The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival is due to be held from 14 to 25 May 2019. And one of the best ways to experience the glitz of the star-studded ten day party is from the sea.
Michele Morgan at the first Film Festival in Cannes 1946. Main photo: The sheer chic of it… Grace Kelly shows how it’s done at the film festival in 1955. © Keystone-France
From the first festival in 1946, when the French actress Michele Morgan posed in her bathing suit against a boat on the beach, stars have been photographed on a whole range of yachts.
The coolest of course are the classics, and classic-charters.com run by father and son team Nick and Dominic Meredith Hardy have a beauty on their books. Conquest, a luxury 98ft (30m) nine-berth motoryacht, built for the British comic film actor Norman Wisdom in 1966, has room for a 50 guest party on board.
With a maximum speed of 13 knots and a range of 1,000 nautical miles she’s the perfect way to explore the area around the Cote D’Azur.
She carries a crew of four and has Air Conditioning, stabilisers when underway, and WiFi connection on board, yet still maintains an ageless grace with her classic lines and colour schemes.
What a way to travel to a festival and park up next to the stars!
Charter prices are up to €40,000 p/w in the high season.
Contact: +44 (0) 7919430863
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