BOB is the World’s largest Motorboat Award,
focused on the boaters point of view.

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About BOB
The Award

What we do

What we do

The Best of Boats Award is Europe’s largest award for motorboats in numbers of represented countries, magazines and jury members. As only motorboat award worldwide, the BOB Award is at home in all European water-sports regions and internationally.

Who we are

Who we are

The jury members Best of Boats Award all share profound experience as boat testers, a strong focus on the practical needs of active boaters and their non-competitive friendship as boat professionals.

How we test

How we test

Hundreds of new boats are tested each year by the BOB jury members in confirmed full-scale boat tests, making this a seal of quality in leisure boating. User-oriented categories put the boater’s true boating perspective in focus.

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