39°34'N 2°38'E · Western Mediterranean
Palma de Mallorca Yacht Guide
Palma is the refit capital of the Mediterranean and the closest thing the industry has to a company town: yards, riggers, painters, electricians, sailmakers, and a crew population in the thousands all inside one bay. Boats winter here, rebuild here, and crew here before the season scatters them east. If Monaco is where yachts are seen, Palma is where they are made ready.
Season & Arrival
The yard season runs October through April when the refit sheds are full; cruising season is May through September, opening with the Palma Superyacht Village show in late April and filling the bay with the Med fleet in transit.
The Guide
Boatyards & Refit
STP Shipyard in the heart of the port is the headline: an open yard where you choose your own contractors, with travel lifts to 1,000 tons and hardstanding for well over 100 yachts at a time. Astilleros de Mallorca next door is the traditional full-service yard handling major works on yachts past 100 meters afloat and alongside. Around them sits the deepest trades ecosystem in the Med: paint sheds, rigging lofts, teak crews, electronics houses. Winter slots at both yards book by late summer; if you want a January haul, commit in August.
Operating Data
- STP Shipyard
- lifts to 1,000t, 120+ hardstanding berths
- Astilleros de Mallorca
- refits to 120m+, syncrolift and alongside
Operating data is updated each season. Confirm critical figures with the operator before arrival.
Captain Notes
- Run your refit like a project, not a stay: an owner's rep or strong chief engineer on the ground, written scopes, and weekly cost reconciliation. The open-yard model at STP is powerful and it will absorb every euro you fail to track.
- Book the winter yard slot and the spring relaunch window together; the bottleneck is not the haul, it is the paint shed and the lift schedule in April when everyone wants out at once.
- Summer southwesterly sea breeze builds chop across the bay by afternoon; berthing at Club de Mar or the Moll Vell is calmest before noon.
Local Red Flags
- Posidonia anchoring fines in the Balearics are aggressive and drone-assisted. One careless drop on seagrass can cost more than a season's berthing.
- August in the bay is saturated: berths, contractors, crew housing, restaurants. If your schedule is flexible, do Mallorca in June or September.
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