The Cannes Yachting Festival is setting its sights on the future of yachting with the 2025 edition of the Innovation Route where technology and sustainability are at the rendezvous:

40 innovations selected from more than 120 applications.
An international jury of experts who chose the most daring projects, capable of combining performance, sailing pleasure and environmental responsibility.
Among the flagship solutions: 100% electro-solar catamarans, boats incorporating recycled or natural materials, hybridization systems, advanced safety devices and on-board artificial intelligence. These innovations show that boating can be both eco-responsible and high-tech.
New: four Innovation Route Awards, to highlight the most outstanding projects.
 

In 2024, the Cannes Yachting Festival made its mark with the launch of the Innovation Route, which quickly became an unmissable stop at Europe's largest in-water boat show. This unique route, dedicated to technological advances and eco-responsible approaches, highlighted the most ambitious solutions for the future of yachting.

In 2025, the Festival takes a new step with the creation of the Innovation Route Awards. Designed to promote the most remarkable projects, these awards, revealed on 9 September 2025, will distinguish the players who are redefining sailing, making it more sustainable, more innovative and ever more attractive.

For Sylvie Ernoult, Director of the Cannes Yachting Festival, these awards symbolise the profound evolution of a sector now focused on a decarbonised future and a redesigned sailing experience: "Year after year, we see the growing importance of innovations within the Festival. The 2025 selection is a testament to the industry's ability to invent a more environmentally friendly yachting, without giving in to the pleasure and freedom that defines sailing. »