An Electrifying Tender Reveal! (And Gear Shopping At The Boat Show)

We figured the best place to shop for all things boats is a boat show. Right?! And, as it turns out, we had more than one incentive to make our way to the Cannes Boat Show.

Nikki Wynn

Oct 8, 2023 — 1 min read

One of the problems with a new boat is that it comes completely empty. We need so much freaking stuff! And we’re not just talking about housewares like forks, plates and sheets. We need a lot of serious stuff like a dinghy, a life raft, life vests, fenders… But of course, we need toys too. Because what fun is a sailboat without at least a couple of paddle boards, a foil board and dive gear?

We figured the best place to shop for all things boats is a boat show. Right?! As it turns out, we had more than one incentive to make our way to the Cannes Boat Show…or excuse me, this is France, so it’s the Cannes Yachting Festival.

The more boat shows we attend, the more we realize just how different each one is. From everyone we’ve talked to, it sounds like the boot Düsseldorf show may be the best for gear and toy shopping. If have another suggestion, we’re all ears.

And just for fun, here are all the different boat shows we’ve attended over the years.