A week under sail with a skipper who knows where the wind goes. Crewed sailing holidays around Mallorca and the Balearics — planned, provisioned and routed from Palma, with the itinerary built around the forecast rather than a brochure.
Mallorca is one of the few places in the Mediterranean where a sailing holiday genuinely makes more sense than a hotel. The island is small enough to circumnavigate in a week and varied enough that each coast feels like a different country. The Serra de Tramuntana drops a thousand metres straight into deep blue water along the north-west, giving you sheltered anchorages beneath cliffs that no road reaches. The south is low, sandy and gentle, with turquoise shallows off Es Trenc and the calas around Santanyí. The east coast hides a string of narrow inlets that fill with day boats by noon and empty completely by six. And thirty miles south sits Cabrera, a national park archipelago with no hotels, no roads and a mooring field so quiet you can hear the shearwaters at dusk.
A sailing holiday in Mallorca means waking up in a different bay each morning, swimming off the stern before breakfast, and covering fifteen to twenty-five nautical miles a day at a pace that leaves the afternoon free. The Balearic thermal breeze does most of the work: an offshore land breeze early, a building sea breeze from mid-morning, and by two in the afternoon a reliable twelve to eighteen knots that lets you shut the engine off and sail properly. It is why so many crews who come here for a beach holiday leave having genuinely learned to sail.
TSB Yachting arranges crewed sailing holidays from Palma aboard sailing catamarans and monohulls. Every charter includes a professional skipper certified by the Spanish Maritime Authority, so no licence, experience or planning is required from you — though guests who want to steer, trim and navigate are actively encouraged to. We handle the route, the berths, the provisioning and the national park permits, and we build the week around your dates, your crew and, above all, the wind. If you would rather cruise under power, our motor yacht charter and catamaran charter pages cover the same coastline at a different pace.
Three or four nights covering the south-west coast, Sa Dragonera and Port d'Andratx. Enough to sleep aboard, sail properly and swim in four different bays without needing a week off work.
Seven nights from Palma along the Tramuntana to Sóller and back via Sa Dragonera, or south to Cabrera and the sand of Es Trenc. Our most popular sailing holiday and the best value per night.
Mallorca plus the Ibiza channel and Formentera, or Mallorca and Menorca from Alcúdia. Real passages, real landfalls, and the sense of a voyage rather than a series of day sails.
This is the week we build most often — a circuit that mixes the drama of the Tramuntana with the calm and colour of the south. It is a starting point, not a schedule: the skipper adjusts the order daily based on the forecast, which is exactly the advantage of sailing with someone who works these waters year-round.
Board mid-afternoon in Palma or Puerto Portals, run through the safety brief and sail the short hop west to Portals Vells or Cala Falcó. First swim, first sunset at anchor, dinner aboard while the city lights come on across the bay.
A proper morning's sail west along the coast to the Dragonera channel — a nature reserve island with vertical cliffs and clear water on the lee side. Lunch at anchor off Sant Elm, then into Port d'Andratx for the evening or back out to a quiet bay.
The best sailing day of the week. Twenty-five miles north-east under the mountains with almost nowhere to stop — cliffs, sea caves and water over a thousand metres deep close inshore. Anchor at Cala Deià or continue into the natural harbour at Port de Sóller.
A slower day. Take the vintage tram up to Sóller village, walk the Plaça, and be back aboard by early afternoon for the sail to Cala Tuent or the anchorage below Sa Calobra — one of the most spectacular places in the Balearics to spend a night at anchor.
The return leg down the Tramuntana usually runs with the breeze behind you — the fastest and most comfortable sailing of the week. Rejoin the south-west coast and anchor off Camp de Mar or Cala Llamp for the evening.
If the Cabrera national park permit came through, this is the day for it: a thirty-mile passage to a protected archipelago with a single mooring field, a castle and no development at all. If not, the sand and turquoise shallows off Es Trenc are the finest beach anchorage on the island.
A relaxed sail back across the Bay of Palma with one final swim stop, arriving alongside in the late afternoon. Disembarkation is the following morning after breakfast, so nobody has to rush for a flight on the last evening.
A catamaran sails almost flat, offers roughly twice the deck and saloon space of a monohull the same length, and draws little enough water to anchor close in to beaches like Es Trenc and Ses Illetes. That combination suits families, mixed-ability groups and anyone who has ever felt queasy on a boat.
A monohull heels, points higher into the wind and feels considerably more alive under way. It is also cheaper to charter and cheaper to berth — Balearic marinas charge catamarans a premium for the extra beam, which over a week alongside adds up. If the sailing itself is the point of the holiday, take the monohull.
Tell us who is coming and what you want from the week, and we will tell you honestly which of the two suits you — including when the answer is neither and a motor yacht would serve you better.
We are based in Palma, not in a call centre. That difference turns up in the small decisions that make or break a week afloat.
Our crews sail these waters year-round and know which anchorage stays flat when the tramuntana funnels down the coast, and which fills with swell by dinner.
Cabrera moorings are limited and released on a fixed schedule. We apply the moment the window opens, so the option is genuinely available to you.
Local market provisioning, dietary requirements accommodated, and reservations held at the beach restaurants worth the tender ride ashore.
Vessel, crew, fuel, berthing and extras listed separately. No headline rate that quietly doubles once the running costs appear.
The Mallorcan sailing season runs from May to October, and the differences between those months matter more than most people expect. May and October bring reliable wind, empty anchorages and the lowest rates of the year, with cooler evenings and some beach restaurants closed. June and September are the sweet spot: warm water, thermal breezes of fifteen to twenty knots, long days and bays that still have space at four in the afternoon. July and August are hottest, busiest and lightest on wind — beautiful for swimming, less rewarding for sailing, and priced at a clear premium across the Balearics.
On cost, a crewed sailing holiday in Mallorca generally starts from around €9,500 for the week including skipper. That figure covers the yacht and crew; fuel, marina berths, provisioning, premium drinks and water toys are quoted separately or run as a running expenses account, typically adding fifteen to thirty per cent depending on how many nights you spend alongside rather than at anchor. Nights at anchor cost nothing, which is one reason our itineraries favour them. Larger catamarans, newer builds and peak August weeks sit well above that starting point, and we would rather tell you so upfront than surprise you later.
Booking windows are shorter than people assume for shoulder season and longer than they expect for high summer. For a July or August week, three to six months ahead is sensible — the best boats and the Cabrera moorings go early. For June, September or October, six to eight weeks is usually enough, and late availability at good rates does appear. Send us your dates either way and we will tell you honestly what is realistic.
Best wind, quietest anchorages, lowest rates. If your dates are flexible this is where we will point you — and the second half of September is the finest sailing week of the Mallorcan year.
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Hot, bright and busy, with lighter breezes and premium pricing. Worth booking three to six months ahead, and worth planning an early-start itinerary to reach the good bays before the day fleet does.
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