How big boats get to the Dusseldorf boat show

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Ever wondered how those big boats get into the exhibition halls? No, I guess not but if you have, here's how

 

[Mr Googler]

I’m really interested but can’t see a link!

 

[EricJ]

thanks for sharing. Much better video than what I have seen so far about boats being delievered to Dusseldorf. They also have this Big Willi to crane the boats that arrive on their own bottom:

it always surprises me how they can justify all this expense every year for an indoor boat show. With the consolidation of boat shows choices have become easier for the boat builders, but still. Cannes or Southampton must be a lot easier logistics wise.

 

[Bajansailor]

Very impressive.
How far do they then have to travel along the roads to the exhibition centre?
Would the large Princess yacht have come all the way from England on a barge, or was she driven on her own bottom to (eg) Amsterdam and then loaded on the barge there for the passage up the Rhine?

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Very impressive.
How far do they then have to travel along the roads to the exhibition centre?
Would the large Princess yacht have come all the way from England on a barge, or was she driven on her own bottom to (eg) Amsterdam and then loaded on the barge there for the passage up the Rhine?

I dont know the answer to that. Anyone?

 

[EricJ]

I dont know the answer to that. Anyone?

I heard that they put the bigger boats on a barge in The Netherlands and from there go up the Rhine. They unload them right next to the Messe so the part by truck is short.

 

[rafiki_]

I heard that they put the bigger boats on a barge in The Netherlands and from there go up the Rhine. They unload them right next to the Messe so the part by truck is short.

Yep, I heard he same.

 

[jrudge]

There is a massive crane / lift next to the halls called Big Bertha. I assumed they were all lifted there.

 

[davidej]

I wonder what margin the manufacturer puts into the sales price to cover marketing costs like this.

 

[mm42]

I was in Dover Marina earlier in the year and there was several brand new large motor yachts fuelling before heading to Düsseldorf.

 

[rafiki_]

I wonder what margin the manufacturer puts into the sales price to cover marketing costs like this.

The dealers contribute to the boat show costs, and help to man the stands. Inevitably there are costs in both within the end sales price of the product, but this is no different to many other industries.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I wonder what margin the manufacturer puts into the sales price to cover marketing costs like this.

I happen to know that one major manufacturer in my industry budgets 2.5% of turnover for exhibitions and I suspect the boating industry is not dissimilar. Boats are like any product. The customer pays for the privilege of being sold the product