YACHT AGENTS
DOCKSIDE SERVICES Established in 2006, Dockside Services S.L. assists yachtsmen in The Balearics. Followed by a strong collaboration with a wide range of successful suppliers, the company has become one of the most prestigious yacht agents with service area from Balearics to all coasts of Spain (Canary Islands included), Gibraltar, Portugal, France and Italy. With its multilingual employees onsite, Dockside Services S.L. delivers fast and high quality bunkering, mooring, logistic, provisioning, visas, APA, customs, charter & brokerage and winterizing services all around the Mediterranean coasts as well as the Atlantic Spanish coast and Portugal. Dockside Services S.L . is also the main dealer of the Spanish ecological cleaning products EcoPiñera in Balearics. For more details Tel: +34 971756781 or visit
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Yalikavak in May as a major event for brokers and owners. Not an event exactly but Birkan gives thumbs up to a visit to Istanbul in September. “It’s not too hot and there’s lots to see, from coastal cruising to visiting museums and ancient sites in the city, that stretches over two continents. We highly recommend visiting Turkey in September, in the south. It’s still warm enough for water activities, and in Istanbul it’s a beautiful time to spend few days tied up under the bridge at the Bosphorus.”
ALTHOUGH NOTHING IS EVER TOO COMPLICATED, ANNOYING OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SUPERYACHT AGENT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE MORE COMPLICATED AND ANNOYING THAN OTHERS
Captain Cankurt chooses Sound of Sails, Marmaris International Race Week, TYBA Yacht Charter Show, Sail Break Sailing Festivals, CNR Eurasia Boat Show, The Bodrum Cup Nautical Festival & Regatta and D-Marin Classical Music Festival as major events for anyone who loves the open sea.
BUG BEARS
Although nothing is ever too complicated, annoying or impossible for the Superyacht Agent, there are some things that are more complicated and annoying than others. For Paz it’s a change of crew or registration, which is very time-consuming. The most challenging for Maja at MYS Yachting are those emergency calls regarding crew or guests and technical problems when guests are onboard. She adds, “Also, the provisioning of food and drinks can still be challenging in Croatia. Even though, due to the rise of high quality restaurants and hotels with first class Chefs the offer of international products is getting better.”
One of the least favourite requests for Mourat Bourinakis at Mouratti Marine was when he was asked to supply twelve flowering garden plants. The call came in at 24h00 and they had to be delivered by 08h00 the next day.
“Uhhh!” says Paola Musumeci at Elite Yacht Service. “For sure the spare parts they urgently require or a technician to repair something.... this request is my least favourite. It’s Murphy’s Law that this will normally happen on the weekend, or in August when everything takes longer and it is more difficult to get... but we make some small miracles in our jobs so one way or another we manage to get what they need.” Dina’s ‘don’t say it’ list includes; picking up friends in Mykonos with stiletto heels who have a list of food allergies.
Asking crew to babysit children. Assuming the yacht’s internet access is akin to one’s own domestic speed. Thinking that an inch on a map should be a couple of hours in
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