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june 2013, no. 190
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monthly yachting news & information across the western mediterranean
dear islander My first job as the new managing editor of The Islander is to give Peter Franklin a huge pat on the back for all his efforts during the past 7 years or so. His energy and passion have enabled the publication to evolve into what it is today. Peter is staying involved with the magazine for a good while yet, so for all of you who he owes a beer to, he’s still around! His lovely wife Marleen, deserves great credit too, for her support during their tenure. I am very excited about the future of The Islander, and very grateful for the warm reception we have been given by many of you so far. We look forward to meeting many more of you over the coming months. We have just come out of the most successful Boat Show in Palma’s history, and a huge vote of thanks goes to all the people involved in its organisation. The 2 Super Yacht quay’s were a sight to behold, coupled with an attendance believed to be in the region of 37,000, a massive increase on the last boat show held in Palma.
Simon Relph The Islander Nautical Media S.L.
In the coming months we hope to provide some new areas of interest within the pages of The Islander, including a regular monthly column from Justin Chisholm , one of the world’s leading yacht racing journalists based in San Francisco covering all the Americas Cup activity, and who is going to be keeping us informed of the Pro Racing scene around the world. Other new features will include reports from around the regions, articles on food and drink in the Med to name but a few. This is such an exciting time of the year for all us boating lovers, and this month will see an amazing site in the Bay of Palma. The Superyacht Cup, being held from the 19th to the 22nd June has attracted 5, yes, 5 J Class yachts who will compete in the 16th edition of the event. I would urge you to get your cameras out and get out on the water during the week to witness what may be a once in a lifetime experience. We will have a full report and a special photograph feature in next month’s issue.
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mallorca to the yukon
m/y wisting
Andy Leeman, owner of the Palma Yacht Centre, is undertaking another epic adventure this summer, by travelling the entire length of the Yukon River, about 3200 km, with inflatable boats.
One boat which caught my eye at the recent Palma Boatshow, was the M/Y Wisting. She isn’t your run of the mill Superyacht, and in fact started life as a Norwegian naval supply vessel, built by Voldnes Skipverf in 1978 with ice class. The current owner’s ambition was to create a sturdy and versatile yacht with innovative engineering features, capable and equipped for world cruising. The conversion, undertaken in the Isle of Man, included replacement of the entire superstructure and of all the mechanical and electrical systems apart from the rudder and steering gear. The entire project was focussed on the building of a truly full heavy displacement explorer to the highest standards. Some of the technical highlights are diesel electric propulsion, dynamic positioning system, 360° rotating bowthruster, zero speed stabilisers and A/C throughout the entire vessel. M/Y Wisting offers perfect sea capability, very silent and fuel efficient cruising comfort by running at 6.5 kn with the smallest generator, 8.5 kn with one of the main generators, and 11 kn with the second main generator. She has an incredible range of 6000 nautical miles. The interior was designed to have a Scandinavian feel, consistent with her heritage, and in my opinion has managed this perfectly. She has 3 twin en suite cabins, 1 Nanny cabin, 1 Pilot cabin, plus 3 cabins accommodating 5/6 crew. She is a perfect mix of modern technology and simple clean interior design. Her finish throughout is to the highest standards, and has wonderful safe decks, protected by high bulwarks, and a very high prow, making her a dry boat too. In my opinion, a very tastefully rebuilt world explorer.
Andy is no stranger to this type of adventure, having already clocked up trips to the Amazon, Orinoco, Mekong, Zambezi, Ganges by inflatable boat amongst others! The expedition will take about 30 days and is scheduled to begin around 15th August, as this is the best weather window, with an average temperature of 18 ° C. The generally accepted source of the Yukon is the Llewellyn Glacier, at the southern end of Lake Atlin in British Columbia. The longest river in Alaska, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the 1896- 1903 Klondike Gold Rush. At the time of writing, he has one spare place available on the trip. The cost of a place for the full trip is 5000 euros, or 2500 euros for a 2 week trip. If you think you are up to it, then more details are available from Andy at info@ribexpedition.com. The aim of the expedition is to bring a deeper knowledge and understanding of the whole region, its culture, natural beauty and diversity to a broader public.
Monthly Sailor Quiz 1
What was created by the Inland Transport Committee in “Resolution 40”?
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Can you drive a powerboat (tender) with your Yachtmaster offshore certificate for Sail?
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How many digits in an MMSI number?
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The A-Class Catamaran European Championships take place this month. Where?
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What is the ‘dog watch’?
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always, always, always use a kill cord A kill cord is coiled in its design to allow the driver the natural movement required when helming a boat. Should the driver move away from, or be thrown from, the helm position the kill cord will detach from the console and the engine will stop. Detaching the kill cord also allows a crew or passenger to stop the engine if the driver were to become incapacitated whist at the helm – e.g. they fainted.
Over the May bank holiday weekend, in the stunningly beautiful coastal waters of Cornwall, a tragic Powerboating accident caused the death of an 8-year old girl and her father, with the remaining family members suffering life changing injuries. Whilst the MAIB will investigate the deaths to its sad conclusion, the cause of death is linked to a simple device that costs less than ₏10 to purchase. As the long lazy days of summer settle themselves on our shores, more and more people will be enjoying themselves in powerboats, speed boats, day boats and sports boats. This recent tragedy reminds us all that the use of a kill cord onboard can help prevent further accidents. The kill cord is a red or brightly coloured lanyard which has a quick-release fitting at one end and a clip at the other end. When in use, the quick-release fitting is attached to the console and the end with the clip attaches to the driver. The kill cord is normally attached around the driver’s knee and clipped back onto itself.
In most instances the boat will not start without the kill cord in place therefore a second kill cord should be kept on board to allow boat to be re-started if the driver and kill cord have gone overboard. The kill cord should be worn by the driver whenever the engine is running. The kill cord should always be clipped back onto itself. It should not be clipped onto an item of clothing or attached to any other location where the clip would release from the driver rather than detach from the console as the console end must detach for the kill cord to stop the boat. Also, do not forget to use a kill cord when using the outboard engine in the dinghy on a trip from yacht to shore. Writing an article like this is never fun because the spur for this article was the death of a little girl who was enjoying a thrill ride with her Daddy at the helm. So, please always, always, always use a kill cord and ensure that it is attached to the driver of the boat.
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our oceans our future
sunsail returns to palma
Erica Lay - El Crew Co (+34) 673 55 76 76, erica@elcrewco.com, www.elcrewco.com
Base manager: Dani Guitart charter@navierabalear.com, www.navierabalear.com
Last time I saw you I was talking about rising sea levels due to increased greenhouse gases. So I’m going to harp on a bit more about this subject as it’s pretty important and give you a bit of background. There are three major factors linked to rising sea levels:
Sunsail is thrilled to announce their new yacht charter base in Palma de Mallorca. Sunsail are returning to the island after an absence of a few years and will offer bareboat and skippered yacht charters.
Thermal expansion: When water gets warmer, it expands. So over the last hundred years, about half of the rise in sea level is basically down to the fact the sea got warmer and spread out. True story. Glaciers and ice caps melting: It’s natural for large chunks of ice to melt a bit in the summer but in the past, the snow and cold weather in winter would cause them to grow again. But the higher temps caused by global warming has resulted in more melting and less replenishment. i.e. more water running into the sea thus increasing the sea level. Ice loss: In West Antarctica and Greenland the enormous ice sheets are also defrosting much faster than previously. Increased air temperature is one factor here, but also the warmer seas mean the sheets are melting from underneath and breaking off. And what does this mean for us? Well if you live near the sea, you’re going to get more floods. Higher sea levels mean big storms become more powerful and basically strip away everything in their way. And coastal habitats will really suffer – increasing sea levels cause destructive erosion, flooding of wetlands, lost habitats for fish, birds, plants… the list just keeps going. Predictions of how much the sea level will increase vary. Some reports think most of the cities along the E Coast of the US will be under water by 2100 (scary thought), but the more dramatic reports predict the complete melt down of the Greenland Ice Sheet – which would submerge London and LA completely. On that note I’m going back out to practice my freediving.
The new Sunsail fleet is situated at the Marina Naviera Balear in Palma Harbour, just a short walk to the old town of Palma and the stunning Cathedral. Mallorca has many bustling fishing ports and delightful harbours to explore by yacht, for example Andraitx and Soller if you head west out of Palma bay and the charming ports of Porto Cristo, Cala d’Or if you head east. The marine nature reserve of Cabrera lies to the south and is an easy day sail from the base. The Sunsail Palma fleet will initially consist of a choice of Sunsail 47s (sleeps 8-10), Sunsail 41s (sleeps 6-8) and the revolutionary new Sunsail 444 catamaran (sleeps 8-10) allowing guests the choice of a monohull or our latest award-winning catamaran for their charter. All vessels offer luxury accommodation and a quality sailing experience on new yachts. The Sunsail 47 is a new, powerful and well-balanced yacht: an elegant offshore cruiser built with ease of handling in mind and providing 4-cabin/4-head accommodation, a real bonus to a large family or group sailing together. The new Sunsail 444 is a Robertson and Caine design, with a unique forward cockpit gives direct access from the saloon: increased visibility, ventilation and spacious living space, with a folding table and covered seating in the forward cockpit providing even more room for a relaxing sunset cocktail or two, as well as guiding cooling breezes into the saloon and aft cockpit. In order to sail a boat in the Balearics you will need an International Certificate of Competence (ICC), RYA Day Skipper certificate or equivalent from your home country. The new Sunsail base will be working closely with Aigua Sea School (T: (+34) 871 230 373) who can provide the relevant training and certification. If you charter a skippered yacht, no sailing qualifications are necessary, just relax and enjoy! Charters begin on Saturday.
balearic boats for sale 2001 CNB 64 500,000 €
NORAI BROKERAGE Pso Maritimo 1, Local nº. 10 Alcudiamar Marina 07400 Pto Alcudia email: sales@noriabrokerage.com web: www.noriabrokerage.com Tel: +34 971 545 012 FULL MARINE SERVICES & SALES
2001, CNB 64, 19.50 metres with a Yanmar diesel engine. Lying at Alcudiamar. Offered for sale at 500,000 euros o.n.o. Other boats available on: www.noriabrokerage.com.
Sunseeker Portofino 53, 2006 €525,000 € - VAT paid
+34 971 67 63 92 mallorca@sunbirdyachts.eu www.sunbirdyachts.eu Puerto Portals, Local 10 - Mallorca
Nick Martin: +34 656 949 243
Simon Crutchley: +34 656 949 244
Super boat with sliding hard top, generator air con and watermaker. Twin MAN V8 800hp diesel engines. 3 double cabins, master en-suite and guest heads. Very well equipped and presented. Now Matriculated and with charter license. Lying Mallorca and priced at 525,000 euros tax paid.
DEHLER 41 CR 129,000 €
2001 from second owners who maintained her very well. Blue hull and Yanmar engine 50hp with bow thruster. Standard maindrop system with Furling genoa, self-tacking jib and 2 extra sails. Navigation includes GPS, chart plotter, radar. Holding tank, gangway, bimini, tent. Safety includes life raft.
2006 Cranchi Atlantique 40 210,000 € - VAT paid Cranchi Atlantique 40, built in 2006 and in impeccable condition with only 280 hours use (May 2013) Full Mediterranean specifications and all the extras this boat represents extremely good value. The cooker and oven have never been used! Currently on Spanish 7a Lista Registration , fully tax paid and a berth is available to rent or buy in Mallorca if required.
SEA RAY 290 SLX 1055 125,000 € - VAT paid
Club Nautico Santa Ponsa T. +34 971 695 738 M. +34 629 748 477 E. sales@leisure-marine.com W. www.leisure-marine.com Take advantage of Sea Ray’s new Open Horizons savings opportunity! This summer let Sea Ray put you at the helm of your own destiny.
New with full warranties. Engine: 2 x D3 160 CV Volvo Penta Diesel Duoprop. Hull: White with black stripe. Seating: 2 double helm seating with flip-up. Double facing co-pilot and U shaped aft seating. Layout: Bow rider with convertible solarium. Wet bar and head with vacu flush WC and shower.
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tax & legal matters: non residents´ taxation There is a tax exemption on the first 700.000-€. Non-resident property owners are always taxed on their assets located in Spain.
Carlos Espinosa - Solicitor and Tax Adviser (+34) 627 41 32 01, carlos.espinosa@iurisnautic.com In Spain nonresidents are liable to the Non Resident Income obtained in Spain and the Net Wealth in Spain. By nonresident for tax purposes the Law understands people not staying more than 183 days in Spain or not having here their main centre of economic interests. Income Tax. The Spanish Law presumes fictive income for their own use of real estate destined to dwelling by nonresidents calculated on 1.1% of the cadastral value and at 24,75% tax rate. The tax return must be filed through Model 210 together with the Net Wealth Tax Model 714 before the 30th of June each year. There are a lot of property owners in Spain that do not pay this tax and think that just by paying the Local Ground tax to the Town Hall – the so called “IBI” – that they have fulfilled all their tax obligations, but they haven´t. Net Wealth Tax Non-residents property owners are also liable to the Net Wealth Tax. Net. This tax is a direct tax levied on the assets and properties (car, vessels, houses, bank accounts etc…) located in Spain as at 31st December of every year. The Tax Return Form is 714. Tax Rates are progressive depending on the type of property, ranging from 0.20 to 2.50% of the whole estate or properties after deducting expenses according to the Spanish law applicable; national or regional law.
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Courses held every month Mallorca, Ibiza, Antibes, Nice, Monaco 165 euros / person Strictly limited to 10 people max. For latest courses and locations, please email: kevin@endeavour-languages.com
The Tax liability for non-residents are the assets – real estate, goods or rights that can be exercised in Spanish territory - located in Spain. Special valuation rules apply, which generally result in a below-market valuation of assets. For example, for real property, the valuation taken is the greater of (1) Cadastral (“rateable”) value (2) acquisition value (as shown on the escritura and the stamp duty declaration at the time of purchase) (3) a value attributed by the taxing authority when re-assessing a declared value. For a vessel the real value or acquisition value less charges and burdens. A vessel moored most part of the year in our harbours could be also considered a good or asset liable to Net Wealth Tax. A lot of boat owners under this scenario have not ever declared this but we would remind you that the Tax Authority can challenge and claim this tax from the last four fiscal years in case of a tax inspection. However, Double Tax Treaty signed between UK and Spain (DTT) limits said taxation to assets imputed to a Permanent Establishment or business. In that sense Article 23rd of the Double Taxation Treaty allows the taxation in Spain of the wealth constituted by real estate located in that country or goods and assets affected to a business or Permanent Establishment. Having the international Treaties preference over domestic Law we can follow that a non-resident owning a boat has to pay Spanish Net Wealth Tax if it is permanently located here and affected to charter activity. However, if the same vessel is only used for private purposes according to domestic Law it would be liable but according to DTT it would not. In case of doubts we will be very pleased to help you and according to your personal situation to advise you in the most efficient tax structure.
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algarve news
britain shines at awards AWARDS: Pendennis, Princess Yachts and Green Marine received some of the highest accolades in the superyacht sector at the eighth annual World Superyacht Awards held in Istanbul. At a glittering gala evening held in the grand surroundings of the Çırağan Palace Kempinski, news broadcaster Natasha Kaplinsky presented the prized silver Neptune awards to the winners of the finest sail and motor yachts delivered in 2012.
Emma Thomas - Bluewater Algarve emma@bluewateralgarve.com Ola Amigos,
Pendennis scooped the Rebuilt Motor Yacht award for A2, the 47m motor yacht which it refitted and styled in conjunction with BMT Nigel Gee and interior designer, Peter Marino.
Well, it’s crazy busy here at the moment and it finally feels like summer - woohoo!
Meanwhile, the award for Three Deck Semi-Displacement or Planing Motor Yacht went to Princess Yachts’ 40m Imperial Princess – the firm’s first superyacht build.
In the news, Portugal has been elected the number one country to travel to in 2013 by the Spanish edition of the prestigious Condé Nast Traveler magazine, one of the most important travel publications available in Spain.
Chris Gates, MD at Princess Yachts International, said: “We are extremely honoured that Imperial Princess has been awarded in her category at the 2013 World Superyacht Awards. The standard of yachts in her class was exemplary.”
It is the first time Portugal has taken the title, this year singled out for its “charm and friendliness.”
The judge’s Special Award for Performance in the 30-39m category went to Green Marine for the 30m sailing yacht, WallyCento Hamilton.
The decision was made by magazine readers who considered Portugal the best destination for 2013, ahead of five other competitors: Argentina, Spain, USA, Italy and Thailand. As well as what it offers tourists, Portugal was complimented in the prize-giving ceremony for its environmental richness, “which blends with nature”, and for the Portuguese people, “who seduce with their charm and friendliness.” Slightly stranger news, A local investigator has uncovered evidence indicating that Silves is the real site of Atlantis! Yes, really! A well known Algarve resident Peter Daughtrey has, after many years of investigation, thrown the cat amongst the intellectual pigeons by suggesting in his debut book, Atlantis and the Silver City, that the lost city of Atlantis is nowhere near Santorini, Greece, but actually located at the site of the Algarve’s former capital city, Silves. Also, our fabulous beaches here in Portugal have won 2 more Blue Flags, totalling 277 beaches in the country with the award. The Blue Flag works towards sustainable development of beaches and marinas through strict criteria dealing with Water Quality, Environmental Education and Information, Environmental Management, and Safety as well as Other Services. Finally, Bluewater Algarve are seeking candidates for a yard manager position in Portimão. This role requires strong organisational and communication abilities as well as good customer facing skills. Pop me an email at the address above if you want to know more and I’ll put you in touch with the Big Boss Man! Ate a proxima Emma
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technology update
Roger Horner - E3 Systems: (+34) 971 404 208, info@e3s.com, www.e3s.com Glass, Radical new Inmarsat Service and Cruise Ships
Blind Messaging
Future Technology for Yachts Seminar
We had a fascinating opportunity to talk with Dr Ishak over dinner the night before and he regaled us with some fascinating stories. One of these was that at Corning they were investigating the idea of improving the touch screen keyboard by making the key more prominent by raising the keys within the glass so that they were more tactile and, supposedly, more useable. How they planned or could do this still remains a mystery to me.
In mid April we ran our first Future Technology for Yachts seminar at the fabulous Automobile Club of Monaco, which will be hosting the Grand prix in the coming weeks. I was pleased to introduce Dr Waguih Ishak from Corning Glass as our keynote speaker. He wowed the audience with Corning’s vision of how our lives will shortly be transformed and governed by interactive glass. If anyone has seen the fascinating videos “A Day Made of Glass” and “A Day Made of Glass 2” then you will be able to understand the vision, and how this is set to make a sea change to our lives. Dr Ishak told us that they made “A Day Made of Glass” with just ideas and no substance or development plans, but were so surprised by the millions of YouTube hits they had that they immediately convened an internal meeting to look into the possibilities of developing such technology. They brought in companies such as Samsung and LG to develop on the ideas. They chose a few of the ideas and have now some working prototypes. With these ideas they made “A Day Made of Glass 2”. Dr Ishak was at pains to make clear that Corning only makes the glass, and the electronics companies make the intelligence that goes into the glass. Flexible and Gorilla Glass The glass technology alone is fascinating. They can produce glass that is flexible and can be rolled up like a drawing such that it can be taken, as you would a drawing, into an engine room where you need to refer to a drawing. We asked Dr Ishak whether it could shatter into fine fragments, which led him onto describing their extra tough glass that they refer to as Gorilla Glass. He proceeded to show us demonstrations of attempts to shatter it using everything from sledgehammers to rifle bullets, all with no success. Transparent Transistors All glass sheets are constructed of multiple layers of glass. If the glass is intelligent, such as your smart phone screen, it has layers of intelligence in the form of transparent transistors laid between the layers of glass. Transparent transistors!!! I studied microelectronics at Edinburgh University in the late seventies. This technology has come a long, long way since then.
This was something they felt the market would want and it could be done and, as they always do, they conduct market research. They conducted the market research in Japan and asked teenagers if they thought this would be a good idea and were really surprised that the feedback they received was the question “Why? Why would you want to do that as we can type on our touchscreens with no problems?” A young lad then proceeded to demonstrate by typing a text message on his phone, while it was still in his pocket, i.e. completely blind! The researchers then discovered a remarkable number of kids could do this at terrific speeds and set up a competition to see how fast they could type on a touch screen blind. I cannot remember the numbers but they were so shocked at how out of touch they were with today’s kids that they abandoned the project! Dr Ishak gave us all a fascinating insight into how research and development is conducted in Silicon Valley, home to Corning and many other high tech companies such as LG, Amazon, Google and Apple to name but a few. The region acts as an incubator both for much of the technology we now live with and for that of the future. The principle behind our seminar was to inspire, educate and entertain the delegates about future technology. I believe we achieved that from the animated discussions over lunch and the subsequent feedback we received. We also managed to arrange a tour of a super yacht for Dr Ishak at the end of the day to inspire him with ideas as to what Corning could develop for yachts to take home to California and to bring back to us. An Inmarsat service that will work for yachts – a radical new concept from Inmarsat Can you imagine a broadband service that is unlimited, is global, and has a lower monthly fee than VSAT with a maximum term of 3 months and minimum of 1 month with no equipment cost?
Such a service now exists. We have worked with Inmarsat to help them define what a yacht needs. This new service has just been launched a couple of weeks ago. To be frank, it is not a new service; it is an existing and reliable service that was too expensive and too inflexible for yachts to use. Almost every yacht less than three years old already has a Fleet Broadband 500 (or 250) terminal installed and these can be used with this new contract on a seasonal basis or on a month-by-month basis anywhere in the world (the only exception being the poles). Thus a yacht that already has a Fleet Broadband 500 (or 250) system installed does not need to buy any new equipment or have it installed. It doesn’t even need a visit to the yacht. All that is required is a change in the service contract and this can be handled remotely. The antenna is also smaller than a VSAT at less than 60cm diameter and only weighs in at less than 20kg so it is much more suitable for unobtrusive, weight sensitive mounting. So what are the limitations when compared to VSAT? The only limitation is the maximum data transmission speed of 432kbps this year. However if 432kbps is deemed fast enough for your yacht’s needs then it is a simple and clear option as it beats VSAT hands down in every other feature. Next year we hope to be able to offer an upgrade of the data speed to at least 10Mbps on a 60cm dish. At that point today’s VSAT will have no better features! And finally… I am writing this on-board one of the world’s newest and most high tech cruise liners – the 126,600 ton Celebrity Reflection. This vessel is 266m long, is diesel electric and generates 52 Mega Watts (enough to power 4,000 households). Each Azipod drive generates 88,000 horsepower. As one of the latest top of the range cruise lines, together with Royal Caribbean, they use Harris Caprock for their VSAT services and to provide a wi-fi service. The crew have to pay for their wi-fi and the guests pay $0.75 per minute or purchase a package. When fully loaded there are 4,200 people demanding data services on numerous devices. I have to say this makes data loading on super yachts a walk in the park, but cruise lines manage their data by imposing charges, and this works for them. Is this something that we should also learn from the cruise ship industry?
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And really finally… The Celebrity Reflection cost $865 million to build. It was built in 13 months, in Germany, and is of the highest standard I have ever seen on any super yacht. It begs the question as to why super yachts cost so much and take so long to build?
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doctor at sea: external ear problems condition is more likely if there is some constriction of the canal by bone growth (surfer´s ear) which can trap debris. It can also be precipitated by the use of cotton buds or swabs used to dry the canal or to remove wax – this can lead to some damage to the skin of the canal and predispose to infection and can also lead to retention of cotton wool which provides a focus for infection. Far better to avoid anything smaller than one´s elbow in the ear!
Dr. Ken Prudhoe - Club de Mar Medical Centre (+34) 639 949 125, drken@clubdemarmedical.com “External ears? I thought both our ears are external!” Is that what you thought when you read the title? The answer lies in the complexity of our ears and the visible external part is only the tip of a very elegant iceberg of sophisticated bio-engineering. It is helpful to think of the ear in three parts, the external ear, the middle ear and the inner ear and I plan to run a trilogy on this theme over the summer months. A noise source emits sound transmitted in the form of physical vibrations through the atmosphere and, if we are within range, the vibrations travel down the tunnel in the outer part of the ear to resonate against the ear drum. This in turn transmits the vibrations to the first of three tiny bones (ossicles) in the middle ear – these bones are connected by tiny joints so that the vibration travels across the bone bridge of ossicles in the middle ear to reach the inner ear. The vibrations are amplified 22-fold (!!) in transit through the ossicles and this is sufficient to drive the vibrations through the fluid in the cochlea, the organ of hearing. It is in the cochlea that we see the beginning of the conversion of the physical vibrations into nerve signals as numerous nerve endings in the cochlea resonate with their particular frequency and amplitude setting and make their individual contribution to the complex electrical signal sent down the auditory nerve to the brain where it is processed into sound – just like that! The external ear has normal skin on its surface and this is susceptible to local infection particularly as it is slightly confined anatomically and may harbour offending material after a dip. This is the background to swimmer´s ear which is a frequent complaint amongst seafarers in the summer months. The water in the sea or the pool, or a shower, does not have to be overtly contaminated but it does represent foreign material which can become a means of local infection settling in the ear canal. The www.clubdemarmedical.com
The symptoms are pain and, as it progresses outwards, an eczematous scaly rash encroaching onto the outer surface of the ear. Treatment is by impregnating the infected area with antibiotic either by drops or by spray. This is far better than using antibiotic tablets because it is important that the antibiotic gets into the infected material and crusty material lying on the skin is not so likely to benefit from antibiotic in the bloodstream. The ear canal has a self-cleaning and self-drying mechanism which keeps it healthy and this underlines the advice to avoid putting anything solid in the ears. Earwax produces a protective coating of the skin in the ear canal and sometimes this can accumulate leading to a plug of wax that predisposes to retention of water and subsequent infection. For individuals for whom accumulation of wax is known to be a problem, it can be useful to use wax softening drops to try to encourage the wax to drain off – olive oil at room temperature can be a handy material for this or proprietary materials are available from a pharmacist. If the canal becomes completely blocked with wax then that ear becomes significantly deaf. This can be cleared by a health professional, after softening with drops, by gentle syringing with tepid water which flushes the offending wax out of the ear. This is not suitable for everyone, for example, known eardrum perforations, but can be hugely satisfying for all concerned when the plug comes out - anyone with wax-induced deafness develops enhanced hearing as the ear tries to adapt to the blockage and the first few moments after clearing the problem are associated with a very pleasing sharpness of hearing after the fog of deafness. The presence of wax in the canal is another reason for avoiding cotton buds because these can inadvertently push the wax up against the ear drum and lead to a more resistant accumulation of wax and associated deafness when the ear drum or ear canal is completely occluded. There are not many external ear problems normally and they are generally avoidable or amenable to treatment – have a good summer in the water!
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barcelona has a spring in its step run or owned by captains that have experience of what their colleagues and bosses need. There is still a lot to do - there always will be - and we are pushed on by the friendly competition around us. I feel that organisations are now more focused too, offering more specialisation and expertise. Advice, service and prices have improved, all driven by support from a more integrated value chain, and quality procedures enforced by manufacturers that local agents represent. In ten years, I have seen prices fall in several sectors of the marine industry, which means that now, Barcelona represents good value for money. roland@watertight-marine.com www.watertight.marine.com _ www.watertight-system.com Spring always brings a new energy to Barcelona. Longer days and balmy evenings make for lighter moods and increased alcohol consumption. An electric atmosphere buzzes outdoors with good music, sport and people of all ages just hanging out. Barcelona has the greatest street life in the world and the hub of that is the beach: all the delights and decadence of what may be Europe’s best loved city spills out onto 5km of sand, fringed by lively bars and people having a good time. Two world class hotels (Arts and W) eye each other up from each end of the beach. Yacht crews absorb the atmosphere, a last taste of freedom before the pressure of summer hits them like a Taser in a bathtub! I feel that the marine industry here is enjoying its own Spring, one that begun a few years ago and is set to continue for decades or more. The change has been quick and has transformed the experience that yacht crews now enjoy in Barcelona. Like many others, I arrived in Barcelona half accidentally, and ended up staying. The city’s exhilarating atmosphere got me through the challenges I faced while at work. Just trying to buy a simple item was highly frustrating, and not a pleasant experience. A decade later, a new generation of retail, supply, engineering and agency businesses have changed the face of marine services, striving to offer an experience that meets their clients’ expectations. Many, like our own Watertight Marine, are
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IBIZA SECTION This is the first insertion of the ‘Ibiza Section’ in The Islander, there is more to follow from now on. We will provide you with the latest news about our little paradise on a monthly basis so you will be able to enjoy Ibiza to the max on your next trip. It is hard to believe but to compare Ibiza and Mallorca is a bit like comparing apples and bananas, both are fruit but do not really have a lot in common. Even if they both are part of the ‘Balearic Islands’ together with Menorca and Formentera you cannot compare any of the islands. Ibiza and Formentera form the ‘Pitiusas’, an old name for them both as they are so close together you can go from one to the other in less than 20 minutes with a fast ferry or your boat. Ibiza is the pleasure island, the playground of the most colourful people one can imagine. Celebrities, artists of all kinds, colourful souls and exciting minds, altogether creating the most special atmosphere on the island every summer. Then you also have the Ibiçencos, again a most colourful mix of different cultures as Ibiza was invaded several times. It started with the Carthaginians, then the Romans, the Arabs and finally the Spanish. It is called the pirate’s island as they also visited often.
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This reflects in the way of life here, people are very openminded, there is not a hint of fear of other races or cultures. Since pirates already knew how to party it was a ‘natural’ development with the arrival of the hippies in the 60’s for Ibiza to open up for a special breed of inhabitants. This has led to this island becoming the preferred hotspot for more than 5 million people during the summer season.
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his boat to catch lunch, there is only one option on the menu - fish stew. The stew is cooked on an open fire in an enormous cauldron, first the potatoes and then in goes the day’s catch, delightful. Everybody that has booked must be seated by two o’clock, that’s when the stew is ready and served. The tables are situated right on the water front, the fishing boat is anchored right beside you and to top it off, small fish dart around the surface of the water looking for crumbs. Rustic bliss!
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We have a little gem of a restaurant located in the north of the island, best accessed by sea. It should be noted that it can also be reached by car, some parts of the road are “interesting” to negotiate, however the return trip is always painless. Located in a tiny picturesque bay, the restaurant is a rustic shed like structure, it probably was a boat ramp and shed originally. The fisherman goes out every morning on
As for booking, there unfortunately is no phone, you must go there in person the day before, a bit of a trek from Ibiza town, but so worth it. There is an unconfirmed story going around Ibiza about a certain waterside restaurant and His Majesty King Juan Carlos. The story goes that the King arrived one afternoon by boat (the preferred mode of arrival) for a leisurely lunch, only to be turned away because he didn’t have a booking. Clearly he didn’t have the right yacht agent!
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As every year by the end of May Ibiza wakes up from its winter slumber and leaps into action preparing everything to receive another massive avalanche of people and getting ready to give it all in a very short period of time. We have 4 superclubs, Amnesia, Pacha, Privilege and Space, who get voted year after year ‘best club in the world’ by prestigious media in Miami and all over the world. This year it was again Space, last year it was Amnesia and so it goes on. All four together host more than 25.000 clubbers each night and offer the very best night life has to offer on a global scale. Every promoter who wants to play an important role in the worldwide scene has to have a residency here. There are a few smaller venues such as DC10, Lio, Eden, Es Paradis, Moma and Sankeys. There are also countless small Bars with a DJ booth, it is said that there are more
than 400 of these booths spread around the island. All is designed to give you the maximum pleasure factor, but also has its price. If you want to go out in Ibiza you can easily spend a few hundred Euros without knowing exactly what for. And there is no limit, booking a table in a club starts at 1000 Euros for a bottle of booze with some mixers, but if you want anything in particular the prices can vary drastically. So whenever you decide to come over make sure you come well prepared, and to get the maximum out of your trip consult this section in the Islander each month to check for updates and good places to go. It is our utmost pleasure to serve you with our many years of experience to make sure you have the time of your life.
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Semper in excreta solum profundum variat Dear reader, Please forgive a few mistakes this month, I am struggling to write this column whilst chewing on my hat! The old mariners headgear has weathered many a storm, but would not make it on to Jamie Oliver’s good food guide I can assure you! Why am I carrying out this act of sacrifice? Because its better than one of the other things I promised I would do, in the event of the Palma Boat Show ever becoming a real success! Baring my arse outside the Club de Mar bar and inviting the worlds paparazzi to capture the repulsive image suddenly seemed.... well, kind of inappropriate! Especially as many of the yacht brokers who got together to put on a world class display of stunning superyachts at the 30th Boatshow Palma are based in CDM, and would not thank me for bringing their operational area into disrepute. What else can I say? Anyone who was there couldn’t fail to be impressed by the fact that it looked and felt like....a boat show! Not a tourist fair, not some some kind of nautical circus or gymkhana. No...a proper boat show, with that unmistakable buzz and feel good frisson that grabs you in Monaco, Genoa or Fort Lauderdale. This is something you can’t quite manufacture or replicate easily, it just happens when all the elements are in place and the punters rock up. This of course includes the weather which was as obliging as its possible to be in this rather unpredictable early summer season. I still say that you can’t beat an outdoor boat show, but it does need a bit of help from the weather gods, and they answered all the prayers this time around, no doubt about it! Sadly much of the mainstream international nautical press were conspicuous by their absence. This may have been because of their lack of belief in miracles, or the rather unfortunate clash with the Genoa Charter show (organisers please take note for next year) or a mixture of both. The upshot of this is that much of the reporting on the show is second hand, copy pasted from the boat show’s own general press releases, or picked up by numerous nautical websites on RSS feed. Trust me, next year will be very different.... every yachting hack and his dog will want to be here, all the big nautical publications will want to be media partners, headline sponsors, Captains Lounge seminar organisers.... you name it, they will all be up for it, mark my words! Let’s just hope that the many local heros and positive supporters (including dare I say, this fine publication) don’t get ceremoniously shat upon in the headlong melee to capitalise on success. I mean, the ones that hung in despite the negative vibes from 2012, the ones that gave up precious time to attend meetings and give their input towards the sorely needed improvements. The ones that put their money behind the show by paying for the stands, and by stocking and staffing them adequately. All this whilst a band of whingers and whiners slunk off and moaned negatively about it all being ‘a waste of time’, ‘too expensive’, ‘same old – same old’, looking for excuses to fail! Yes, and you know what?... A
Has anyone noticed the huge amount of propaganda (OK, maybe it can be labelled as information...) that is hitting us these days, about the growth in mobile phone and hand held device usage? Its a bit unlike me, but I saw a few stats that I had a bit of trouble believing in. Like the one that said out of 7 billion global population, 5.1 billion owned a mobile phone, and only 4,2 billion owned a toothbrush...que? I’d like to know who is doing the counting on either of those statistics, particularly the toothbrush one! Who is it I wonder, who is visiting 7 billion bathrooms to check who is scrubbing their pearly whites with the appropriate bristly device? More importantly why hasn’t somebody seen the opportunity to make a mobile phone with a built in toothbrush? There is obviously an immediate market of a few billion consumers who actually need both, and would appreciate not having to buy them separately. Another useless factoid said that 67% of Americans take their mobile device to the bathroom, so there it is, bingo... take the toothbrush with it! I’m off to the patent office now, before this gets into print, and before one of my loyal readers nicks my surefire ‘get-richquick plan.... Getting back to matters nautical, I was quite depressed to read that 19 Spanish shipyards are under the threat of closure, with six gone already, and three involved in insolvency procedures at this point in time. Our friends at the Spanish nautical paper Gaceta Nautica seem to think that the blame for this lies squarely with the EU Commission Competition dept, led by Spanish left wing politician Joaquin Almunia, a man that they seem to see, as the undisputed villain of the peace! Whichever way you look at it, this is just another example of the EU doing the complete opposite of what it said on the tin, when we were all fooled into believing in it! The story so far, is that Almunia’s department started investigations back in 2011, into the Spanish yards use of a financial leasing incentive that can result in savings for the owner of a new vessel of up to 30%. The Spanish Association of Maritime Industries claim that Almunia has let the Dutch and the French continue to offer this type of deal to buyers, whilst he has effectively stopped it in Spain which has made them totally uncompetitive. To add some spice to the argument, the Spanish are claiming that Almunia has been... ah mmm...’coerced’ into this by the Dutch and the French shipyards. Nee! Sacre Bleu!....Que pasa? Do they mean a Spanish politician could be taking a bribe? Oy vey, whatever next!! Just space for a little light relief I think...here are some famous comments that didn’t work out in the longer term: * “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977. * ‘’The Bomb will never go off, I speak as an expert in explosives.” - Admiral William Leahy, US Atomic Bomb Project. * “Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value” - Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre, France.
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palma superyacht cup 2013 located, and further forward a social (central) cockpit. Firefly - 35 m – Hoek Design – Classen Shipyards Combining the spirit of the J-class with the performance of a maxi racer, the design brief for these race classics called for the smallest sized vessel that could beat a J on the water in both light and heavy winds. Firefly made her racing debut at the Palma Superyacht Cup in 2012, and has her home berth at Port Adriano on Mallorca. For more information on the Show visit www.thesuperyachtcup.com The five J’s are in this year! When four of the J class yachts elected The Superyacht Cup Palma as their first European regatta of the 2013 season, Hanuman was scheduled to sail from the Caribbean to the Pacific, but following on from her spectacular performance in St Barth’s at they have decided to head back across the Atlantic and on to the Mediterranean. This will be the first time 5 of these historic yachts have raced together in Europe ever. Hanuman was built by Royal Huisman Shipyard and launched in 2009 for owner Jim Clark. Helmed by double Volvo Ocean Race winner Ken Read, they took 4 wins in in 4 races in St Barth’s, an impressive result in this highly competitive fleet. The racing was tactical, close and intense, where every manoeuvre showed gains and losses between the boats. In preparation for their 2013 racing Hanuman underwent a full optimization programme directed by Read. There are currently 18 registered entries so it is likely there will be two classes for the superyachts in order that the more similar yachts sail against each other. In the early years of the Superyacht Cup all the yachts raced together but now with such vast ranges of designs and speeds of these yachts it is far safer and more fun for yachts to be in smaller groups to race each other. More trophies hopefully means more happy owners! All the entries and their pedigrees. Atalante - 27 m – Hoek Design – Classen Shipyards A superb Truly Classic 90 launched in 2009. This world class sailing yacht has a fully customised interior in mahogany with raised and fielded panels. Her guest accomodations include a double ensuite master cabin with direct access to the aft peak and two further guest cabins with ensuite. Two separate cockpits complete the living quarters - one for sailing aft and one for alfresco dining and lounging amidships. Drumfire – 24m – Hoek Design - Bloemsma Aluminiumbouw Overall winner of the Palma Super Yacht Cup 2011! The design of Drumfire has been extensively optimized to sail in the Spirit of Tradition regatta class. The relatively deep keel combined with carbon spars and tall sail plan has given this yacht a high stability and large sail area for conditions in the Caribbean and the Med. Drumfire has a keel with 3,40 meter (11 ft) draft, assuring excellent upwind performance. The deck and interior layout is unique for a boat this style and shows an aft steering and sailing cockpit, where the 2-speed hydraulic winches are
Freya - 27 m – Frers Design – Nautors Swan This Swan 90S launched on 14 August 2012 had the distinction of being the 2,000th Swan built since the conception of the company. Designed by the renowned German Frers, Freya boasts refined and sleek lines and is suited to both competitive racing as well as extended cruising. Hanuman - 42 m – Dykstra Design – Royal Huisman Hanuman is a modern recreation of the “Super J” Class Yacht. She is the winner of the World Superyacht Awards 2010 as “Sailing Yacht of the Year”, joint winner as “Best Sailing Yacht 30M-44M” and came top of her class in the St. Barths Bucket Regatta 2013 winning all 4 of her races. Dykstra naval architects have overseen the build of her hull in Alustar, with spars and rig in carbon composite to create a yacht that demonstrates the full potential of Charles E Nicholson’s original “Endeavour II” design. Heartbeat - 24 m – Hoek Design – Classen Shipyards The breath-taking 23,8m sailing yacht Heartbeat (ex Hartbeat) is a beautiful truly Classic 78 vessel, built by the prominent Dutch manufacturer, Claasen Shipyards. Launched in 2007, Heartbeat is entirely designed by the acclaimed Hoek Design. Accommodation aboard is offered in 4 lovely and elegant cabins. The beautiful and spacious owner’s cabin is situated aft with sufficient headroom. Built from aluminium alloy, fully MCA compliant and powered by a Lugger diesel engine, she has a beam of 5,62m, and a draft is of 2,80m. Highland Breeze - 34 m – Frers Design – Nautors Swan Last year’s SYC winner. when she was chartered and raced by the Gold Sponsor of the event, Dutch nautical clothing producer Gaastra. Highland Breeze at 113ft is a good sized composite vessel providing accommodation for 6 passengers and 5 crew members. Built in 2002 with a beam of 7.42 m / 24.3 feet she has a fairly deep draught of 4.4m (14.4ft). She had refit improvement and changes undertaken by her owners in 2008. Lionheart - 42 m – Hoek Design – Classen Shipyards The J-Class sailing yacht Lionheart was the first of a new breed of aluminium J-Class yachts and the largest of the breed at the time she was built in 2010. Hoek Design has been intimately involved in the revival of these magnificent yachts from the 1930s. The yacht incorporates two small separate deckhouses and cockpits – one of which is designed especially for the yacht’s owner and guests. This feature gives extra versatility for both racing or cruising. A tremendous 17-metre overhang on a LOA of 44 metres has created a fascinating super J with a maximum waterline length. Maria Cativa - 40 m – Bruce King Design – Royal Huisman This elegant cutter rigged sloop was built under full Lloyds/
MCA classification. Bruce King was challenged to design a world wide cruising yacht of stately good looks. King has stylized this design with his signature of oval shaping for structures combined with an intricate array of spectacular details. And although built of lightweight Alustar aluminum the look is of traditional wooden construction. The designer also elected to use a high aspect carbon fibre mast with a fully battened slab reefing mainsail to undoubtedly optimize her performance right on down to the lowest of wind strengths. P2 - 38 m – Briand Yacht Design – Perini Navi P2’s designer, Philippe Briand says: A performance sailing yacht needs to be sensitive in light air and powerful and stiff in heavy winds and that is what we have created. The other characteristics of a special sailing yacht are the elegance of its look and the sensation of performance and acceleration when under sail. The hull of P2 is constructed in Sealium, an aluminium alloy which provides greater mechanical strength and improved corrosion characteristics, while reducing weight. In racing trim, S/Y P2 displaces approximately 138 tonnes. Rainbow - 40 m – Dykstra Design – Holland Jachtbouw Launched in early 2012 and based upon the lines of the original America’s Cup winner in 1934, this spectacular 40-metre J features a high-end superyacht interior and a unique hybrid propulsion and power system inside a racing boat hull, all topped off by a grand prix racing deck and rig. The original Rainbow was drawn by William Starling Burgess in the early 1930s and the vessel was scrapped in 1940. This design has now been incorporated into an all-aluminium yacht that meets the J-class Association maximum performance rules. Ranger – 42m - Burgess & Stephens/Dykstra Design – Danish Yachts Having watched the J Yachts Endeavour and Velsheda racing in Antigua Classic Regatta, the Owner gained the opportunity to charter Endeavour the following year. This led to stunningly close racing between Endeavour and Velsheda , similar to what it must have been like back in the 1930’s. Seeing a real possibility to re-create a J Fleet, the Owner joined J Class Owners, Captains and Project Managers in a meeting where the J Class Association was born. With a new set of Class Rules allowing for the Replica Rebuild of each of the great J Class yachts lost to history, the Owner declared his interest to build a replica of Ranger, to the original lines plans. She was completed in December 2003. Rebecca - 43 m – Frers Design – Pendennis The Owner wished to combine all of the best elements of yachts from the mid-19th century to the modern day, in a stylish, eyecatching yacht which would give high performance under sail. German Frers duly produced drawings for a 42-metre yacht with fine lines and a graceful shear, which is both extremely attractive and performance-minded. The interior by Robin Black is light and elegant, consisting largely of off-white fielded panelling. Unusually, the sole is made from antique Heart Pine salvaged from a North American mill built in 1711. Reesle - 30 m – Hoek Design – Pendennis - Engelear Shipyard A 100 ft luxury yacht built in 1995. A very nicely styled modern twin masted schooner, with elegant classic looks. She certainly stood out last year with her unusual twin deck houses,
a large wine bottle emblazoned on her sail accompanied with the words ‘Drink Pink’, and a brightly dressed pink shirted crew to match! Salperton – 45m - Dubois Naval Architechts – Fitzroy Yachts Launched at the New Zealand yard in 2009 with the interior design from Adam Lay Studio, this sleek, fast cruising sloop has a beam of 9.34 metres and draught of 4.75 metres. Her hull and superstructure are made of aluminium. When not sailing she can be powered to a maximum speed of 15 knots with her Caterpillar C18 875 HP engine. According to the yard 260,000 hours went into her construction. She is fully air-conditioned, has her own sewage treatment station, can make 15 tons of water per day, and carries 30 tons of fuel. Scorpione Dei Mari – 29m – Castro Design - Jongert A streamlined, minimalist design by Tony Castro has resulted in a coherent structure both inside and out. She is based on a clearly performance oriented concept with a strict weight management throughout the whole design & production process. Complete carbon rig with full-batten main sail lazy-jack reef system, carbon winches, composite hatches and transom platform, modern light weight sandwich materials for the interior and many other details underline, how consequently this concept was followed. Look out for her bright green crew shirts, and amazing spinnaker design adorned with a massive Scorpion graphic! Tulip - 26 m – Frers Design – K & M Yacht Builders Working in collaboration with German Frers Jr, the owner of Tulip has created a one-off classic sloop hull shape above the water line, but with modern features below, such as a lifting keel and flat underwater ship, this a true combination of classic and modern features. Thanks to a lifting keel, Tulip has a variable draught from 3.2m to 5.10m, presenting a number of advantageous sailing characteristics. Her metallic ice-blue superstructure is a striking combination with the clean and flush deck and wide cockpit. Velsheda - 38m - Nicholsons/Dykstra Naval Architects – Camper & Nicholsons The only original British J Class left, she was designed by Charles Nicholson and built by Camper & Nicholson for Mr W.L. Stephenson, Owner of Woolworth chain of shops in the UK. She was built in 1933 at Gosport, and named after Stephenson’s three daughters, Velma, Sheila and Daphne. Her hull is constructed with steel, the superstructure mainly from teak. With a beam of 6.6 metres / 21.65 ft Velsheda has a reasonably deep draught of 4.8m (15.75ft). She was rescued from dereliction after being laid up for years, and subsequently totally rebuilt by Southampton Yacht Services in 1997. www.theislander.net
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More information at http://flyingfifteen.mallorcaservice.de We’re a bunch of friendly folks who love our boats, and even more – a race! There’s at least one regatta a month, as well as series’ throughout the year. Racing is always close – in the last three regattas, we’ve had three different winners – and the tussles happen throughout the fleet. For a “pensionista” (the flying fifteen was designed in 1947!) it’s surprisingly fast, upwind at over 6 knots, and downwind planning well into double digits! There are over 30 boats on the island, with established fleets in the Bay of Palma, Cala Gamba and Pollensa (RCN de Port de Pollensa), and racing is thriving in both locations – mainly Palma in the cooler season, and Pollensa in the summer. Our host clubs are well equipped, and very welcoming. You can be on the water in a competitive boat for mid-four figures, so this must be the best value and closest racing around. Even when there’s no formal race, if two or more crews meet up at the club on a weekend, a race around the bay – often with a stop for lunch – will ensue. The 2014 European Championships will be held in Mallorca – more details next month. So now’s the time to get into a flying fifteen and get ready! You’re welcome to come join us and try out a fifteen, just be careful – its addictive! In the next months: History of the flying fifteen, News on the Europeans, Racing in Pollensa
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For those of you who are wondering where Norma is this month, she is taking a well-deserved vacation, and leaving the island for a while. No doubt she will be back before we know it ! TTFN
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With the summer season almost upon us, for guests wanting to sample local wines or owners or crew tempting there taste buds with something new, World of Wine can help.
I make no apologies this month for choosing my personal favourite, Xoriguer, situated at the north end of Calle Fabrica, the opposite end of the street from most of the other restaurants in the area.
World of Wine and Wine Educators International are turning their attention over the coming months to some of our local wines as we are very proud of the many wines here in Mallorca. We will be introducing you to some local Mallorquin wines with tasting notes and history about these bodegas. With any of these featured wines, delivery to your yacht or home is available. In Conjunction with World of Wine, Wine Educators International provides bespoke training courses & tastings for the hospitality industry. These courses are designed for anyone with an interest in learning more about wine. The course is particularly helpful to those who have the professional and social need to purchase and choose wines for business or employment. This especially includes the sectors of the trade; restaurants, yachts & hotels, as well as retailers, whose staff would gain an immense amount of knowledge and also confidence. For more education contact World of Wine & Wine Educators International for the next course available.
Xoriguer is owned and run by Guillermo Miro Mestre, the charming maître d, who is a local Mallorquin, and his partner, Hernan Campos, the Chef, from Argentina. Both are passionate about the quality of the ingredients they use, insisting that the best food is good food, cooked simply. The menu is in the Basque tradition, majoring on beef and line caught fish. The beefs they use are wonderful, and you can choose from “Hereford” from the USA, “Kobe” beef from Japan, “Fleckvieh Simmental”, from Switzerland, “Chuleton Gallego”, from Northern Spain and a veal from Salamanca called “ Ternera de la Valmuza”. They are all excellent, and all warrant a try. Xoriguer are just as passionate about their fish, offering amazing hake which is flown in every day from Cantabria. It is all line caught and sourced from a small area of the Cantabrian Sea. The cod is sourced in Iceland, and the restaurants signature fish dish is Bacalao Pil-Pil. This is cod cooked in virgin olive oil at 60° for 45 minutes, which brings out the gelatine of the fish. This, mixed with the oil and some garlic and chilli makes a wonderful sauce. Other specialities of the house include Txangurro, which is spider crab meat mixed with vegetables and white wine, and tastes divine. There are many more dishes to entice you, try them and see!! They also offer a superb Tapas menu for a lighter meal option, which again offers many delights. Guillermo is particularly proud of his wine list, which offers over 80 Spanish wines, representing every corner of the country and all reasonably priced, starting from 11 euro. I guarantee that a meal at Xoriguer will be a wonderful experience, and if you ask him nicely, he may even pick up his guitar and play for you, another great experience!
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It’s June and we are half way through the year, with attending boat shows, organsing fashion shows, opening offices in Antibes, Asia and will soon be re-locating our Barcelona office to MB92, I can say so far it’s been pretty full on for our team. Amongst all of this, two members of the team found Congratulations to Lucy and myself! time to make babies So what’s next…..this month we have the Super Yacht Cup, 19—22 June so if you require a full uniform or are in need for a little top up to ensure you are looking the part there´s a few ideas below: Ladies Gill Technical Short A classic design which looks great on and off the boat. Quick drying, water repellent and a UV protection finish which will ensure you look great and have you performing at your best! Available in Graphite and Light Grey . Sizes 8-16. Material: Nylon with 50+ UV Protection. Ladies Slam Jay Short Perfect for the hot days on the water, lightweight, quick drying and offer UV protection, ideal for any water sport you really can’t go wrong with these shorts. Available in Navy, Grey and White. Sizes XS –XL, 100% Polyester.
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galley goddess Yay! Hands up who loves June? Me, me me!! June heralds the coming of summer, and I smugly looking forward to cursing the hot weather to anyone in my immediate vicinity. It is also brings us the fiesta of San Juan. ...and San Juan is one of the best. Held on the evening of June 23rd - get into a bikini, load up the cool box, grab a handful of candles and hit the beach. Remember to throw yourself in the water at midnight - something to do with cleansing yourself - more like sober up, me thinks. Loitering around the Palma Boat Show a few weeks ago, him on deck came across a fab little barbie whose claim to fame is that it has no naked flame, is portable (comes with a dinky little carrybag) and is splatter proof. My other half was so excited with this little gadget and was hopping up and down in glee. Since hubbies wallet was enjoying a cleansing moment in the bowels of our washing machine (long story) I magnanimously handed over my credit card. He came galloping back with this really trendy charcoal table grill in a awesome aubergine colour. It is called Lotus Grill and is available at Casa Brunos. You can take this little gem to the beach, boat or the terrace table. Years of yearning for the pungent smell of barbequed foodstuffs at anchor are now happily in the past. I really look forward to polishing my halo and getting into some awesome flavours which why I have included this lovely recipe. Yeah, yeah, I can hear you say, Nigella´s watermelon recipe. But, Haha! tis not, this has a Asian twist - hope ya love it...... Thai Watermelon Salad 1/4 watermelon 2 handfuls of fresh (none of this crap dried rubbish) coriander rocket and mint 1 small bunch of radishes, thinly sliced A handful of peanuts, chopped 115g Feta cheese Dressing Thumb size ginger, grated. 1 red, yellow and green chilli deseeded and finely sliced 2 tbsps. soy sauce 6 tbsps. olive oil 1 teaspoon sesame oil Juice of 3 - 4 limes Cut up your watermelon in any shape that takes your fancy and in a blue bowl mix coriander, mint, watermelon and radishes. Chuck all dressing ingredients together, dress your salad quickly, sprinkle over peanuts and crumble feta. Easy peasy...Num, nummmmm.
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In addition, SeaHelp warns its members of imminent severe weather and is able to locate quickly via a new “App” for iPhones and android mobile phones even without any internet access. In an emergency, just use the app and the SeaHelp control centre will be able to identify the member and the exact location via GPS signal. This would be a godsend on passages between the islands. Membership starts at just 239 euro for a boat up to 8 mtrs in length to 469 euro for a 35 mtr boat. This represents amazing value. For just an extra 50 euros, the membership can be assigned to the person rather than the boat, which for charterers or people who sail various boats is well worth buying. Charterers have the option to buy the service for just 79 euros, which will cover the boat for the duration of the charter (up to 14 days), which gives great peace of mind when on an unfamiliar boat. In our opinion, this service is exactly what the average boat owner/user should be taking advantage of, especially at the very reasonable costs, when compared to that of the other options available!
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racing news from america’s cup minutes before he was located and recovered by a diver. CPR was administered, first by doctors on the water and again later on the dock of the St Francis Yacht Club, but tragically Simpson could not be resuscitated. He is believed to have been trapped underwater for around 10 minutes.
Justin Chisholm www.sailracingmagazine.com I had planned for my first column for The Islander to be about the building excitement here in San Francisco in the lead up to the 34th America’s Cup. I was going to write about the thrill of watching the the Cup holders Oracle Team USA and the Swedish Official Challenger of Record Artemis Racing training out on the bay in their amazing AC72 catamarans. I was going to explain about how much I was looking forward to them being joined this month by Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa. That’s what I had planned to write about, until a couple of days ago, when the Artemis Racing catamaran was involved in a catastrophic wipeout which destroyed their boat and took the life of British double Olympic medallist Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson. That incident not only robbed the sailing world of one of its most talented and lovable characters but has also thrown the immediate future of the America’s Cup into doubt. Thursday May 9th began as an unremarkable day by San Francisco standards. There were blue skies and 18 to 20 knots of breeze when the Oracle and Artemis crews began yet another training session out the bay; and there were certainly no clues to how disastrously the day was going to turn out. “A typical San Francisco sailing day,” was how Iain Murray, Regatta Director and CEO of America’s Cup Race Management, later described it. “There was nothing out of the ordinary and the teams were carrying out their normal training sessions to perfect their skills: sailing upwind, reaching and practising gybing.” According to Murray, the two teams had engaged in some boat-for-boat practise earlier in the training session which had begun around midday. About 1330 Australian 49er gold medallist Nathan Outteridge began to bear the Artemis boat away for what was likely to be one of the final downwind runs of the day. In fact it was probably going to be one of the last bear aways the crew would perform in that boat, as their new foiling second boat had arrived in San Francisco and was already being assembled by the shore crew. Exactly what happened next is still unclear as I write this, but moments after it began to bear away, the huge red Swedish boat was a broken and tangled mess of upside down wreckage. Simpson was the only one of the 11 crew unaccounted for immediately afterwards and despite the efforts of his crewmates to find him he was trapped underneath the boat for several
Simpson’s death sent shock waves around the international sailing community and immediately sparked a wave of tributes on sailing websites and on Facebook and Twitter. Amongst the most poignant is from fellow Olympic skipper Iain Percy who had recruited Simpson to the Artemis campaign to give weather and tactical input to the team’s afterguard. “Yesterday I lost my closest friend of over twenty-five years, the friendliest and kindest man I have ever met,” Percy posted on his Facebook page. “I cannot believe he is no longer with us. Now all our thoughts should be with his wife and two amazing boys who meant the world to him. Andrew has more friends than anyone and we will continue to support his family with all our hearts.” The tragedy has thrown the future of the America’s Cup into doubt and the day after the incident America’s Cup Event Authority CEO Stephen Barclay announced a full inquiry what went wrong. Asked at a press conference here if changes to the event’s format might be made before its scheduled start on July 5th, Barclay replied that “nothing is off the table”. It is not known as I write this whether the Artemis boat suffered a major structural failure which caused it to wipe out and later break up or whether it was the capsize itself which caused the damage. No doubt the inquiry will shine more light upon all that and on the immediate future of the 34th America’s Cup. Right now, my thoughts and prayers are with Andrew Simpson’s wife and family, and with his friends - particularly his Artemis crew mates - as they struggle to come to terms with his untimely death.
Justin Chisholm is the owner and editor of Sail Racing Magazine, a free digital publication about the world of professional sailing. over the years he has written for most of the major sailing magazines and websites and was the senior writer for the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race and the Olympic New Service’s sailing specialist at the London 2012 Olympic Games. He has been based in San Francisco since January this year to be close to the action of the 34th America’s Cup.
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straight talk on the dosh
Phil D. Coffers The Islander Economics Correspondent Frugal Google shifts the blame. A couple of issues back I raised the issue of the public backlash against Starbucks for it’s creative abilities to avoid paying tax on its profits in the UK and other ‘higher’ tax jurisdictions. A little jiggery pokery by their accountants and they could legally flip profits to a country where the rate is lower, mainly Ireland, thereby shaving hundreds of millions of euro’s pounds or dollars off their annual bill, and the accountant could buy himself a Sunseeker with his Christmas bonus. Well it seems, inevitably that they weren’t the only ones to come up with that wheeze, Amazon, Apple and now Google have been doing much the same thing. Companies that market themselves as cool, with ‘friendly’ and irreverent brand identities, whose employees wear jeans and scud about their offices on skateboards it turns out, are just as ruthless capitalists as those behind the brass plaques of Wall Street or the City of London. So far the public have conveniently let the politicians off the hook when it comes to culpability for this. Happy to join in the jeers as CEO’s are paraded in front of parliamentary committees for a ritual hour in the stocks. The truth is that expecting capitalists to decide how much tax they should pay along vague moral guidelines is like asking Mister Wolf to babysit your kids. Late last month Google CEO Eric Schmidt was berated by UK politicians of all colours as it turns out that they paid less than 1% on UK sales of £3.2bn in 2011. He said, quite rightly, that it was governments, not firms, that should be responsible for setting tax policy. Contrast this with that other ‘tree hugging’ capitalist behemoth Apple, whose CEO Tim Cook is at the helm of such an enormous wealth generator that he feels he can tell the US government what it should be charging. His firm has $100bn stashed worldwide, a third of it in Ireland on which they pay no tax at all amid a slew of shady deals and ‘phoney’ companies. He said he wasn’t going to bring a dime of it back home unless Uncle Sam was willing to haggle on the rate of tax. That is a shameful approach, but one that clearly proves that the biggest corporations can take on, and very frequently out-manoeuvre even the biggest governments. That has got to change, and do it quickly. Whatever you may think of democracy, it is vital that the most powerful in society are those who can be held accountable by an electorate every five years or so. If they lose that position of power to CEO’s who can hold a gun to the head of the politicians to rig the business world in their favour then we really are in trouble. Multinational corporations operate in a world without frontiers, where billions can be shifted in seconds. The tax authorities must collaborate with each other globally to stand any chance of levelling the playing field. Late last month the EU made positive noises about closer ties to achieve exactly this end, but making positive noises has become their speciality. Here’s hoping that this time, they put their money where their mouth is.
mallorca stingray update
brad@asociacionondine.org www.asociacionondine.org Strong winds at the start of this year made beginning the Mallorca Stingray Survey quite a challenge, finding one day that was calm enough as well as good visibility was a tough job, in fact it was impossible until the 20th of February, our first day out studying local stingray aggregations. Even with all the excitement within the team of volunteers, biologists and captains we were not expecting to see many stingrays at that time of year, we were right, just the one! A successful first day though…Day 1 and 1 Common Stingray. We have been out 7 times since that first day and what we have found is simply astonishing in regards to the numbers of common stingrays we have seen on each survey day, between 4 divers we recorded 192 individuals in 2 trips during April, the largest being around 1m wide and an interesting pattern which relates to stingray reproduction, various large females surrounded by 3-6 smaller males all congregating together in open sandy areas. Lucky ladies!! During the month of May we have increased the number of survey days due to the density of the population at this time of year, this will increase the quality of our data. We have conducted 3 survey days up until Wednesday the 15th and in total we have seen 372 Common Stingrays. This number is huge and these recordings are only during the times we are surveying, swimming 5 minutes in one direction and counting what we see within this time, outside the actual recording times we have seen many more rays, it really is an incredible experience, particularly when most people are saying the Med is dead! The Med ain´t dead folks and particularly not here in the Balearic Islands. We are still yet to see our big mamma of stingrays this year, the Rough Tail Stingray which can reach a size of 2.5m wide and over 3.5m long, Last week I was comparing a large stingray mark in the sand with the width of my arm span and my finger tips were just touching the edges of this very large and very fresh stingray mark, they´re here but will we see this mysterious Mallorquin giant of the deep this year? For more information on the Mallorca Stingray Survey, Asociación Ondine´s Future Projects or any other fishy facts please contact Brad@asociacionondine.org or visit the website www.asociacionondine.org
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Diane Franklin _ For more information in both English and Spanish check out the website www.aenb.es The AENIB was established in 1984 to represent the marine trade businesses in the Balearics. Its aims are to defend the interests of its members and promote growth in the industry. It acts as a lobby and pressure group in dealing with politicians and public bodies at local, national and European level. The indefatigable Margarita Dahlberg is the Association’s president supported by Jaume Vaquer and myself, Diane Franklin, as vice presidents. Jaume represents the more traditional Mallorquín business interests and I do my best to represent those of us who have chosen the Balearics as our adopted home. We currently have 130 members but are always on the hunt for more. All of us who are committee members of the AENB are volunteers, struggling to carry out the work of the AENiB and represent its members at the same time as doing our day to day jobs. I’m often asked why I do it. My involvement dates back some years when I got pretty fed up of listening to people in the Club de Mar bar gripe about the lack of support for yachting businesses. I decided that if we wanted to get things done we had to get off our collective butts and get involved. I did just that! Four years ago I attended meetings with politicians who had no clue whatsoever about the yachting industry - they seemed totally oblivious to the fact that they live on an island. Fast forward a few years and they are so much more clued up. This is mostly due to AENIB lobbying. I am not politically naïve, and I am well aware that knowledge does not always lead to action and change……however I do believe that by working together within the AENIB we have put yachting on the political map, which is a start. We have an English speaking sub-group, the EU Working Group, which addresses the concerns of us “new-comers”. Because so many people have asked for more information on the AENIB this group has decided to arrange an informal get together at the Varadero Bar (just outside STP) on Thursday the 27th June between 17.00 and 19.00. Come and join us for a drink, meet the team and let us tell you more about what we do and why we need your support. This get together is for both current members and anyone else who is interested in finding out more about the Association. Membership costs just 1 euro per day, and entitles to you to some discounts on Vodaphone rates, Club de Mar parking amongst other things, but more importantly gives you a voice and is a great networking platform.
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30th boatshow palma importance in tourism and yachting – giving impetus to the economy and job creation. Speaking exclusively to nautical channel NTVE.TV, Jose Ramon Bauza, President of the Balearic Islands who declared the Show open on 1 May, said, “It is absolutely necessary for our economy, because now we want to improve our economy, we want to give opportunity for unemployed people and we want to be very proud of our industry in this nautical sector because they say we are the best all over the world.” For more information on the Show visit www.boatshowpalma.com Final figures will show that in the region of 37,000 visitors attended the 30th edition of the Palma International Boat Show which came to a close on Sunday 5 May. Amongst them was the King’s only son, Crown Prince Felipe, the first time in 30 years that a member of the Spanish royal family has attended. A keen sailor, even competing in the 1992 Olympics as part of the Spanish sailing team, Crown Prince Felipe paid a surprise visit to the Show to present the Marcial Sanchez-Barcaiztegui Award, the first of its kind to recognise those who promote sailing. Sanchez-Barcaiztegui was one of the most respected and loved personalities in the sailing world and played a fundamental role in the promotion of the sport throughout Spain. Having paid tribute, Prince Felipe spent more than an hour walking around the Boat Show, greeting both exhibitors and the public. Director of the Palma International Boat Show, Chema Sans, was delighted at the event’s success, “This was a completely different Show from 2011. Most notably, it has grown a lot, the number of exhibitors was up 25% and the sea-based exhibition area up 76%, largely due to the crucial addition of a Superyacht Brokerage & Charter Show – a venture that makes a good deal of sense for the Balearics. Last year Monaco reported a record attendance of 33,000, we know for sure that we have beaten this figure and certainly had many more sailing superyachts on display. In total 47 superyachts over 24 metres lined the quayside of Moll Vell marina and, based on this year’s runaway success, I envisage this expanding to 65 or more for 2014.” Chema continued, “All the exhibitors I have spoken with seemed to be happy having gathered quality contacts and conducted serious business. Those promoting smaller craft may not have sold ten boats at the Show, as could have been the case a decade ago, but have had their expectations exceeded considering the difficult economic environment. Many are already thinking about next year, discussing their stand and berthing requirements. And, with the all-new eight million euro Moll Vell due to be complete and open for business by spring 2014, the Show can only build in importance and quality.” For the 30th edition, public and private sector worked together to remodel the Show into a nautical week with TapaMar gastronomy, the Gaastra PalmaVela regatta and Maremostra Ocean Film Festival running alongside the more traditional boats, accessories and services. The intention was to promote the Islands, in particular Palma, and confirm their strategic
The new owners of The Islander ,Simon and Helen Relph were able to meet many of their clients and contacts in the local nautical industry, and enjoyed a lively five days of instant networking. Simon Relph and Peter Franklin got into the thick of things and picked out a few boats, products and exhibitors stands to receive The Islander/CaptainsLounge ‘ best in show’ awards. Each of the worthy winners, were rewarded with a 3 minute TV feature about their product or service. In no particular order The Islander / CaptainsLounge award winners were as follows: - Best Sailboat over 20m: SY. Hetairos – Central agent Ocean Independence - Best Sailboat under 20m: Solaris 44 - from Solaris Yachts Italy. - Best Motorboat over 20m: MY. Whisper IV – Central Agent Camper & Nicholsons - Best Motorboat under 20m: Azimut 55S - from Marina Estrella - Best fun on the water toy: WaveJet Self Powered Stand up paddle board. - Best affordable fun on the water: Stand up paddle board 399 euros from Yacht Center Palma. - Best boat gadget: Furono Nav-Net Gset combo Navigation Consul. -from Dahlberg SA. - Best RIB/Tender: Pirrelli 15m - from Leisure Marine Santa Ponsa. - Best exhibitors stand in general area: Jose Ferrer Mallorca Wine Stand - Best exhibitors stand on superyacht quay: Palma Refit Alliance – Superyacht Solutions. Quotes from the six members of the Balearic Yacht Brokers Association formed to organise the inaugural Palma Superyacht Brokerage & Charter Show: Jochen Brill, Dahm International: “I am really pleased that we created the Balearic Yacht Brokers Association and staged this superyacht-specific Show. It’s good that Palma has understood the potential of this important sector of the industry. I have been 32 years in the business and we have never had so many big boats at this Show nor such serious buyers. We will be very happy to do it again next year.” Marc Haendle, Ocean Independence: “The reaction has been good. We have welcomed a lot of serious customers, people we didn’t expect, including some famous faces, international celebrities who have houses here on the Island – this is exactly the calculation behind the idea to create this Superyacht Brokerage & Charter Show. They know that with six famous companies involved, six good companies, when we stage an event it will be worth attending. For Ocean Independence we
received a good offer on one of our yachts and we believe the Show was held at the right time in the right place. We love Mallorca and are happy to support it.” Arne Ploch, Camper & Nicholsons: “For the first time the Boat Show represents what yachting actually is in Mallorca - an industry that makes its living from the larger yachts. We had a unique amount of sailing superyachts and, as the Show was organised by an association of half a dozen brokers, we worked hard to achieve the aim we wanted – to sell boats. We welcomed owners, clients and received two offers on one boat. Everyone is in a very positive mood and this is certainly the beginning of something much bigger in Palma. Next year we will bring more boats and expect more clients. It is now a question of working hard to establish the Show on the nautical calendar.” Giulio Riggio, Fraser Yachts: “The Show worked up to a crescendo from day one to day five and, thanks to nice weather and superb organisation, it met our expectations. We spoke with a range of good potential clients, not just from the Island but also German, English, Swedish, Finnish and Russian clients who love to stay in Mallorca and combine land-based pleasure with their passion for yachting. The main aim at a Show is to create a good impression of our yachts and our Company, the business comes later, we must put it all together to earn the results, but certainly by working together with the Balearic Yacht Brokers Association we have more power in these pressured economic times. One thing that must come to an end is the ridiculous matriculation tax issue, it must be put on the table and resolved. Of the 47 yachts on show, only six were for charter due to matriculation tax. Prospects for 30 or 40 metre boats say if they can’t charter their boat in Spain, they will take it elsewhere, I heard this on every one of the five days of the Show. The Balearics and Spain are losing valuable charter business and giving it on a plate to Italy and the like.” Jamie Small, Burgess Yachts and OceanStyle by Burgess: “We’ve been pleasantly surprised by the number of qualified clients and yacht owners that visited the nine yachts we had on display at the Show. We received clients from across Europe and one from the United States that resulted in a positive viewing. We are excited about next year where the Show will be bigger, better and the new Moll Vell marina up and running. There is no reason why it shouldn’t become the premier preseason show in Europe.” Simon Turner, Northrop & Johnson: “For the first time we have given Palma a Boat Show that appeals to locals, tourists and serious buyers. The mix of boats alongside equipment and accessories has been an important one, particularly with captains, owners and crew in attendance - a captive audience for tenders, water toys, marine electronics and the like. It’s also been great for the Balearic Yacht Brokers Association to be able to manage itself, an enormous difference in comparison to say Monaco where the brokers go into tough competition with the yacht builders themselves. We hope that the Show will be a must-attend event on the calendar for the future.” And quotes from other exhibitors:
lar has given us a great platform to launch our brand new 40 metre plus site, superportbooker.com, and we’ve generated keen interest from marina partners and end-users over the past five days. We’re a global business but with strong local representation in the Balearics and we recognise these Islands as the leading nautical destination in the Med.” Jimmy Blackburn, Fairline South Mallorca: “The weather has been fantastic and Mallorca is a great place for our customers to come and see us – a touch point to build relationships. We’ve gathered good leads, via previously known customers and new business, and it’s brilliant that we’ve been allowed to bring both new and used boats to the Show, priced between 200,000 and 1.4 million pounds. We will return in 2014.” Stuart Bray, Bray Marine International: “At long last they’ve got it right. We’ve had a very productive five days, busy with customers. We will be back next year.” Jamie Collins, Oyster Yachts: “Compared with 2011, the Superyacht Brokerage & Charter Show has brought a new dimension to the Palma International Boat Show. Inter-broker cooperation is key to business existence on the Island and it has worked well. Footfall has been impressive, aided I am sure by three non-working days, a bank holiday and the weekend. Our Oyster 100, Penelope, has been received well on her debut and it has been nice to see yachts of a similar size and usability alongside her. A large mix of nationalities from Russian to British, German to Italian, have come on board for a viewing and all been impressed. We’re very pleased and keen to participate again next year.” Salvador Sancho, Marina Estrella: “With last year’s Show postponed, it gave the event the opportunity to start again with a new format and of course the new agreement with the Superyacht Brokerage & Charter Show. Overall this has brought more international clients to the Show, many of them serious boat buyers. We have sold our Azimut 88 to a Portuguese client who travelled from Vilamoura, our Minorchino 42 to a British client who will berth her in Torrevieja, a Hanse 415 to another British client, an Azimut 55S to its new owner in Cascais and finally a Cobalt 242. Many enquiries also came for the Hanse 630 and 575. Not bad given we were expecting a quiet Show. The emphasis was on quality rather than quantity which was a blessing as it allowed our sales team to invest time in their clients and conduct sea trials without being under pressure. Next year we will certainly return, with at least ten boats, and feel positive that we are with the best yachts and businesses that Palma has to offer.”
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