Les Nauticales, a boat show in La Ciotat will take place from April 2 to 10, 2016 in La Ciotat from 10 am to 6 pm (7 pm on Saturdays, April 2 and 9). 200 exhibitors will be present at the 30,000 m2 exhibition. We will find the halls dedicated to equipment and fittings, services and tourism as well as the Sliding Village and the Classic and Tradition Boat Village. A floating lounge also means sea trials. This year, exhibitors will be able to pick up their customers directly at the "Trial Departure Base."
The show will feature around forty new products (presented at the Nautic 2015 or Boot 2016) on the 500 boats on display. Among the new models of the year, we will find the Elan E, the Legacy 35 from Gemini, the latest Invictus models: 190 FX , 200 FX , 280 GT or even 270 FX all presented by Sud Plaisance, the Parker 690 DC, the 268 White Shark exhibited at Marine Express Service, the Suncoast of Chaparral, Leader 10.5 by Jeanneau the Panarea 26 of Italiamarine..
The aluminium quadrimaran T-9 Prime of Tera Aero - boats will also be to be discovered just like Dream Team Aero's Heliodive, an electrically powered boat designed mainly for diving and available in containers.
The essentials of the Nauticalales
The village of sliding and light sailing is a 4000 m2 space where new products and materials will be exhibited. Visitors will be able to participate in sea outings, baptisms and tests as well as demonstrations held in the port and in the basin.
The classic and traditional centre will be the meeting point for enthusiasts (or curious people) of traditional local boats that are part of the Mediterranean coast's heritage: trays, chard, poar de poar... The Moon Boat will also be on display in the heart of the traditional area.
A re-programmed Rock Fishing competition
Sunday, April 3, 2016, the no kill Rock Fishing Competition - organized for the 4 e times - will bring together about 70 competitors. Two rounds are scheduled, one in the morning and one in the afternoon and the awards ceremony will take place at the end of the competition.
This travelling fishing technique from Japan consists in catching a multitude of fish species living in ports or in rocky seaside clusters with small lures. Last year, 90 m of fish were caught in a single day before being released.
A fishing & diving village for the first time in the Nauticalales
The new feature in 2016 will be the creation of a Fishing & Diving village with two demonstration and initiation areas. A first pool of 6x2 m will welcome demonstrations of fishing lures and a pool of 20 x 10 m for initiations and first dives.
Visitors will also find all the equipment (fishing, diving, hunting and underwater photography equipment...) and services (specialised tour operators, magazines, federations, clubs and associations...) related to the fishing sector.
The days will be punctuated by tests, initiations and demonstrations. Finally, boats equipped for fishing and diving will be installed on the square for demonstrations of equipment and on-board electronics (depth sounders, maps, etc.).
For fishermen, the Club Halieutis and Décathlon Aubagne will offer activities around a deep-sea fishing simulator, to be found respectively in the Village des Associations and in the Hall Pêche et Plongée.
Another new feature is a new Sup polo field with cages on each side for team play, on a super inflatable board designed with Twin Tip and mini wings at the front to quickly reverse the direction from one side to the other. Another field will take place within the Nauticalales - unrelated to boating, but rather to Euro 2016 - reserved for children.
Activities to mark the days
Every day, sea outings - in the bay of La Ciotat - will be scheduled on board all kinds of boats: sailboats, motor boats, semi-rigid boats, traditional boats... Registrations will be made on the Cap Voile stands in the "Village des associations" and on the Macif Centre de Voile stands. Multimono will also go out to sea in the afternoon.
Visitors will also be able to meet some sliding champions such as Olivia Piana (2013 World Reserve Champion of Stand Up Paddle), Thomas Traversa (World Wave Windsurf Champion) and the Moussilmani brothers (Funboard Champions). The sponsor of the edition - Jean Galfione - will also be present on April 2 and 3.
The Trophée Les Nauticales will be organised by Club La Ciotat school with a course reserved for non-motorised activities (kayaking, SUP, windsurfing). The appointment will be given every day from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., with an official presentation on Saturday, April 2 at 2 p.m.
Free first dives will be possible in the pool by GPES La Ciotat. One baptism at sea will be offered, per day, to one of the participants.
Throughout the show, specific activities will be organized with conferences, film screenings, signing sessions, seamanship, knot courses, boat visits..
There will be many more activities for children (and their parents) to discover on the show.
