2nd Moscow Yacht Festival

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Schedule has been finalized for the second annual Moscow Yacht Festival, a large festivity and on-water exhibition devoted to yachting, water sports and recreation.

The event is taking place from June 15th to June 18th, 2006, at the moorage of the Central Culture and Recreation Park near the Neskuchny Gardens in the center of Moscow.

Besides, this year’s exhibition is expected to feature a very impressive international fleet of over 70 yachts, from weekend sailboats to ocean-going superyachts, says Nikita Gorchakov, Managing Director of the Festival.

The superyacht headliners of the Festival are hull no. 35-2 from Timmerman Yachts to be launched in April 2006 and slightly refitted and re-painted “Northern Star”, also a 35-meter long motoryacht built at Timmerman’s Moscow Shipyard last year.

Two other boats over 35 meters from well-known European shipyards are also awaited at the event. Every yacht will be available for test-drive on the water.

Participating are all major shipyards, yacht brokers, and manufacturers of yachting gear, souvenirs, and accessories. It has become a tradition that the Festival is opened by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov ringing the watch-bell.