Please select your home edition
Edition
Zhik - New Gear Has Arrived

VLC Boat Show Consultants Committee reflects on nautical sector future

by Natalia Segrelles on 12 Feb 2013
Comité Asesor VLC Boat Show VLC Boat Show http://www.vlcboatshow.com/
This week VLC Boat Show has held the first Consultant´s Committee meeting in the 'Veles e Vents' building, where this new nautical event is set to take place next April.

Jorge de Haro, President of Union de Empresas Nauticas and event´s main responsible together with Cristóbal Grau, Sport Councilman form the Valencia´s City Council; Pablo Landecho, Consorcio Valencia 2007 Chairman; Michel Bonnefous, ACM ex-chairman; Carlos Rodríguez, Management System´s Director at Boluda Corporación Marítima; Vicente Sanlorenzo, Azimut General Director and Francisco Rivas Marina Estrella General Director.

Despite the economical situation, all participants have agreed that this new Valencian exhibition has great potential to reach international recognition within a few years.

VLC Boat Show has an increasing value for Valencia and the Marina Real Juan Carlos I, due to its climate and the numerous activities offered to visitors in this unique spot.

The visitor´s experience as well as the exhibitors´ participation must ensure the event´s success. This has been one of the main ideas underlined during the meeting, a target VLC Boat Show is putting lots of emphasis on.

Furthermore, they emphasized how important it is that the show reunites a considerable number of boats representing the main nautical brands. In that way, VLC Boat Show already counts with recognized brands among its confirmed exhibitors and continues to receive national and international participation VLC Boat Show
Allen SailingMackay Boats 728x90 BOTTOMDoyle_SailWorld_728X90px_GP BOTTOM

Related Articles

Fraglia Vela Malcesine 2025 Review
The Year of the World Championships What an extraordinary season, packed with incredible events! In 2025, we hosted three World Championships, one Global Championship, and a full calendar of events that began and ended with the traditional ILCA and T293 Zonal Regattas.
Posted today at 10:58 am
52 SuperSeries sustainability initiative on course
Specific goals at each venue which contribute to the main target Just as the international 52 SUPER SERIES race teams set their pre-season goals and objectives to achieve their best possible result at the end of the season, so to does the series lay out the sustainability aims and objectives for the year.
Posted today at 9:43 am
North Sails France Welcomes New Managing Director
Marine Derrien brings nearly two decades of experience North Sails France announces a key leadership transition: Marine Derrien has been appointed Managing Director, bringing nearly two decades of experience in offshore racing, international sailing campaigns, and event management.
Posted today at 8:00 am
2025 J/70 Worlds at Buenos Aires day 4
Shakeup day on the Río de la Plata It was a sunny, beautiful day on the Río de la Plata with a ripping tide that challenged the 71 boats at the J/70 World Championship. The standings continue to invert throughout this series, with eight of 10 planned races recorded.
Posted today at 1:16 am
ILCA Statement on legal proceedings
NZ Court grant PSA interim relief and instructed ILCA to issue the following statement On September 20, 2025, ILCA sent an email titled "ILCA Announcement: Protecting the One-Design Integrity of the Class." Subsequently, Performance Sailcraft Australia (PSA) initiated legal proceedings against ILCA in the High Court of New Zealand.
Posted on 31 Oct
2025 IKA Youth Worlds at Praia da Vitoria Day 4
Youth Worlds build to a climax in wild Azores conditions Strong winds and Atlantic swells off the coast of Terceira made for a bruising day of racing in the 2025 Formula Kite Youth World Championships as the world's top young riders battled the elements and each other for a place in Saturday's Medal Series.
Posted on 31 Oct
17th Transat Café L'or Day 6
Re-start for the IMOCA fleet after the Canaries shutdown The compression at the Canary Island which the IMOCA leaders are experiencing because of very light winds was widely forecast pre-start last week before The TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR started.
Posted on 31 Oct
Francesca Clapcich tells life story in a new book
Currently leading the IMOCA fleet in the Transat Café L'Or Francesca Clapcich, the only Italian to have won The Ocean Race - and now aiming for the 2028 Vendée Globe - shares her story of the sea, her passion for adventure, and her courage in a newly published autobiography.
Posted on 31 Oct
2025 World Sailing Annual Conference gets underway
The conference brings together the sport's key stakeholders in Dún Laoghaire The 2025 World Sailing Annual Conference kicks off on Sunday in the historic maritime town of Dún Laoghaire, bringing together over 400 international delegates to discuss, debate, and decide on the key issues shaping the sport.
Posted on 31 Oct
Five days into the Transat Café L'OR
IMOCA fleet is playing a light airs chess match north of the Canaries After five days at sea, the front group in the 18-strong IMOCA fleet in the Transat Café L'OR is bunched together in a large area of light winds north of the Canary Islands, with 11th Hour Racing currently in the lead.
Posted on 31 Oct