Boats of the Vene 23 Båt Show are Terhi, Quarken and Grandezza
The Boats of the Show for the 2023 Helsinki International Boat Show have been chosen for the 24nd time from the new boats on display. This year, the Open Boat of the Show is Terhi 390, the Weekender or Commuter of the Show is Quarken 27 and the Cabin Cruiser of the Show is Grandezza 30 CA.
Boats of the Vene 23 Båt Show are Terhi, Quarken and Grandezza – The purpose of the Boat of the Show awards is to advance the boating industry’s development and give credit to companies for successful product development. The jury paid special attention to the novelty value of the shortlisted boats. In addition, focus was put on design, build and space utilization ideas, functionality and ergonomics of the spaces, price-quality and suitability for the intended use.
The jury selecting the Boats of the Show characterized the winning boats as follows:
The Terhi 390, chosen as Open Boat of the Show, is a traditional Finnish leisure boat, whose renewal shows that even rowboats and small boats can be developed to be more practical, safer and better suited to modern times. The Terhi 390 is safe to use and it has nicely taken into account different drive power options, from rowing ergonomics to two different fully electric versions. The Terhi 390 has an excellent price-quality ratio and offers an easy way to start boating.
The Weekender or Commuter of the Show Quarken 27 is a well-designed, modern and versatile model series, with different options for many different purposes. The boat has plenty of living and travelling space, but is still safe and easy to move around in. Quality impression and price meet in a competitive way in Quarken.
The Cabin Cruiser of the Show Grandezza 30 CA offers comfortable, functional and stylish spaces for four persons for a longer boating vacation. Operating costs for the boat with a relatively compact size and one diesel inboard engine are reasonable. Large windows, high interior spaces and plenty of cruiser boat equipment increase comfort, and convenient solutions such as a scissor bed in the bow cabin and a back wall that can be opened to its full width improve usability.
Open Boat: finalists were Rand 22 DC, Saxdor 205 and Terhi 390.
Weekender or Commuter: finalists were AMT 240 DC, Quarken 27 and XO DFNDR 8.
Cabin Cruiser: finalists were Glacier 48, Grandezza 30 CA and Nimbus C11.
A pre-jury consisting of boat magazine editors selected the finalists for the Boat of the Show competition from the hundreds of boats that are presented at the Vene 23 Båt boat show. The winners were chosen by a jury including Harry Broman from Eurofins Expert Services, Tomi Peurakoski, editor at Vene magazine, Jouko Saarinen, editor at Kippari magazine, Jan Sjölund, Editor-in-Chief at Venemestari magazine and on-line media Totalvene.fi and Tom Wilenius from the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom. As new members of the jury, bringing a Nordic perspective, are Swedish Båtliv magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Lars-Åke Redéen and Norwegian Båtmagasinet magazine’s editor Atle Knutsen.
Vene 23 Båt Helsinki International Boat Show is arranged 10-19 February at Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.
