08/05/2015
3RD TRADITIONAL BOAT SHOW
The Traditional Boat Association of Greece is happy to announce the 3rd Traditional Boat Show.The Boat Show will take place from 27 May through 30 May 2015 in the port of Piraeus. It will be part of the festivities of the “European Maritime Day”.
The traditional boats will be berthed alongside the Exhibition Center of OLP (Organisation of Piraeus Port), (Pagoda). There, visitors will be able to admire representative traditional boats such as Trehandiri, Perma, Karavoskaro, Liberty etc .These unique hulls- most of them decades old- will bring alive memories among the old visitors and help the young ones get to know a disappearing art.
During the course of the 3rd Traditional Boat Show there will be exhibitions of children’s painting, of photograph on the theme of traditional boats and boatyards as well as an exhibition of models of traditional hulls. All the exhibitions will be held in the lobby of the OLP building.
In the nearby area there will also be a show of antique cars and moto. In the evenings there will be concerts by the Greek Navy Band and by well known traditional musicians.
The above events will be under the aegis of ministries and are organised with the help of the OLP, the municipality of Piraeus, and the ministry of Marine.
TV, radio and daily press will be covering the above activities.
Everybody is invited!