
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XO 250 Open
xo 240 rs open
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Axopar 28
Nominees in the category up to 35 feet:
Axopar 28
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Cranchi 35 Z
Cranchi 35 Z
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Invictus 280 TT
Invictus 280 TT
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Nimbus 305
Nimbus 305
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Sasga Minorchino 34
Sasga Minorchino 34
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Nominees in the category up to 45 feet:
Beneteau Gran Turismo 40
Beneteau Gran Turismo 40
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Boston Whaler 420 Outrage
Boston Whaler 420 Outrage
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Fountaine Pajot MY 37
Fountaine Pajot MY 37
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Marex 375
Marex 375
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Steeler NG 43
Steeler NG 43
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Nominees in the category over 45 feet:
Azimut Magellano 66
Azimut Magellano 66
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Ferretti 550
Ferretti 550
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Galeon 500 Fly
Galeon 500 Fly
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Jeanneau Leader 46
Jeanneau Leader 46
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Sea Ray L 590 Fly
Sea Ray L 590 Fly
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Nominees in the Displacement category:
Boarncruiser Elegance 1200
Boarncruiser Elegance 1200
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Linssen Grand Sturdy 530
Linssen Grand Sturdy 530
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Super Lauwersmeer Evolvo
Super Lauwersmeer Evolvo
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Integrity 47 XL
Integrity 47XL
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Let us hope that the best will win!
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