Viareggio, March 9, 2025 – With just two days to go, YARE 2025 (Yachting Aftersales & Refit Experience) confirms its status as a key event for the refit and aftersales sector in the yachting industry, having reached full capacity for participating companies and international captains. Scheduled from March 12 to 14, this edition stands out for its strong international appeal, with 70% of participants coming from abroad, gathering top-level companies and professionals in the industry.
A Record-Breaking Edition For Business And Networking
The core of YARE lies in its B2B meetings and networking activities, essential tools for fostering new business opportunities. Thanks to advanced digital tools, including the YARE App, pre-scheduled meetings enable a seamless and optimized management of interactions between captains and companies, ensuring maximum efficiency and productivity.
A Comprehensive Program: Forum, Workshops, And Shipyard Visits
YARE 2025 will feature an intense three-day program, including:
- Visits to leading shipyards and nautical districts, from La Spezia to Pisa, offering a firsthand look at Italy’s finest yacht industry innovations.
- The YARE Forum, featuring over 15 international speakers, including representatives of top refit shipyards and key Mediterranean stakeholders. This will be a prime opportunity to discuss common strategies for industry development. Among the confirmed guests are RYN Riviera Yachting Network from France and BMC Balearic Marine Cluster from Spain, which have signed an international cooperation agreement covering areas such as training, collective promotion of the Western Mediterranean, regulatory collaboration, and network enhancement.
- Dedicated workshops, focusing on refit, advanced technologies, artificial intelligence applications, as well as key topics like well-being and stress management both on board and in shipyards.
Sponsors And Synergies With Yachting Week
Strategic partners of YARE 2025 include Invest Durban, promoting South Africa as a prime yachting destination, and the Adriatic42, further underscoring YARE’s significance as a global business platform.
Among the event’s main sponsors are also Seven Stars Marina and Shipyard, Cantieri di Pisa, Cantiere Rossini, Palumbo Superyacht, Sanlorenzo, Lusben, Tecnopool, RINA, Jotun, and many more.
YARE is part of the Yachting Week, a format designed to showcase Tuscany’s maritime excellence, involving the key nautical hubs of Viareggio, Versilia, Carrara, Grosseto, Livorno, and Pisa, as well as the islands and ports of the Marine della Toscana Consortium. It also creates valuable synergies with Seatec and Compotec, the leading industry exhibitions held at Carrarafiere.
Additionally, students from the ITS ISYL Academy Foundation will actively participate in the event, highlighting the crucial role of education in shaping the industry’s future. YARE is supported by the Tuscany North-West Chamber of Commerce, through the projects The Lands of Giacomo Puccini and Terre di Pisa, as well as by the Tuscany Region and Toscana Promozione Turistica, further confirming its strategic economic impact on the region.
The event is also endorsed by the European Commission and is promoted and backed by Confindustria Nautica, SYBAss, ICOMIA, ISS International Superyacht Society, YPY Italy, and major international captains’ associations, including Italian Yachtmasters, Super Captains Team, Associazione Marittimi Argentario, Hellenic Yachtmasters, and Hellenic Yacht Crew Association.
“We are extremely satisfied with the results achieved for this edition of YARE – states Pietro Angelini, General Manager of NAVIGO – The sold-out status and strong international presence confirm that the event is now recognized as a global benchmark for refit and aftersales. The outstanding quality of the participating companies and the high-level networking opportunities make YARE an unparalleled platform for business development and industry discussions on future challenges. “YARE is a strategic event for our nautical district, a catalyst for opportunities generating an economic impact of 30 million euros. With a 15-year consolidated format, successfully replicated worldwide, it welcomes 110 onboard captains and over 120 international companies, establishing itself as a business and innovation hub for the refit sector and yachting services.”
With an agenda full of high-value content and an international lineup of industry leaders, YARE 2025 is ready to set sail, reaffirming its status as an unmissable event for the global yachting industry.
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Media Contact:
Elena Fontana
NAVIGO Marketing and Communication Manager
YARE Project Manager
elena.fontana@navigotoscana.it
Mob. +39 3288259632