Cannes Yachting Festival 2020 now cancelled

It was being held out that the Cannes Yachting Festival for 2020 would still go ahead despite the worldwide condition relating to Covid-19. News is that the promoters and organizers have now cancelled the show for this year citing a new surge of Covid-19 cases. With restrictions and rules becoming further tightened especially after the French Government clamped down on gatherings above 5,000 persons earlier in the week, the possibility of a show this year became very unlikely. With the show expected to start in early September it was really down to the wire to make a decision on whether to go ahead or cancel. Appears mainly the French Government made that decision for them.