Yacht marble restoration in Palma de Mallorca

Where we work in Palma

Palma is unusual in that its superyacht marinas, its refit yards and the old town line a single stretch of waterfront. For a stone-care team that is a real advantage: moving from a berth to a shipyard, or from one yacht to the next, takes minutes rather than a day on the road.

• Club de Mar
• STP Shipyard Palma
• Marina Port de Mallorca
• Real Club Náutico de Palma

Club de Mar

At the western end of the harbour, beside the cruise terminal, Club de Mar has recently come out of a major redevelopment of its basin and clubhouse. It has more than five hundred berths, room for around seventy yachts over forty metres, and a few berths reserved for yachts of 136 to 170 metres. Those large berths make it a natural base for big motor yachts between trips. Access runs through the marina’s own security, so we arrange quay passes through the captain or the yacht’s agent before we arrive.

Marina Port de Mallorca and Pantalán del Mediterráneo

Further along the Paseo Marítimo, Marina Port de Mallorca offers around two hundred berths for yachts up to fifty metres. The Pantalán del Mediterráneo pontoon, just to the south, is laid out for much larger yachts. On a yacht of this size, the stone is often limited to a few bathrooms and a saloon table, a scope that suits a short visit between trips.

Real Club Náutico de Palma and Moll Vell

Closer to the cathedral, the Real Club Náutico de Palma, founded in 1948, is the home of the Copa del Rey regatta at the turn of July and August, and the large sailing yachts of the Superyacht Cup berth there each June. Next to it, Moll Vell is the historic quay where the Palma International Boat Show is staged every spring. Sailing yachts carry less stone than motor yachts, but what they have (heads, a saloon table, a galley top) is often thin and light, and rewards careful, low-pressure work.

STP Shipyard Palma and the refit zone

STP Shipyard Palma is why so many yachts spend the winter here. The yard works on an open model: it handles lifting, hard-standing and security, and the yacht chooses its own independent contractors. Its 1,000-tonne travelift can haul large sailing yachts without removing their stays, and the recent expansion has taken the site to around 162,000 square metres, with new berths for yachts up to 110 metres. For us, the open model means a captain or project manager can bring us in directly, alongside the painters, joiners and engineers already on board. The neighbouring Marina Palma Cuarentena works largely as a technical marina for yachts waiting to go into the yard or just coming out of it.

Astilleros de Mallorca

On the Contramuelle, Astilleros de Mallorca has worked only on yacht refit and repair since its last new build in 1995. A yacht in its care is often in the middle of a long interior programme, which is the ideal moment to restore stone in cabins and bathrooms without disturbing anyone.

At anchor in the bay

Anchoring is not permitted inside the commercial harbour, but yachts regularly lie just outside it, in front of the cathedral. Across the wider bay, the Balearic decree protecting Posidonia seagrass, in force since 2018, closes several familiar anchorages, so we always ask for the exact position before planning tender transfers. If the sea state lets us work safely, we work at anchor; if not, we pick up the job at the next berth day. We come to your yacht, wherever she is.

Stone surfaces we restore on board

Each surface has its own constraints aboard: weight, access, movement of the hull and the products used daily by the interior crew.

• Marble bathrooms: vanities, shower walls and floors, the first to suffer from limescale and descaling products.
• Marble floors: saloon and lobby floors scratched by grit carried in from the quay or the yard.
• Bar tops and tables: etch rings from wine, cocktails and citrus on deck and in the saloon.
• Marble stairs: worn treads and chipped nosings on the main staircase.

Removable pieces such as a table top or a vanity can also be treated in a workshop close to the yacht when the work cannot be done on board, then returned and refitted.

Works in Palma de Mallorca are carried out by Les Traitements du Sud (France), travelling team.