We're almost there... just 4 days... Meanwhile, everything is ready for the opening of the 2024 trade fair season, which will be inaugurated, as tradition, at the Boot in Düsseldorf, scheduled from Saturday 20th to Sunday 28th January in the enormous pavilions of the Messe, the exhibition center in the city of the Rhine. As tradition, the 2024 edition of the German boat show will also be a blockbuster: in an area of 220,000 square meters there will be 1,500 exhibitors from 68 nations; 237,000 visitors are expected, coming from over 60 countries. It is possible to purchase entrance tickets online also from Italy: the cost is 21 euros for one day, 36 euros for two days. For the afternoon only the cost drops to 12 euros; 9 euros the reduced price for children.
Inboard and outboard engines: in addition to sailing and motor boats divided into various categories, from small boats to super yachts, inboard and outboard engines, accessories and nautical equipment of all kinds will be on display, and stands dedicated to water sports will be set up, diving, surfing, skimboarding, kitesurfing, canoeing. As per tradition, the collateral events also include the ninth edition of the annual International Breakfast Meeting, a meeting of experts who will discuss the trend of the sector, investments and strategies aimed at the future of the sector. In this context, Made in Italy will play a leading role, represented by Confindustria Nautica and almost all the most important shipyards.According to the first previews leaked, one of the most interesting new entries will be the Wallypower 50, a model destined to enrich the existing range by acting as a link between the wallytenders and the wallypowers. In the Ferretti Group (of which Wally is part) they talk about a boat "capable of satisfying a wide variety of customers and uses, from support vessel to comfortable and spacious family cruiser, establishing new standards of flexibility and dynamism". It will certainly be motorizable with both inboard and outboard solutions (with 4 400 hp units) and will be able to ensure interesting performances, up to a maximum of 48 knots as top speed.Among the Italians, Invictus has announced the world premiere of the outboard version of the TT420S, the 13-metre boat launched just a year ago in Düsseldorf with two 440 hp Volvo Penta D6 sterndrive engines. Now equipped with three 350 hp Yamaha outboards, the boat designed by Christian Grande gains space on deck and below deck, equipping itself, among other things, with a practical storage area (for toys or other). There are 4 beds, two at the bow and two at the stern, both served by a bathroom with separate shower. A rare feature to find on this category of boats remains unchanged, such as the actual garage for a 2.10 meter tender.
