Le Grand PAVOIS 2008 - The international nautical show
The international nautical show from La Rochelle: 700 boats in exhibition!
The 36th edition of the boat show of La Rochelle called "Le Grand Pavois" closed its doors on Monday, more than 700 sailboats and motorboats were exhibited. Among all the builders of long travel boats, you absolutely has to visit: the OVNI 445 (Alubat), the Allures 51 (Allures Yachting), the Feeling 55 Complete Drifter (Alliaura Marine), The Pilot Saloon 55 (Wauquiez), Salt 57 Central Cockpit (Garcia). This year, we noticed a wider choice of cruiser catamarans such as the Antares 44 (Antares Yachts), the Catana 41 (Catana) and the Catlante 600 (Switch).
Each shipyard exhibited its new boats as the Dufour 45 Performance from Dufour Yachts, the Oceanis 34, the First 40, the First 45 and the Monte Carlo 27 Open from Bénéteau, the OVNI 445 from Alubat... Our teams chose to present you the last one X-Yacht as well as the novelty from ELAN MARINE with the ELAN 380. We will end by an elegant unity: the DUFOUR 485 Grand Large!
Benjamin of the performance range from X-Yacht, new 2008: the X-34!
The latest of the range X-Yacht is dedicated to the cruise and to the race. She is since January, 2008, the ideal sailboat in size and in facility of navigation. The X-34 was born under the sign of the performance. She was conceived and developed to delight the amateurs'senses of the fast and comfortable navigation wishing to share their passion in family or with a crew. She is the youngest of the Performance range , her creation offers a small brother to the X-37 et X-40.
The ELAN 380: the replacement of the ELAN
The ELAN 380 is a new high-performance cruiser conceived by the shipyard ELAN MARINE to preserve the marine spirit and offers at the same time a comfortable sailboat. She was exposed to the Show of La Rochelle, Show of Cannes and Duseldorf!
The new DUFOUR 2008 is the DUFOUR 45. She is just at the image of her two older brothers: the DUFOUR 485 and DUFOUR 525.