Southampton International Boat Show 2022 Statistics

  • Britain’s biggest festival of boating
  • Europe’s largest purpose-built show marina
  • Encouraging everyone to get on the water – accessibility, flexibility and affordability
  • Expecting over 100K visitors
  • Expecting 14K+ people on the water
  • 4th year of the 5-year sustainability pledge
  • 53rd edition
  • The show covers some 70,000+ square meters
  • 685 individual stands and berths
  • 298 boats in the marina
    • 48 sailing boats
    • 39 RIBS and inflatables
    • 189 powerboats of all sizes, large and small
    • 11 catamarans
    • 11 attraction and feature boats e.g. Try-a-boat, Try-a-Boat+
  • 187 stands in Ocean Hall
  • 126 new companies at the show
  • 167 new brands – 35 are on the water
  • 119 UK debuts, 3 European debuts and 37 World debuts
  • Watersports Zone has doubled in size from 2021
  • The largest yacht is the Sunseeker 95Y (berth M721)
  • The smallest boat in the marina is Orkney Boat’s Longliner 16 (berth M502)
  • It takes 30 days in total to set up and take down the show
  • The show wrap is 1,350 meters long
  • First year of the new Quayside Club VIP experience

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