A Navy Gun Boat and an RAF High Speed Launch secured this year as “national treasuers” where Nicolle Associates acted for the vendors are going to be the stars of the 2010 PSP Southampton Boat show when stars of ITV’s “All At Sea” arrive on board and open the Show. A Spitfire will also fly past at the same time.

Motor Gun Boat - MGB 81

PSP SBS: There won’t be a dry eye in the house at the opening of this year’s PSP Southampton Boat Show as the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain is celebrated at the show opening with a WW2 Navy Gun Boat and an RAF High Speed Tender, while a Spitfire makes a fly past.

Dawn Porter and Nick Hancock, fresh from sailing around the south coast of England for ITV1’s recent All At Sea three-part series, will be the official show openers – one will come in on the Navy Gun Boat and the other on the RAF tender. Both will end up in the marina as the two-seater Spitfire owned and flown by Caroline Grace thunders overhead and puts on a display for us.

After posing for photographs on the marina, Ms Porter and Mr Hancock will declare the show officially open, after which they’ll take part in a Q&A session with the show compère, discussing their experiences of sailing around the UK in the different sailing vessels.

RAF High Speed Launch - HSL 102

Yacht sales and conveyance is a specialist profession and should only be undertaken by fully qualified and insured professionals. Nicolle Associates were chosen by the vendors of these boats due to the complex nature of the succesful transaction which included National Lottery funding.

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