NIP & TUCK


utumn is again in the offing, captains and management are assessing the ‘injury time’ it’s going to take to get the yachts back on top of their game before next year’s season. The boats have rolled with the knocks, rebounded from the shocks and now need a bit of time ‘off games’ before the big wind-up to next season where they’ll need to be back up to top notch performance.


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A nip here, a tuck there, a touch up, a little bit of lift just here if you don’t mind for some, or a complete makeover for others.


Always a favourite stomping ground for yacht captains and crew, ONBOARD magazine has taken a little snoop around the workshops and refit experts serving yachts based on the Spanish side of the Med to gauge their views on the buoyancy of the Spanish refit market, its future and why yachts should head over there.


AIRCON AND FRIDGE Mark Critchley runs MTSea, specialists in marine refrigeration and air conditioning based in Palma de


SPANISH STYLE


REFIT IS BIG BUSINESS IN SPAIN WITH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FROM COMPANIES OFFERING A VAST RANGE OF SERVICES WORDS: CLAIRE GRIFFITHS


Mallorca. The business is new: Critchley bought the air conditioning and refrigeration system in 2017. He says, “When we bought it we were told we would be quiet over the summer. The previous owner closed every August but so far our only quiet time is Christmas, otherwise we are flat out and that is in spite of increasing our workforce from six to ten in early 2019.”


Looking ahead to the future Critchley is cautiously confident and sees potential growth when Astilleros Shipyard


move to STP (Servicios


Tecnicos Portuarios) with increased haul out and storage for large yachts. “We know that every year STP seems to get more crowded and stay busy for longer and this means we are busy. If yachts are here having refit work done it usually includes some sort of refrigeration and air conditioning.”


MTsea is recruiting again, will continue to establish its workshop facilities in order to be able to test customer equipment in-house before reinstalling on board. Adds Critchley, “We also want to have more control of our service and products and


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