At the world’s largest boat show, commonly known as “boot”, which is being held this week in Dusseldorf, Germany, the annual European Yacht of the Year winners were just announced. The prestigious awards are judged by yachting journalists from 12 European yachting magazines who all went to Port Genesta, south of Barcelona, Spain, to test the 16 new boats that were nominated for the awards.
The journalists gave the nominated boats a thorough inspection and extensive sail trials before casting their votes. It is interesting since the inception of the award in 2004, French builders have won 31 Boat Of the Year awards while the next most successful countries, Germany and Italy, have just 16 between them. Read More
