Southampton Boat Show

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Southampton Boat Show is an annual boat show held every September since 1969 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. It is held at Mayflower Park, and is one of the two major annual boat shows in the United Kingdom, alongside the London Boat Show. Both are organised by National Boat Shows, which is a subsidiary of the British Marine Federation, the trade association for the UK boating industry.

The 2007 event, the 39th of its kind held since 1968, was publicised as The Big Southampton Boat Show, in association with ITV Meridian, and was held from September 14 to September 23. At the 2007 event there was a chance to see HMS Bounty, a ship featured in Pirates of the Caribbean 3. [1].

[edit] History

Since 1997, the Boat Show has been a ten-day event, after the passing of the Southampton International Boat Show Act 1997[2]. Past events have attracted a large number of visitors, with more than 123,000 attending the 2004 event[3]. the 2005 event featured a makeshift beach, with tonnes of sand being imported to the event[4]

[edit] Exhibitions

The exhibitors at the Boat Show consist mostly of boat builders, boat owners, chandlers and other sailing companies showcasing their new products. At the 2007 show over 600 exhibitors were present, including local yachters Mike Golding's and Mukti Mitchell's latest boats.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official home page. Southampton Boat Show. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  2. ^ Southampton International Boat Show Act 1997. Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) (July 15 1997).
  3. ^ Southampton Boat Show. vistsoutheastengland.com.
  4. ^ SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW 2005.
  5. ^ Southampton Boat Show. Southampton City Council (2007-05-16). Retrieved on 2007-07-28.