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Jeanneau counts awards

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Beneteau Group member, French shipyard Jeanneau, collected a rich crop of awards in late 2018 and early 2019 and now sums up the season. The main focus of the competition jury was on the Sun Odyssey cruising sailboats and the Sar Camarat outboard motorboats.

» The 8.6m Cap Camarat 9.0 Walk Around (WA) and the 9.12m Cap Camarat 9.0 Center Console (CC), the flagship of the range, were named «Best for fun at the end of November's 2018 Best of Boats Awards.

« We are very proud that Jeanneau powerboats have won this award again. We believe in Jeanneau. It is an excellent brand that we have been selling for 18 years now»," said ArminBuchardi of the brand's German distributor, Aqua Marin, at the time.

A couple of weeks later, in early December, during the Paris Boat Show another Cap Camarat, a 7.5m 7.5 BR, was awarded the title «Boat of the Year» by Moteur Boat Magazine. BR. The jury selected the boat among 15 entries.

Around the same period, Cruising World magazine named the best of the best. Its awards, «Import Boat of the Year» and«Best Midsize Cruiser Over 38 Feet», went to Sun Odyssey 490 and Sun Odyssey 410.

Sun Odyssey 410 was also voted Best Sailing Yacht in Asia during the Christofle Yacht Style Awards. The award ceremony was held on 9 January in Phuket, Thailand .

« What is the secret of success? Because on board the new generation of Sun Odyssey yachts there is true harmony», Jeanneau believes.

Unfortunately the NC 33 motorboatremained only a nominee for European Powerboat of the Year 2018, Motor Boat Awards 2018 and 2018 Best of Boats Awards. Undoubtedly, though - if the boat turned out to be a candidate for so many awards, it can already be called special. Visitors to the Dubaï International Boat Show next week will be able to check whether this is true at the Jeanneau stand. The show opens on 26 February and runs until 2 March.

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