Southampton Boat Show 2011

The Southampton Boat Show 2011 is one of the biggest water-based boat shows in Europe.  This year the 43rd show runs from Friday 16th September until Sunday 25th September 2011.

Here are some of the statistics for the Southampton Boat Show.  Average visitor numbers over 120,000 over 10 days,  47,000 square meters of exhibition space, 400+ boats on the 2km of pontoons, and over £1000 average spend per head (excluding the spend on Boats) – that’s a lot of rope!

Many attractions are on offer at the Southampton Boat Show.  You have the marina with over 350 boats to view and try some of them too.  There are team races, Ladies Day, try dives, the sea kitchen theatre, HMS Bulwark and much much more and with over 500 exhibitors like Sunseeker, Garmin, Fairline, Beneteau there is plenty to see.

Tickets can be bought in advance from the Southampton Boat Show website or alternatively visit RNLI to save money on tickets and a 10% donation goes to help the RNLI.

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