The Valencian living room, which has been reinvented in this edition, has given its traditional start with the presence of the director of the contest, Nacho Gómez - Zarzuela, the general director of La Marina de València, Vicent Llorens, the president of the Union of Nautical Enterprises, the Member of Tourism, Jordi Mayor; and the general director of Tourism Valencia, Toni Bernabé

The Valencia Boat Show has opened today the doors of its renewed edition that has brought very good sensations among visitors, professionals and exhibitors, beginning five days of sea festival that strategically combine the exhibition and sale of boats, engines, accessories and services with a complete agenda of leisure, culture, music, sport and gastronomy, free and for all public.

The event that this year has hit the record of exhibitors to date has also lived today the spectacular entrance of the "Audaz," Maritime Action Ship of the Spanish Navy that can be visited for free from tomorrow Thursday to Saturday. During the morning of this first day, the professional events and press presentations have taken place, which have made the living room a meeting point for the nautical, tourist and sports sector.

28 / 10 / 2019: Wednesday at 10: 00 the Valencia Boat Show opens its doors

The Valencian living room will have the presence of the main national and international shipyards and brands

The Valencia Boat Show, which opens on Wednesday at 10: 00 in the morning, will have the presence of the main brands of the sector that come with numerous new developments in 2020, including several models nominated for the prestigious awards "European Yacht of the Year" and "European Powerboat of the Year," which provides a committee of specialized journalists from all over Europe, which will be delivered next January during the nautical hall of Düsseldorf. The Valencian competition will have a wide selection of new dry and afloat boats, the latter available for interested customers to perform sea tests, thanks to the excellent conditions offered by La Marina de València.

In addition to five of the boats nominated for boat of the year in the sailing and motor categories, this year the Valencian nautical hall will also have two of the winners of this prestigious prize in 2019, the Beneteau Oceanis 46.1, which won in the category of Family Cruise, and the De Antonio D46 that was the winner of the PowerBoat of the Year 2019 in the category of more than 14 meters in length and that this year will be in Valencia of the hand of Nautic Service.

The official distributor of Beneteau in the Valencia Community, Sport Nautic, will present in the Valencian living room a fleet of 14 vessels, including no less than eight new ones of the year. In the engine range, the presence of the MonteCarlo Yacht 52 and 70 models stands out, as well as the new unit of its well-known Swift Trawler series, the 41 Fly.

Sailing lovers will not be able to miss the new Oceanis models, 46.1 and 30.1, the latter nominated for Yacht of the Year 2020 in the category of Family Cruise. At this same award, but in the category "Performance Cruiser" opts the First Yacht 53, a boat inherited from the more than forty years of experience of the First series, and focused on demanding and aware shipowners of the candle. It is, according to the French house, its first "luxury performance" unit.

On the other hand, the Galo shipyard will present its new brand of catamarans, the Excess Yachts, innovative multicasques specially designed for the new generations of sailors. SportNautic, an official distributor of Beneteau, has already confirmed that it will display in Valencia the models Excess 12 and 15, two ships of 12 and 15 meters, respectively, that its world presentation took place in September in the Cannes Hall.

Marina Estrella goes to the Valencian competition with the new Azimut Atlantis 45, a essentially sports boat that is one of the nominated Powerboat of the Year 2020 in category up to 14 meters. Among its particularities is the verticality of its bow and the glazing that covers the entire hull of the ship. This unit will be accompanied by model 43 of the same series, as well as the Hanse 388, 418, 458, 508 and 588, a wide range of options from the German firm.

Nuva Yachts also repeats in the Valencian competition with a novelty that will surely repeat the success of the previous models, the Nuva 8, also nominated for the Powerboat of the Year 2020 award in category up to 10 meters. This new model with just over 9 meters in length can reach 35 knots of tip or maintain a cruise speed of 22 knots and has a fuel tank of up to 390 litres, which ensures an autonomy of more than 100 miles. This new model will be accompanied in the exhibition by Nuva 6, one of the great successes of previous editions, both available for sea testing.

For its part, the German shipyard YYachts, specializing in carbon boats, has confirmed that it will be present in the next edition of the Valencia Boat Show with its new Y7 Bella, a 22-meter-long sailboat that is the most exclusive in the history of the Valencian competition. This superyacht, which combines the stability of cruise navigation with the high performance of the competition candle, is the result of the collaboration between Michael Schmidt, founder of the shipyard, and Bill Tripp one of the best naval architects specialized in units of more than 20 meters in length.

Mothquito, the first monotype with Spanish design and manufacture, will be present at the Valencia Boat Show as a flag of the 4.0 nautical exhibition. It is a surprising light-sail-flying catamaran, designed and developed by Toni Blanc, which stands out for its radical and aerodynamic design, and for its innovative system of fils: the IFS (Increased Failing System), which allows to convert its 3m long transportable hull into a real 5 m long and 4.8m long flight bolid with total stability and spectacular performance. Any navigator with no prior experience can fly at high speed without the need for physical preparation or technical experience. It has been nominated by the Failing Week as the best design in the world in 2018 in competition for the title with the current AC75.

Quicksilver will also be present from Navaltec's hand with several models, including the Activ 675 Bowrider, and the Activ 555 Bowrider, both new 2020 with Mercury engines. Navaltec will also display several models of Bayliner as well as the brand of semi-rigid Bombard, which will premiere in Valencia with the pneumatic 310 Typhoon and the semi-rigid 600 Explorer.

The visitors of the Valencia Boat Show will also find this year classic models of the series Merry Fisher, Cap Camarat, Sun Odyssey or Prestige of Jeanneau, all of them by the hand of Nática AZA, which comes with a fleet of 12 ships, as well as the Dufour 360, 390 and 430, which can be found at the stand of Arranche, but which also counts in the competition with its agent in Valencia and Castellón, Marine Team.

Other units of duty to visit will be, in the range of motor ships, the Astondoa 377 and the Italian Cranchi, both of the hands of Metropol or the four models of Vanguard Marine, including the DR 500 Beach rescue and the DR 830. In the range of sailboats, there will be no major successes such as the Tarsis 28, or the model 49 of Xyachts, among others.