In 2012, just four short years ago, the Palma Boat Show was cancelled. A cash-strapped Government cut funding, exhibitors weren’t interested, and, à la Rogers and Astaire, they called the whole thing off. In 2013, just one year later, the Palma Boat Show joined forces...
Dear Islander, This past month has seen lots of action in our neck of the woods, with the Palma Superyacht Show and Palma Boatshow having taken place at the beginning of the month, closely followed by the Palma Vela Regatta, the first major Med regatta of the season....
The Corner Bar wouldn’t be my first foray into bar work in Mallorca, oh no, that honour fell to Magaluf. It was the summer of 1999, Lou Bega’s Mambo Nº5 was at number one in the charts, and I was busy mopping up endless piles of bar-crawl-provoked puke in the...
Picture this…crystal clear waters, no plastic pollution, schools of fish glistening in the sunlight, yacht sailing past, dolphins jumping, whales singing and you enjoying a freshly caught snapper on the BBQ at the beach with your friends. Sounds ideal to me, not...
Dear Islander, As this issue of The Islander hits the streets, The Palma Superyacht Show and Palma Boatshow will be underway. We are told that all available space and berths are sold out with a lengthy waiting list, a far cry from the bad old days ! Palma Superyacht...
Yacht ownership is widely seen as a privilege reserved exclusively for dedicated seafarers and the hyper-wealthy. Many would be surprised to learn, therefore, that in recent years there has been a proliferation in the services offered within the yachting industry,...
