Concours Innovation for marine equipment
The Concours Innovation section of the Paris Boat Show is always a treasure trove of new ideas with the potential to change the way we sail and use our boats.
The 16 products and services represented this year ranged from discarded fenders upcycled into lampshades (atelierpoupe.com) to a method for building boats in fibreglass and other composites without needing a mould, thereby saving tonnes of unnecessary plastics and carbon emissions (ox-eye.com).
The latter won the prize for top service, while best product was Inocel’s 300kW hydrogen fuel cell that weighs only 100kg, yet can be used to power massive electric motors (inocel.com).
Overall winner was the KISS
