Five days International Multihull Boat Show in 2012

The International Multihull Boat Show (“les salons du Multicoque”), unique in the world and with the particularity to change from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean coast every year, will be back at Lorient (BSM, Cité de la Voile “Eric Tabarly”) from 18th to 22nd April 2012.

After receiving the agreement of each exhibitor, the organization team decided to extendthe show to five days, which means one more show day than before.More special events will be organized on the pontoons and in the exhibitor village.

The visitors (35 % foreigners from everywhere in the world in 2011) will discover a worldwide showroom of the Multihull sphere with about 60 units from 20 to 100 feet. Even if the French multihull production is strongly represented, many other foreign shipyards will come to the show (boats from South Africa, Poland, Spain, Italy, Hong Kong, Australia …).No doubt that this Multihull Boat Show became one of the most important events inside the International Boat Show calendar.

The BSM, Cité de la Voile “Eric Tabarly” in Lorient is a very special place called “Sailing valley”. A former submarine base was transformed in a modern sailing technology research center.
Some of the most famousracing sail boats are built there. There is also a new museum dedicated to Sailing boats world.  Eric Tabarly was a famous long-distance race sailor.

Thanks to the support of local and regional institutions this special area will be the right setting for this International Multihull Boat Show.
Some other great events will also take place there in 2012:in March, a stopover of the research expedition boat “Tara” and the “Volvo Ocean Race”will come in June.

See you in April 2012 in Lorient for the third edition of the Multihull Boat Show!