After looking at and commenting together on the most interesting boats we saw in Düsseldorf, whose videos have accompanied us over the past month, we take you – virtually – with us, on a stroll through the German boat show, this time to discover curiosities, rarities and, why not, even absurdities that we uncovered while wandering around the halls.
Weird boats for all tastes!
The special feature of the Düsseldorf Boat Show is precisely the extraordinary variety of vehicles that can be seen, many of which are almost unobtainable at our Mediterranean shows, from boats to…any kind of floating object!
We started precisely with the Twiel Z7, which we wanted to see even before we went up, a wooden electric catamaran with simply extreme lines. Really interesting idea, but equally high price.
It is interesting to begin to see how foils are becoming more widespread, hand in hand with, but not limited to, electric motors. Out of the water, we had a chance to properly appreciate the Four Winns TH36, whose peculiarity lies just below the waterline.
A nice surprise was the Sancak 6.50, a Turkish pilot boat that manages to condense everything you could need into just 6.5 meters in length: livable bow both above and below deck, dinette and kitchenette, very smart cockpit and even a separate bathroom, a rarity on this size.
SAY brought its 42: a carbon yacht that focuses everything on aesthetics, with streamlined, divisive lines, the kind you either love or hate. A truly beautiful design exercise, but an example of a type of boat that can radically change perception depending on whether you see it in photographs or in person.
And finally, between reviews, we passed by Hall 3, the most diverse, with entry level and top of the line boats, floating toys and plastic boats. Or rather, HDPE, an interesting technology worth exploring, given its recyclability and algae resistance, but one that we saw applied in a…questionable manner.
