PRESS INFOS
"MORE YACHT! MORE LIVE!"
Since 2022 under the new management of Yachtfestival365 GmbH, Germany's largest in-water boat show has been firmly established for many years at the ancora Marina in Neustadt/Holstein on the Bay of Lübeck. The ancora YACHTFESTIVAL has become an important date for the yachting industry at the Baltic Sea in spring.
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PRESS RELEASES
Kick-off for the ancora YACHTFESTIVAL 2025
Experience the fascination of yachting up close
From May 23 to 25, 2025, the ancora Marina in Neustadt in Holstein will once again become a hotspot for boating enthusiasts: The ancora YACHTFESTIVAL opens its doors - and will be even more diverse, impressive and inspiring in its 16th edition.
Germany's largest in-water boat show offers the perfect mix of maritime innovation, exclusive yachting lifestyle and interactive experiences - right on the water.
(Press release from March 17, 2025)
17,023 visitors at the three-day ancora YACHTFESTIVAL
In-water boat show at its best
A boat show can be so beautiful! Kissed by the sun, framed by the blue of the sky and the water, immersed in the relaxed atmosphere of cheerful exhibitors and beaming visitors, ancora presented itself as what its name suggests: a festival of yachts and boats, a show of information and entertainment. It was a successful start to the season for experienced boat owners and a relaxed introduction to a new hobby for beginners. In short: a three-day happening of water sports!
(Press release from June 03, 2024)
ancora YACHTFESTIVAL: The gateway to water sports
There is no better and more informative way to start the water sports season than at the 15th edition of Germany's largest in-water boat show. From May 31 to June 2, the ancora YACHTFESTIVAL program at the jetties, on the beach, in the outdoor area and in the exhibition hall of the 5-star ancora marina will immerse visitors in the world of water sports.
(Press release from May 28, 2024)
THE ANCORA YACHT FESTIVAL 2024 IS IN THE STARTING BLOCKS
A yachting lifestyle full of life and good humor. This characterizes the ancora YACHTFESTIVAL in a perfect setting: With a great ambience in the 5-star ancora Marina in Neustadt in Holstein, highly interested visitors from Germany and neighboring European countries as well as satisfied exhibitors, the boat show impressed last year. In its 15th edition in 2024, Germany's largest in-water boat show will increase the euphoria for the future. It will be a yacht festival in which boats and yachts of all major brands from 6 to 24 meters will be presented in an unprecedented variety.
(Press release from March 14, 2024)
Bright sun over the Hamburg ancora yacht festival
Three days at the sea, and the water enthusiast knows again what really counts: the 5-star ancora Marina in Neustadt/Holstein presented itself for the Hamburg ancora Yachtfestival at its best last weekend, attracting 15,572 visitors to the exhibition grounds from Friday, 12th to Sunday, 14th May. Over the three sunny days the excitement for this year’s water sports season rose amongst the public and exhibitors alike. Dealers and yacht representatives were delighted with the highly interested visitors exploring the yachts, many qualified questions were answered by exhibitors in the pagodas tents and the lectures on the two stages were just as busy as the fun sports trials offered on the beach.
(Press Release May 15, 2023)
HAMBURG ancora YACHTFESTIVAL - Boat Show of E-Motions
Great experiences, great feelings, great variety! Water sports open the door to a comprehensive experience of nature: nowhere is the confrontation with the elements more immediate, the beauty of the coasts and the colors of the sea more visible, and the forces of wind and waves more tangible than at sea. On a yacht, new horizons open up and yet the focus is on the essential: the moment! The start of the 2023 water sports season again awakens all these emotions, and the Hamburg ancora Yacht Festival invites you to experience the variety of pleasures at the ancora Marina in Neustadt/Holstein from May 12 to 14. Here, the possibilities of vacation and leisure can be experienced directly at and on the water - whether in a small boat or on a luxurious yacht, under sail or under motor.
(Press release April 27, 2023)
HAMBURG ancora YACHTFESTIVAL awakens E-Motions
Yachting lifestyle full of life and good humor. This characterizes the HAMBURG ancora YACHTFESTIVAL in a perfect setting: With a great ambience in the 5-star ancora Marina in Neustadt in Holstein, highly interested visitors and satisfied exhibitors, last year's comeback was convincing. In its 14th edition, Germany's largest in-water Boat Show will increase the euphoria for the future from May 12 to 14, 2023. It will be a Boat Show in which catamarans will be presented in an unprecedented variance and in which the topic of e-mobility on the water will gain momentum.
(Press release, March 22, 2023)
Press review
ANCORA YACHT FESTIVAL RECORDS MORE THAN 17,000 VISITORS
After three days of a full program for both experienced boat owners and water sports beginners, the ancora yacht festival came to an end on Sunday. 17,023 visitors came to Germany's largest in-water boat show on the Bay of Lübeck at the weekend. Organizers and exhibitors were satisfied with the three-day event, which marks the start of the season for many water sports enthusiasts.
A CELEBRATION OF BOATING
Kristina Kolbe | June 03, 2024
The ancora yacht festival opened last Friday and showed the entire weekend in the ancora marina what new products and must-haves water sports have to offer this season. 160 yachts could be viewed, exciting lectures and live workshops awaited the guests and over 180 exhibitors with all brands from the water sports sector presented their products in the pagodas in the heart of the marina. The whole event was complemented by a varied children's program and the harbour night with live music.
THREE DAYS BY THE SEA - WONDERFUL!
The ancora yacht festival in Neustadt in Holstein last weekend offered an atmosphere that could not have been better at a boat show. Sunshine galore and a relaxed mood among visitors and the public created an atmosphere to enjoy. Those who had not come to the yacht festival with very specific appointments could simply sit on the promenade and watch the action in the harbor.
ANCORA YACHT FESTIVAL 2024 STARTED IN NEUSTADT IN HOLSTEIN
Editorial team | May 31, 2024
The ancora Yacht Festival 2024 kicked off on Friday in Neustadt in Holstein (Schleswig-Holstein). Visitors can look forward to lectures, hands-on activities, concerts, lots of food stands and, above all, chic new sailing and motor yachts.
ANCORA YACHT FESTIVAL INVITES YOU TO THE 15TH EDITION ON THE BALTIC SEA
For 15 years now, the Ancora Yacht Festival in Neustadt in Holstein has been the starting signal for the boating season on the Bay of Lübeck. From May 31 to June 2, the most important brands in the boating industry will once again be presenting themselves at Germany's largest in-water boat show.
ANCORA YACHT FESTIVAL - TRE INTENSE DAGE
SØren Øverup | April 17, 2024
Here in the middle of April, around 150 people have been arranged in advance - this includes a number of stands on the land area, before which 100 stands will be taken, and a varied program with panel discussions, discussion forums, tests of the exhibition and much more.
HALF YACHT SHOW, HALF FESTIVAL ON THE BALTIC SEA
If you count the boats that have been presented in Neustadt shortly after the start of the season for the past 15 years, you get a pretty complete overview of the sailing and motorboat innovations that belong on the Baltic Sea. 180 boats were on display at the ancora Yacht Festival 2023 in the five-star marina of the same name; this year, from May 31 to June 2, there could be just as many.
THE TRADE FAIR YEAR 2024 AT A GLANCE
Jill Grigoleit | April 08, 2024
For 15 years now, the Ancora Yacht Festival in Neustadt in Holstein has been an integral part of the boating season on the Bay of Lübeck and beyond. From May 31 to June 2, the most important brands in the boating industry will once again present themselves here this year.
RUNNING SUN OVER THE HAMBURG ancora YACHT FESTIVAL
Kristina Kolbe | May 17, 2023
With a veritable picture book start, the Hamburg ancora Yacht Festival was officially opened last Friday. Julia Carstens, State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics, Transport, Labor, Technology and Tourism of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, sounded the fanfare that heralded the start of the festival for all to hear.
SUNSHINE AND YACHTS
Editorial | 16 May 2023
For many sailors, the weekend at the Baltic Sea was a celebration. Full sunshine and a good breeze created ideal sailing weather. And in Neustadt, the Hamburg ancora Yacht Festival attracted more than 15,000 visitors* to the exhibition area in the ancora marina.
NEW TOWN: LATEST TRENDS AND LUXURY YACHTS IN THE MARINA
Germany's largest boat show in the water is taking place at the Ancora Marina in Neustadt until Sunday, May 13. Around 180 yachts and boats as well as a lot of program inspire the audience.
BOAT SHOW ON EXPANSION COURSE - THE NOVELTIES
The Hamburg Ancora Yacht Festival in Neustadt/Holstein offers the full range of yachts. Among them are some that can be seen for the first time at this fair - we show the novelties
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN NEUSTADT
Michael Krieg, Stefan Gerhard | May 09, 2023
The ancora yacht festival focuses on all trends at the same time, targeting sailing as well as power boaters. What is there to see?
BETTER IN-WATER!
For the second time, after last year's premiere, the HAMBURG ancora YACHTFESTIVAL will start in Neustadt/Holstein from May 12 to 14, In-Water.
LIVE, ON BOARD AND AT THE HARBOR EDGE
Yachting lifestyle full of life and good mood and the whole live, on board, on the water and directly at the harbor edge - that characterizes the Hamburg ancora yacht festival in Baltic Sea scenery in their 14th edition.
MORE YACHT, MORE LIFE!
Sailing Journal | Issue 01/23
With 180 boats and yachts of many well-known brands registered, Germany's largest boat show in the water will definitely be a highlight for every water sports enthusiast.
YACHT FESTIVAL WITH FOCUS ON E-MOBILITY
Editorial | March 24, 2023
It is to be a show of innovations and emotions. From May 12 to 14, the HAMBURG ancora YACHTFESTIVAL will take place in Neustadt in Holstein.
FESTIVAL FOR ALL SENSES - IN THE ANCORA MARINA
boats issue 6/2022
Finally, experience and compare boats and yachts live again, test equipment and accessories, pick up tips from practical demonstrations, in...
LOOK AT BOATS AND DREAM OF BEAUTIFUL CRUISES
yacht Issue 13-2022
If you were also in Neustadt the weekend before last in May, you probably felt the same as me: What a pleasure it was to visit a boat show again! Especially since a...
18,000 VISITORS CAME...
...to the Hamburg Ancora Yacht Festival in Neustadt on the Baltic Sea at the end of May. This is a...
STORMY START IN NEUSTADT
Despite the Baltic Sea weather, the Yacht Festival is a ray of light for the boating industry. The reasons for this are manifold.
BOATS, SERVICE, INFORMATION AND A LOT TO EXPERIENCE!
180 different boats can be discovered at the large North German Inwater Boat Show. From the small tender to the lively day cruiser...
THE PREMIERE FAIR
Report from 10 May 2022
After two years without an in-water boat show in Neustadt in Holstein, it's back this year. And: admission is free. We give an overview...
YACHTS ATTRACT EVEN IN TIMES OF CRISIS
Issue 10 May 2022
Long delivery times, enormous price increases: Water sports industry booming - Large trade fair in Neustadt...
LINES OFF TO THE BIGGEST INWATER BOAT SHOW
180 exhibitors, 85 pagodas and a total area of around 56,000 square meters as well as several premieres...
ON THE WATER! - START OF THE RECREATIONAL SAILORS IN THE POST-CORONA SEASON
The leisure sailors have started the season optimistically. Finally, the harbours on the North Sea and Baltic Sea are free again...
FLYDENDE PÅ TYSK - OG SÅ MED DANSKE UDSTILLERE
Report from 6 May 2022
Nej, vi taler ikke om sproget i overskriften, men om Hamburg Ancora Yachtfestival, som lige præcis om to uger slår...
FINALLY BACK!
Issue 05/2022
"More Yacht, More Life" will henceforth be the motto of Germany's largest InWater boat show, which will be held...
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
Witha new organiser and at the same time old acquaintances, Germany's largest boat show...
INFORMATION AND EMOTION
Interview with Heiko Zimmermann about his new event agency Yachfestival365 and the takeover...
HAMBURG ANCORA YACHT FESTIVAL
YachtFocus Magazine 211
Bezoek de grootste Duitse botenbeurs te water in de Ancora Marina in Neustadt in Holstein, een klein uurtje voorbij...
THE HAMBURG ANCORA YACHT FESTIVAL OPENS IN MAY ...
Report from 12 February 2022
In recent years, boat shows across Europe have been challenged and many cancellations ...
MANY PREMIERES AT HAMBURG ANCORA YACHT FESTIVAL
Report from 11 February 2022
The Hamburg ancora Yacht Festival is setting off with new momentum. The event, which has been cancelled due to the ...
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
Report from 9 February 2022
Floating stage for numerous premieres: Following the cancellation of boot Düsseldorf, the Hamburg ancora ...
NEW GERMAN BOAT SHOW ANNOUNCED; PLANS FOR ...
Report from 8 February 2022
The Hamburg ancora Yachtfestival will return in May under new management ...
NEW START FOR NEUSTADT
Report from 8 February 2022
The Hamburg ancora Yacht Festival will return in May under new management. An old acquaintance is in charge. ...
DÜSSELDORF IS CANCELLED, THE YACHT FESTIVAL TAKES OVER
Report from 7 February 2022
The Hamburg ancora Yacht Festival in Neustadt will benefit from the elimination of boot Düsseldorf and will become the leading trade fair in ...
YACHT FESTIVAL GETS BOATS READY
Report from 25 November 2021
When big people part with small things, it is a chance for small people to make small things big, Heiko Zimmermann said to himself.
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