Trade show Boot: Blue Motion Night - the maritime Kö

In Hall 6, traditionally reserved for the very fat millionaire yachts, visitors were able to get an idea of life on a luxury ship. Bremen-based boatbuilder Drettmann opened the hatches of the "Explorer" - a 24-meter-long and 175-ton luxury yacht, the heaviest vessel at boot 2016. "This yacht ushers in a new era for us and will cause a stir in the market," says Managing Director Claudia Drettmann. Highlights include, for example, a beach club with a bar and sunbathing area directly on the water, as well as a sauna where passengers can retreat in bad weather. The diesel-electric propulsion system is also new. "You can even cross the Atlantic with this ship, fully seaworthy, even if it might rock a bit," said show boss Werner Dornscheidt. Perhaps not everyone's cup of tea after all.

For Goetz-Ulf Jungmichel, it was the last Blue Motion Night as head of the world's largest water sports trade show. His successor, Petros Michelidakis, is waiting in the wings and is already settling in. With the president of the boat, Robert Marx, and the managing director of the federal association water sports economy, Jürgen Tracht, he exchanged himself in the evening lively about the future of "his" boot.

Among the celebrities on the guest list of the fair organizers this year were car specialist and TV presenter Panagiota Petridou, RTL presenters for boxing and Formula 1 Florian König and Kai Ebel, Bond star Götz Otto ("The morning never dies"), former top athlete Jürgen Hingsen (decathlon) and Alessandra "Sandy" Meyer-Wölden(model and ex-wife of Oliver Pocher), captain Matthias Bosse of the mega polar yacht "Sea Hawk" and ex-racing driver Jochen Mass.