Last year you developed the multihull area, is it still relevant this year?
This year, we have developed it in another way, with a multihull village in which customers will be able to meet in a dedicated space with their own catering area, and doubled pontoons to have more bearing capacity. This is the first year that we do it is important to have a dedicated space for multihulls, because it is very corporate.
Similarly, the fishing area is something you are developing more and more. Is this a request from visitors or are you trying to position yourself as a fishing show?
We have both a demand from visitors, but it also allows us to have a specificity on a particular product. This product of fishing is a promising product in the same way that on other shows you see big motoryachts. We are on the Atlantic coast and fishing is an important leisure activity. In the boats, we can see that motorboating is developing in a more important way than sailing and we still have a certain number of followers on fishing.
Today, there is a large river fishing show, which is Clermont-Ferrand, but at the level of sea fishing âeuros even if there are few initiates âeuros we do not find a show properly speaking. And at the Grand Pavois we're trying to take that place.
What about the Nantes Fishing Show?
It's not the same thing, because they have a show that is more fishing equipment and over time they have tried to add the boats. We have the boats and we now bring in the equipment manufacturers who sell fishing equipment. We advance slowly, but surely. Last year we put the boat gallery in place and this year we have more boats presented so it's evolving.
What is the trend this year in terms of the boats presented? Last year, it was the so-called Grand Voyageâeuros¦ boats
We are still on the trend of Grand Voyage boats, as we are going to announce the re-launch of the Rallye des Iles du Soleil, which will return in 2017. We had the agreement of the Guadeloupe region a short time ago and Marie-Galante will be the arrival city. It had been about 10 years since the Rallye had been held, due to the difficulty of finding a partner city.
We expect between 40 and 60 boats, among which 8 m units, multihulls, but also travel units. This rally which starts from Madère is open to everyone, even families, which will be supervised by the Grand Pavois teams. There will be two departure points in France â?" one from La Ciotat and one from the Atlantic Coast, in the direction of Madeira.
