Southampton Boat Show

Southampton Boat Show

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. [cite web
url=http://www.southamptonboatshow.com/
title=Southampton Boat Show 2007 - Home|title=Official home page|work=Southampton Boat Show
accessdate=2007-09-19] .

History

Since 1997, the Boat Show has been a ten-day event, after the passing of the Southampton International Boat Show Act 1997 [cite web
url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/localact1997/ukla_19970001_en_1.htm
title=Southampton International Boat Show Act 1997
work=Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)|date=July 15 1997] . Past events have attracted a large number of visitors, with more than 123,000 attending the 2004 event [cite web
url=http://www.visitsoutheastengland.com/site/whats-on/world-class-events/southampton-boat-show
title=Southampton Boat Show
work=vistsoutheastengland.com] . the 2005 event featured a makeshift beach, with tonnes of sand being imported to the event [cite web
url=http://www.marinasonline.net/news/5.htm
title=SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW 2005]

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. [citeweb
url = http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/events/southampton-boat-show.asp
title = Southampton Boat Show
work = Southampton City Council
accessdate = 2007-07-28
date = 2007-05-16]

References

External websites

* [http://info.itvlocal.com/boatshow2008.shtml ITV Local Meridian: The stars turn out for the Southampton Boat Show 2008]

[http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20080721124853mbmnews.html Insider's Guide to 2008 show]


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