The best tenders and dayboats at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2017

Having turned heads in 2015 with the worldwide debut of its transforming tender, Evo Yachts is back with a walkaround version that should be just as popular. This 13 metre dayboat is similarly adept at morphing from sleek speedster to floating beach club, with expanding bulwarks and a fold-out transom.

Austrian yard Frauscher is renowned for building fast and furious dayboats and the 1414 Demon is a great example. Earlier this year, a 2,200hp version was delivered having proved her top speed of 67 knots during a particularly spicy test drive. If you get a chance to take a ride in Cannes, don’t think twice.

Getting a global premiere at the 2017 Cannes show, the Christian Grande-designed Invictus 240CX is a brand new 7.45 metre from the Italian yard that packs a lot of premium features into such a compact package. Highlights include an outdoor shower, foldable Bimini and up to 250hp worth of outboard power for a top speed of 38 knots.

It’s been an emotional year for Italian dayboat icon Riva, after the passing of the great Carlo Riva, but his legacy lives on in this new 17 metre, which will be given the red carpet treatment in Cannes. Styled by Officina Italiana Design, the new Rivale is very much a pocket superyacht with high-gloss mahogany panelling and soft furnishings by Ivano Redaelli and Van Besouw.