Southampton Boat Show
It is hard to believe but already a year has past and this weekend sees the start of Southampton Boat Show with Press Day on Friday and General Admission from Saturday until the following Sunday.
The Show is launched by the arrival of HMS Bounty a replica of the ship made famous by the mutiny of the crew against Captain William Bligh lead by Fletcher Christian in 1789.
This replica was built for the film made in 1962 starring Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando and has been used extensively since in the making of many other films including the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.
Other interesting yachts at the show include the Americas Cup yacht Alinghi acquired by the new UK Americas Cup Team TeamOrigin, Mike Golding’s Ecover, Alex Bennett’s new Open 40 Fujifilm, Robin Knox-Johnston’s Saga and Gypsy Moth IV.
TeamOrigin lead by Sir Keith Mills and Mike Sanderson will announce on Friday the personnel recruited to date to challenge for the Cup in Valencia in 2009. This assumes of course the current legal wangling between Alinghi and various challengers has been resolved and agreement has been reached on the Cup format and the design of the yachts to be used in the competition.
Likewise the YJA will announce the nominations for Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year.
It goes without saying the event is the largest Boat Show outside the London event and there are close to 400 new yachts and boats afloat as well as a similar number ashore.
If you have never visited Southampton I would thoroughly recommend a visit this year as it promises to be the best ever.
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