The Riviera Times editor. Hannah Marshall, left, meets reader Miranda Pitt at our yacht show stand

According to Luc Pettavino, Director of the show there were contracts for the purchase of yachts that were signed and many negotiations started. Also many yacht insurance contracts were completed.

Over 97 superyachts were displayed in the Principality's mythical Port Hercule, with nearly one hundred others anchored in the bays of St Jean Cap Ferrrat and Villefranche. The turnout appears to herald a positive turnaround for the super and mega yacht industry, which suffered a drop in sales of nearly 30 per cent at the height of the crisis.

For more details on this year's show and for information on 2010 see: www.monacoyachtshow.com