boatica celebrated it's 22nd edition of the Boat Show
boatica Cape Town is Africa's boating exhibition set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mother City. The event features manufacturers and buyers of luxury boats, accessories, and marine equipment, a once-in-a-lifetime Ultimate Yacht Experience, sophisticated exhibiting companies, live on-water activities, and a luxury lifestyle exhibition for a premium shopping experience.
From sailing competitions to SUP racing, dragon boat racing and test sails.
Interactive on water experiences
The 22th edition of the boatica Cape Town featured even more live demonstrations, from efoiling, SUP racing, the Ulrimate Yacht Experience boat cruise on the Ocean Princess, and a very energetic dragon boat race across the Marina.
The Ultimate Luxury Yacht Experience
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Book an exclusive Ultimate Luxury Yacht experience onboard the beautiful Ocean Princess. The offer includes a ticket to the boat show, a 2-hour round trip to Camps Bay, snacks and refreshments during the cruise.
When the seas are running too high or the wind is unpleasantly strong, instead of heading out to Camps Bay the destination will be the Cape Town Harbour. With winds above 30 knots, the skipper will take every aspect into account, and even stay dockside to ensure the safety of the passengers. The skippers decision is final and no further discussion or correspondence will be entered into.
The Dragon Boat Race
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Dragon Boat racing is an energetic, colourful and exciting team sport with ancient Chinese cultural traditions. This year we had six teams participating including Mujaji - named after a dragon that is said to look like a great feathered serpent and lives on Table Mountain (Xhosa folklore), Amabelle Belles - part of an international movement of dragon boat racing among breast cancer survivors as well as the Paddlesnappers, Dragon Warriors amongst others.
The Great Optimist Race
The Great Optimist Race in conjunction with boatica Cape Town aimed at raising funds for disadvantaged children across the Western Cape set off on a tricky one-lap course through the V&A Waterfront in front of thousands of spectators. Competitors ranged from celebrities to captains of industry, and medical survivors, all of whom raced for glory in little optimist boats. Representing Ullman Sails was Ha
eFoiling Lessons
Some magic was brought to the show when the eFoiling Cape Town school was run from the marina during the event. Giving visitors the opportunity to experience this new sensation! Instructors showed off their skills flying above the water, showing the freedom of flight. Efoils can reach a maximum speed of 55 kmph, have a range of 40km and a maximum duration of 2 hours. This interactive display was a highlight of the show.
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About the organisers
Messe Frankfurt: Business model for global business
Messe Frankfurt is one of the world’s leading trade fair, congress and event organisers with their own exhibition grounds. For some 800 years, we have been bringing people together at our events, both in Frankfurt and throughout the world. Whether with our trade fairs, congresses or other events, with digital or analogue services – everything we do has always been focused on interaction between people. This is something that we have perfected throughout our long history.
With approximately 2,200 employees at 28 locations, we work virtually around the clock and around the globe to further the interests of our customers. Despite the very difficult conditions in 2021, some 1.4 million visitors (2019: 5.1 million) and more than 30,000 (2019: 99.246) exhibiting companies put their trust in the efficiency of our international network the quality of our events and the digital expertise of Messe Frankfurt.
Messe Frankfurt brings together future trends with new technologies, people with markets, and supply with demand. Where different perspectives and industry sectors come together, we create scope for new collaborations, projects and business models.
Messe Frankfurt South Africa
We are the proud organiser of the following events: South African Festival of Motoring, Automechanika Johannesburg, Futuroad Expo, AERO South Africa, Boatica Cape Town, Solar Power Africa, and Hobby-X.