Crew focus in Mallorca
From Ship to Shore: A Freediving journey in Mallorca with Elena Aloisio
This week I’m chatting to Elena Aloisio, ex sailing Mate, who moved to Mallorca full time in 2020. With a background in marine biology and a passion for the underwater world, she is now working as a Freedive Instructor.
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RMRigging offer a bespoke rigging and sailing service to yachts in Mallorca
RMRigging offer a bespoke rigging and sailing service to yachts in Mallorca and around the Mediterranean.
After all the training in Mallorca, Britain picks women’s and youth America’s Cup squad
Ainslie's own team will be attempting to go head-to-head with holders New Zealand to win the world’s oldest sporting trophy.
![Jeff Bezos's superyacht Koru](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
Jeff Bezos's superyacht Koru
Last year, Koru was transported from the shipbuilding facility in Alblasserdam to Rotterdam via the Dutch canal network.
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The new sailing boat of Jeff Bezos
417-foot Koru is worth $485 million.
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Bezo's super sailing boat
The sailboat, 127 meters long, is the second largest sailboat in the world.
Formula 1 test vessel in Palma as Britain takes aim at America's Cup
"America´s Cup in Barcelona in 2024...."
![Ineos Britannia will soon be sailing in Mallorcan waters](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
Ineos Britannia will soon be sailing in Mallorcan waters
Ineos Britannia will soon be sailing in Mallorcan waters.
![Work on upgrading the yacht club is under way.](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
Work on upgrading the yacht club is under way.
Work on upgrading the yacht club is under way.
Pollensa yacht club reduces the size of new building
Argument over the building of six booths on the front.
Palma's shipyards are running out of space
Nautical industry is the second most important to the Balearics.
Lack of moorings pushes up demand for smaller boats
Subscription-based sailing clubs are benefiting from the lack of moorings.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"