Mallorca Yachting Industry News

Already offering helicopter sightseeing, dining, trial lessons, and Private Pilot Licence (PPLH) training for the best part of a decade, The Aviation Centre is now fully approved to offer the complete Commercial Pilot Licence (CPLH) course here in Mallorca.  It puts the company in a very select group of European …

The rate of decline in pleasure boat registrations in Spain for this year appears to have slowed with -15% fewer registrations between January and August, compared to a -28.7% fall registered in the first quarter. From January to August 2020, 4,463 pleasure boats have been registered in Spain compared to 5,232 registered …

Speedcast have taken the opportunity to re-invent themselves and are going from strength to strength. They have decided to make a big focus on the yacht market and use the spare bandwidth that was previously used for cruise, for yachts. So, for those lucky yachts using Speedcast and for all …

STP Shipyard Palma has welcomed Didac Costa aboard the One Ocean One Planet, an IMOCA Open 60’ that will set sail on November 8th in one of the toughest and most demanding competitions on the planet, the Vendée Globe. During its stay at STP Shipyard Palma, various works will be …

Founded in 1984 by Luis Mas with the aim of offering the most prestigious nautical brands in the sector. Throughout its trajectory, has managed to become a reference in sales of recreational boats, being importers of reference brands such as Jeanneau Yachts, Prestige Yachts, Grand Soleil and Pardo Yachts. Today, …

The IPM-IMG Group marinas are certified as Safe Tourism Marinas against Covid19. The three marinas of the group activate a strong protocol of security, hygiene, and disinfection of their facilities for the relief and security of their clients.  Marina Port de Mallorca, Marina Palma Cuarentena and Marina Ibiza, facilities of …

Atlante as always prided itself in becoming experts in a specific field or area before launching a service or taking a product to market and their Health & Hygiene department is no different. For many years, YachtSamples a division of Atlante has taken care of Water, Fuel, Oil & Coolant …

I find myself intrigued by the legal term ‘force majeure’. The Oxford English dictionary defines this French originated term as “unexpected circumstances, such as war, that can be used as an excuse when they prevent somebody from doing something that is written in a contract”. I understand its literal French …

What happened in 1991? Terminator 2 was released making the phrase ‘Hasta la vista baby’ famous, Bryan Adam’s song ‘Everything I do’ was number one for 16 weeks, the cost of a Superbowl ad was only $800,000, the SNES was released & the mullet was considered sexy. But that’s not …

As every year, the staff of both marinas, with the help of divers, have dedicated a day to remove endless objects from the seabed that unfortunately, are thrown into the port. Motorcycles, shopping carts, electric scooters, traffic signs, trash cans, bicycles, wheels and miscellaneous garbage end up becoming part of …