European Yacht and Powerboat of the Year 2021

At the traditional FLAGSHIP NIGHT, the big industry gala of boot Düsseldorf and Delius Klasing Verlag, the renowned awards are normally presented in a festive setting - but due to the Corona pandemic this year's ceremony took place without an audience in the International Maritime Museum Hamburg. This did not detract from the highly anticipated awards ceremony and the many interested watersports fans still got their money's worth, as the recorded awards ceremony - moderated by the two jury chairmen Jochen Rieker, editor-in-chief of YACHT magazine, and Thorsten Moench, editor-in-chief of BOOTE magazine - could be followed digitally on YouTube.

An expert jury of representatives from Europe's twelve leading sailing magazines traditionally picks the winners of the "European Yacht of the Year" award. Despite the difficult conditions due to travel restrictions and quarantine regulations, the judges went all out to test each nominated sailing yacht. After three test phases at three different locations (Kiel, Cannes and La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast), the 2021 winners were selected.

This year, an expert jury of representatives from the eight leading European motor boating publications selected the winners of the "European Powerboat of the Year" award by video conference and using a sophisticated points system. In addition to quality features such as workmanship and handling, the nominated powerboats were given points for such valuable aspects as space allocation, safety, price-performance ratio and the implementation of innovations. After an exciting vote, this year's winners of the five categories were determined.