Genoa, start of the Boat Show. All the exhibition areas with the new waterfront

Thanks to the approaching completion of the works for Genoa's new eastern waterfront, the 65th edition of Genoa International Boat Show (18-23 September) will gain new space and breath, starting from the palasport, already partly used for Euroflora 2025. In short, the Made-in-Italy boating event - which this year will see the presence of more than 1,000 boats, 23 new boatyards, and the participation of exhibitors from 45 countries, with 123 new products and 96 premieres - is getting ready to take over a space (the palasport) that, in the boating industry's roaring years, before the 2009 crisis, served as the exhibition pavilion of the former Fiera del Mare.

Already in 2024, the entrance to the Show was marked by the passage inside the building, which was still bare. But in this 65th Boat Show, the arena inside the building becomes a themed area, dedicated to the world of sport, introducing the Boat Show proper. Visitors will pass through there, before entering the exhibition area, and there they will find not only clothing for boating, but also an overview of the foil world, with a display of 5-6 metre units, comparable to optimists and lasers, but with wings on the hull.

Leaving the sports hall through the new Levante gate, visitors will be able to visit the exhibition areas recovered around the building, where 7-8-metre boats will find space on land. The car parks under the palasport are also ready, which will offer the Show's public 500 parking spaces (in addition to the approximately 200 dedicated parking spaces in Corso Aurelio Saffi).

For this year, the tensile structure of the former Fiera di Genova (destined to be demolished in the future) will still be part of the exhibition, whose space will be divided into three macro-areas: one dedicated to technical sailing accessories, another to marinas, and the central one formed by the Sea Theatre, i.e. a space reserved for conferences and presentations. Leaving the marquee in the adjacent dock (the smaller one), finally in the sea, you will find, on the one hand, the world of sailing boats and, on the other, the moorings of motorboats equipped with outboards. Continuing towards the new Pilots' Tower (designed by Renzo Piano, like the new waterfront) and now practically ready, one finds the sailing catamarans.

In the outer large dock, on the other hand, as in previous years, yachts with inboard engines from 12 to 35 metres are exhibited. The stands of the major nautical brands are located here. But there is also the area dedicated to maxiribs, large inflatable boats up to 20 metres long. Moving, then, to the Show's pavilion of excellence, i.e. the blue one (designed by Jean Nouvel), now bordering, on all sides, with the sea, on the ground floor boats with outboard engines and inflatable boats are displayed, as usual. While the second floor hosts the stands of 400 accessory and component brands.