The 19th edition of Nauticales opened its doors yesterday morning at La Ciotat.Until March 27, lovers of the sea have an appointment on and around the Capuchin water body for the most important Flu Nautical Salon.To find out all about this event, the new features to discover, the entertainment offered and the conferences to follow, you only have to follow the guide: a special edition of 20 pages is offered to you, in consultation.
When you know that one white year - and a fortiori two- can sign the death stop of a general public fair, one could legitimately worry about the future of the nauticals of which the 2020 and 2021 editions had to becanceled due to the health crisis.But yesterday morning, a few hours after the opening of this 19th meeting of lovers of the sea, nautical and pleasure, the organizers as the exhibitors could congratulate themselves to have believed it, noting the relevance of theircommitment.Indeed, despite a gloomy weather, the visitors had responded, who came in number to discover the best of what the manufacturers and distributors of pleasure boats, but also of engines, nautical leisure vehicles, equipment andAccastillage offer on the eve of summer.And many observers to say to this rhythm, if the sun deigns to join the party, the frequentation figures for the last nominal edition could be widely exceeded, in eight days, at the time of the fence.
A real resurrection of the Nauticales, the first living room afloat of the season, that the president of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis, Martine Vassal, was able to appreciate throughout her long wandering in the aisles of the show, guided by Jean-ChristopheSerfati, the CEO of the La Provence group to which the local authority has entrusted the management of this 2021 edition as well as the next four.They were accompanied by Arlette Salvo, mayor of La Ciotat whose city has welcomed the event since its creation, the deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône Bernard Deflesselles, and the president of the Territory Council and mayor of Gémenos, Roland Giberti.Without forgetting the prestigious godfather of the show, the architect of the houses under the sea and oceanographer Jacques Rougerie, nor the no less famous ambassadors of the demonstration, the skipper Christopher Pratt and the kitesurfer Alexandre Cazergues.The opportunity also for elected officials to salute the memory of the former mayor of La Ciotat, Patrick Boré, who was one of the essential actors in the success of the daring relocation of the Marseille Nautical Salon in La Ciotat, at the beginning of2003 years.
And if it needed additional proof that the metropolitan nautical show is indeed back, because the nauticals are never really the nauticals without a small manifestation of mood on the day of their inauguration, yesterday morning, a committeeof reception awaited the personalities at the gates of the show to draw their attention to the situation of the boaters of Port Vieux...
Electric is on the rise
Already carried by a favorable wave, the offer of electric motors for pleasure boats has experienced growing interest since the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the flight price price.This is particularly the case in nauticals where several models attract the attention of visitors, designed mainly to equip appendices or light units.
Distributed by the company Servaux, the small German outboard Torqeedo which has long dominated the market, must now face great competition.Particularly silent due to the positioning of the engine in an immersed pod, its Travel 1103 model still refers to its equivalent thermal equivalent power of 3 hp and its thrust equivalent to that of a 4 hp.
Designer of an amazing linear propellant that is settling in a simple swimming lady, the Nantes company Temo presents at La Ciotat its entry -level Temo 450 model, of a mass less than 5 kg, and announces the upcoming commercializationTEMO 1000 of 13 kg, delivering power equivalent to that of a 3 thermal CH.The latter will have the same integrated connection as that of its predecessor, and will also benefit from a removable battery.
Much further south, the Ozo group, based in Eguilles, exposes the prototype of a very elegant and promising outboard engine with a power equivalent to that of a 10 thermal CH, whose exit it announces during thissummer.With a long expertise in the retro-fits equipment for electric motorizations for bicycles, Ozo has its own lithium battery production line which allows it to offer its customers on the à la carte combinations, in outboard as inin-bord.
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Historical distributor of the Zodiac and Bombard tire boats that has been promoting for almost 70 years with its Provencal customers, the company Servaux has not missed the 2022 Nauticales meeting, with fifteen models on display,on the ground as afloat, and not the least.Having diversified its portfolio by integrating in its catalog the brands Ryck, Frauscher and Fjord, Servaux presents in particular this year four of the most prestigious units gathered during this 19th edition at the Salon de la Ciotat, namely the Fjord 41 XL, the Frauscher 12.12 Ghost (our photo), the Ryck 280 and the Zodiac Medline 9.As his manager explains, Nicolas Benveniste, "we have been looking forward to the return of the nauticals in which we have participated since the origin, because it is a fair that counts.It is the first of the season and above all, it is organized afloat, which is very important for our customers.Some come, indeed, by far to meet us because they know that it is a unique opportunity to see the models that interest them in their natural element ".
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Jacques Rougerie and François-Alexandre Bertrand, these "Meriens" who give us keys to dream of the sea
Co animators, yesterday afternoon, to "dream of the sea", the first of the twenty thematic conferences that the 2022 Nauticals offer their visitors until Sunday, March 27, the architect Oceanographer Jacques Rougerie and the entrepreneur François-Alexandre Bertrandconquered their audience by their soothing and optimistic message;a particularly welcome speech by the times that run.It must be said that everyone in their field has gone to the end of their passion for the marine world, giving a beginning of reality to one of the wildest dreams of humanity: working, living and living under the surface.
"The characteristic of the human being is to surpass himself, and the underwater world field gave me the opportunity to push my own limits.Besides, then, I no longer had the same look at life and the world, "says Jacques Rougerie, godfather of this 19th edition of the show.A "pragmatic dreamer" as he defines himself, who wants to be more than ever turned to the future, and in particular the young generations to which he wishes to transmit this same momentum.But the father of the houses under the sea is not worried.
"It is enough to walk in the alleys of the Nauticals to note that there are young people today who take us in turn in new challenges, with extremely promising technologies which are born from their imagination.This is why we must stop spitting permanently on humans and our civilization ".
Designer of Playbus, a small partially submersible boat intended for exploration and underwater research, and whose prototype is exhibited at the Salon de la Ciotat, François-Alexandre Bertrand is on the same wavele length as his glorious elder.Without denying the problems and challenges that will arise from man in the coming decades.
"The sea is beautiful.So let's forget for once the garbage sea to dream of the sea.We always tend to be pessimistic when humanity has never disposed of as many human, technical, financial and scientific means ".
And to give the example of space which, like the oceans, constituted one of the great objectives of the human species during the second half of the last century."If space has become a major issue of the 21st century, has not yet been completely found this dream of the sea and the maritime conquest".
But the two "Mériens" are convinced: it will not be long!
In the program
Conferences
2 pm-5:30 p.m.: "Skipper of offshore racing, Everest des Mers" (Marsail) with Christopher Pratt, nautical ambassador (conference room).
16 h-17 h 30 : Conférence "Acheter un bateau d'occasion, mode d'emploi ?" (Cap Océan), avec Jonathan Boutboul, président et fondateur de Cap Océan (salle de conférence).
Round table
2:30 to-8 pm: "Navigation at sea, source of individual and collective transformation". Round table avec Déborah Pardo et les Earthship Seasters, association membre de l'Accélérateur M, soutenue par la Métropole et l'Europe (Stand de la Métropole).
The practical living room
Les Nauticales, 19th edition.From Saturday 19 to Sunday 27 March 27.Open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m..Marina, quay of Capuchins, 13600 La Ciotat.
