Majorca tourism
Spotlight North: The illegal anchoring in Puerto Pollensa
The bay is crowded with boats that are anchored illegally
Each summer there are complaints and some action, only for the issue to return the next summer. | Redacción
Pollensa17/07/2021 10:26
A familiar story, and Podemos at Pollensa town hall are reminding everyone of it. Each summer, the bay is crowded with boats that are anchored illegally, and it’s not as if they are well out in the bay.
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Leaving aside that the photo is already several years old, the anchoring was not illegal. The existing docks, like the one in the photo, were concessions so that the owners of the houses could moor their boats. What the Government has done has been to eliminate the boats, enlarge the beaches and put more sun loungers. The only objective is the economic one. If you had known Puerto de Pollensa in the past, this article would not have been written.
The anchorage off Port Pollensa is in a sheltered area that has been used by boats for centuries. It is not illegal to anchor there in one of the last remaining free natural anchorages in the western Mediterranian. Typical that the Marxist Podemos party wants to take away this feeedom.