VENE 23 BÅT BOAT SHOW
VENE 23 BÅT BOAT SHOW SHOWCASES NEW BOATS
For the 24th time already, the Vene 23 Båt boatshow’s Boat of the Fair boats are selected from the novelties on display. This year the jury is more international and includes the Editors-in-Chiefs of the Swedish magazine Båtliv and the Norwegian magazine Båtmagasinet. At the fair, boats are selected in three series: the Fair’s open boat, the Fair’s touring and commuter boat and the Fair’s cruising boat. The finalists will be announced on the opening day of the fair, Friday 10 February at 10 AM and the winners will be announced on Wednesday 15 February at 3 PM. The Helsinki International Boat Show Vene 23 Båt is organised from 10 to 19 February 2023 at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre in Finland.
When selecting, special attention is paid to novelty value. Design, structure and space utilization ideas, functionality and ergonomics of the spaces, price-quality impression and suitability for the purpose of use are taken into account as well. With the Boat of the Fair emblems, the fair strives to highlight the boating industry and give operators recognition for successful product development.
The winners are announced on Wednesday 15 February at the Purjehdussatama stage
A pre-jury consisting of boat magazine editors select the finalists for the Boat of the Fair competition from the hundreds of boats that are presented at the Vene 23 Båt boat show. The winners are 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-in-Chief Atle Knutsen. TheSailboat of the Fair will not be chosen this year.
In 2021, the Boat of the Fair boats were published on the web
In 2021, the Helsinki International Boat Show was arranged on the web and only two Boat of the Fair boats were chosen. The Marex 330 was chosen as Motorboat of the Fair and the Scandi 42 as Sailboat of the Fair that year. In 2022 the boat show was not arranged at all, which meant that no Boat of the Fair boats were chosen last year.
Helsinki International Boat Show Vene 23 Båt -Fair is arranged 10–19 February 2023 at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.