Mahon visitors berths

[Whitelighter]

When I was in Mahon earlier this year I noticed that a couple of remote floating pontoons where anchored in the harbour behind the islands. These looked big enough to take 20-30 boats each though you would need to tender ashore.

Does anyone know if a) these are visitors berths b) who manages them and c) if they are bookable in advance?

Hoping next summer to get over to Mahon and looking at options. It seems anchoring in the big Cala to the right as you enter is permitted but sometimes not.

 

[Nick_H]

We stayed on one of these pontoons summer 2015. We just rocked up and there was someone on the pontoon telling us where to go and collecting money, so I can confirm they are visitor berths, but I don't know who manages them or whether you can book ahead.

 

[Whitelighter]

We stayed on one of these pontoons summer 2015. We just rocked up and there was someone on the pontoon telling us where to go and collecting money, so I can confirm they are visitor berths, but I don't know who manages them or whether you can book ahead.

Out of curiosity, do you recall what you paid per night? do they have power laid to them (I guessed not but in some of my pics from Mahon they appear to have leccy posts on them)

 

[jfm]

Anchoring may not be possible on the north side, as you say, in recent years at least. I don't know about the "island" pontoons but in case relevant there is usually plenty of availability in the new marina, which is quite nice and good for getting off the boat and hitting the town. Email Belen - she runs the office there and is very nice/speaks good EN
If you're counting on fuelling, book ahead, don't just rock up. In summer at least. Better, still, don't fuel there and go to cuitadella instead

 

[stillwaters]

It's been a few years since I was there, but as soon as I went near one of the remote pontoons, a marinero was quickly out in his boat to collect the rent.
However, I think the following might give you some up to date info.
www.portmao.com/ingles/index.htm
www.portmao.com/ingles/instalarecreo.htm for contact details etc.
J.

 

[Nick_H]

Out of curiosity, do you recall what you paid per night? do they have power laid to them (I guessed not but in some of my pics from Mahon they appear to have leccy posts on them)

I can't remember the cost, which means it wasn't particularly cheap or expensive, so probably somewhere around 100 euro for 17m. I'm pretty sure we didn't have leccy, but I do recall they had a single water supply in the middle of the pontoon.

We did just turn up at the fuel quay, and were served fairly quickly, but jfm is right, it's best to ring them before leaving your berth to arrange a time, and to ensure you get the fast pump. I have a note of the phone number, 620801859, I assume you have to put Spain code in front.

 

[simon]

They are run by Marina Mahon now. http://www.marinamahon.es/

Marina Mahon does take forward bookings.

 

[itspaul]

It's been a couple of years but I think the pontoons are managed by these people. http://www.marinamenorca.com/uk_amarres_amarres.htm
I have used them and I'm sure there was electricity and water on the pontoons

 

[itspaul]

Or these
2.1 - Ribera del Puerto S.L. Moll de Llevant, 10 07701 Mahon Menorca
- Tel: 971 35 48 44 Fax 971 35 43 27
- VHF channel 09
- Email: riberasl@futurnet.es

Location: Lat.: 39º 53.6´ N Lon: 004º 16.5´ E

Services: Anchorings with buoy on the north bank of the port
- Floating platforms with water, electricity, and rubbish collection
- Piers in Cala Llonga with water, electricity, and rubbish collection
- Group of jetties with anchoring at the west of the Isla del Rey
- Showers, cafeteria in Cala Llonga

Capacity: Anchoring, maximum depth 9 m
- Anchoring with buoy, 40 sites, up to 20 m in length
- Floating platforms, 38 sites, up to 20 m in length
- Piers in Cala Llonga, 110 sites, up to 25 m in length
- Jetties in Isla del Rey, 38 sites, up to 30 m in length

There was also a very good delivery service for fresh bread etc left on the bathing platform nice and early in the morning

 

[Truro Ex Pat]

I stayed in he Mahon Marina this year for just 1 night very good and about 200 euros for 1 night 17 meters.
There were some availability on the pontoon and I think its run by the marine, just bear in mind they close between 1.00 and 5.00 even in July so you may get stuck waiting for electrical connecters etc.

 

[Hurricane]

If you are thinking of anchoring in Mahon, there's Cala Teulera but be warned.
In the height of summer, Mahon fills up and the authorities sometimes kick boats out from the Teulera anchorage.
Not, actually, experienced it myself but the day after we left last year, a whole lot of boats got kicked out into a force 7.
There being nowhere else in Mahon (it wouldn't have been so bad if there had been a berth somewhere).
Absolutely disgraceful IMO
If it had happened to me, I would have said to the authorities "you take the boat - I'll phone my insurance company"

 

[Hurricane]

They are run by Marina Mahon now. http://www.marinamahon.es/

Marina Mahon does take forward bookings.

Hey - I think your boat has got bigger than when I last saw her.

 

[westernman]

I stayed in he Mahon Marina this year for just 1 night very good and about 200 euros for 1 night 17 meters.
There were some availability on the pontoon and I think its run by the marine, just bear in mind they close between 1.00 and 5.00 even in July so you may get stuck waiting for electrical connecters etc.

I think we paid about 140 Euros on one of the pontoons with electricity and water in August. This is for 15.63x4.45.
The charge is a function of length x beam.

 

[simon]

Hey - I think your boat has got bigger than when I last saw her.

That's why I have just moved back to SC from Mahon and Mallorca, I couldn't afford the berth costs!!

 

[Magnum]

If you are thinking of anchoring in Mahon, there's Cala Teulera but be warned.
In the height of summer, Mahon fills up and the authorities sometimes kick boats out from the Teulera anchorage.
Not, actually, experienced it myself but the day after we left last year, a whole lot of boats got kicked out into a force 7.
There being nowhere else in Mahon (it wouldn't have been so bad if there had been a berth somewhere).
Absolutely disgraceful IMO
If it had happened to me, I would have said to the authorities "you take the boat - I'll phone my insurance company"

I'm curious Hurricane. What were the grounds for the boats being kicked out?

 

[Hurricane]

I'm curious Hurricane. What were the grounds for the boats being kicked out?

Search me.
Thats the question we asked.
Probably some "jobs worth" who knew nothing of the dangers.

Tourist tour boats run down the canal into that anchorage and do a circuit round the island so I maybe they complain when it gets cluttered with leisure boats.
As I said, we didn't actually experience being kicked out ourselves.
We had moved on 24 hours earlier - wind and swell was from the north so we anchored for a couple of days in Binibeca which is on the southern tip of Menorca.
Actually, I'd been past there a few times and didn't think that there was much space in there but in fact there was plenty and it was well protected.
It was whilst in Binibeca when a yacht that had just arrived told us that they had been thrown out of Teulera.
As I say, absolutely disgraceful.

EDIT
This was taken in Teulera a day before they (supposedly) threw boats out.

And this was Binibeca on the day that they were supposed to have been thrown out

 

[Magnum]

Amazing. There is no way I would be forced to leave that anchorage in a F7 by anyone!

 

[simon]

They normally allow you to stay if the port is full and/or the weather is bad. If there is room in the marinas and on the pontoons then they have been known to move boats out.

 

[jfm]

There is a little more to this Mahon/Tuelera chucking out though. As I understand it, they imposed perhaps 5 years ago a no anchoring rule IF there are empty marina berths. Now that isn't a great rule and it is obviously designed to pump business to the marinas, but hey you can imagine that their town council or whatever could have reached the view that it is a holiday town and boat owners are rich and should pay for a marina rather than freeload on their scenery by anchoring. Furthermore they may have concluded, Tuelera isn't exactly a place of outstanding natural beauty; rather it is a place to park up without paying a marina fee or when the marinas are full. Not condoning any of that; just saying. This rule on Tuelera is well known among boaters - I've known it for years and I don't go out of my way to read these rules.

Anyway, point is, while I don't know the specifics of the case Hurricane refers to I think in general they do not force you out to sea in a F7; they throw you out and force you into a marina in F7. If anyone chooses to go to sea that is their choice. And anyway, exiting Mahon in a F7 northerly to get to one of the S.coast anchorages is nowt of a job - Hurricane's picture shows that Binibeca was as calm as a calm thing and the whole S coast would look like that picture in a N wind. Indeed, by chucking you out of the armpit that is Tuelera and into any of the S coast anchorages they were probably doing you a favour