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Did you know?
FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THE SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW
15-24 September 2006, Mayflower Park
The Southampton Boat Show
- The Southampton Boat Show is one of Europe’s largest on-water boat shows
- The Southampton Boat Show boasts one of the world’s largest purpose built show marinas with over
2.5km of pontoons and over 380 boats afloat
- 2006 will be the 38th Southampton Boat Show
- The Southampton Boat Show now covers over 155,000m.. of land
- The Southampton Boat Show covers one mile of Southampton’s coastline
- The spectacular on-water Boat Show costs over £3 million to stage
- The Southampton Boat Show has over 600 exhibitors and approximately 1,000 boats on display
- The biggest boat at the Southampton Boat Show this year is the Azimut Leonardo 98
- The biggest British boat at the Southampton Boat Show this year is the Sunseeker 90
- The most expensive boat on display is the Azimut Leonardo 98 at £3.93 million
- The most expensive British boat on display is the Sunseeker 90 at £3.3 million
- The Southampton Boat Show hopes to welcome over 123,000 visitors to the Show
- Two tall ships - the LORD NELSON and the TENACIOUS – have been donated by the
Jubilee Sailing Trust so that Southampton Boat Show visitors can jump on board and explore
- The LORD NELSON has taken over 22,200 people to sea, including over 8,700 people
with disabilities
- The TENACIOUS is the largest wooden tall ship of her kind built in the UK in the last
100 years
- Financial experts such as Barclays Marine Finance and Lombard Marine will be on
hand throughout the Southampton Boat Show to give interested buyers information on how to finance
their potential purchase
- The Southampton Boat Show will see over 40 media briefings throughout the boat show with World
product launches, UK launches and a European debut being announced on Press &
Preview Day
Treasure Island
- For the first time, the Southampton Boat Show will play host to ‘Talk Like a Pirate
Day’ on 19 September
- Pirates, in one form or another, have been operating for the past 3,000 years
- Sir Francis Drake is often described as the most famous pirate in English history
- The term ‘pirate’ was probably coined in North Africa in 1350 BC
The beach
- This year the Southampton Boat Show is home to Southampton’s second ever specially constructed
beach
- 240 tonnes of sand have been shipped in from Weymouth especially for the beach
- Weymouth sand is completely natural and of a fine quality unique to the English
coast
- Every February, the sand is reclaimed from below the water level and used to
replenish and level the beach
- Weymouth has had a resident sand sculptor for several generations; the sand is the
finest in the world for sand sculpture. The current sand sculptor, Mark Anderson, has
had his work displayed all over the world – including in the shop window of Selfridges
- World class players have travelled from as far as Hawaii to compete in Weymouth’s
annual Beach Volleyball Championships
- In the late 1700s, King George III spent 17 summers holidaying in Weymouth with
the Royal Family. More recently the Queen’s horses took to the beach for an early
morning gallop
- In 2004 Weymouth Beach was used to represent the Palestine desert for Channel 4’s
documentary series Days that Shook the World
- Weymouth sand is kept soft and safe, it is cleaned and raked every day during the
main holiday season
Famous faces
- The count down to the Southampton Boat Show was officially kicked off by TV presenter Ben Fogle on 4
August
- As well as Ben Fogle, fellow TV presenter Steve Leonard will also attend the Show
- Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli will be preparing a brand new menu of vibrant
nautical recipes and appearing at the Show
- The Southampton Boat Show will play host to some of the UK’s most accomplished sailors such as
Alex Thomson and Dee Caffari
- In 2000, Alex Thomson won the Round Britain & Ireland Race on an Open 50 "Sail
that Dream"
- Dee Caffari is the first woman to sail single-handed, non-stop, around the world
against prevailing winds and currents
- The current Miss Southampton Boat Show, Sophie Diamond, will hand over her crown
to the 2006 winner on Saturday 23 September
The UK and water
- There are 54 major rivers in England Scotland and Wales combined
- Great Britain’s mainland coastline is 11,073 miles long (17820 km)
- The Furthest point from the sea is the village of cotton in the Elms, which is 70 miles
(113 km) away
The Southampton Boat Show is organised by National Boat Shows Ltd (NBS). NBS is a
subsidiary of the British Marine Federation (BMF), the trade association for the UK
boating industry.
The Southampton Boat Show is in association with ITV Meridian and its proud sponsors
are Honda and Hydropool.
Press Release Courtesy of Southampton Boat Show.
Friday 15 September 2006
Website:
The Southampton Boat Show.
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