The Portitxol members' assembly has ratified the reform project, which will involve a significant renovation of the facilities, valued at 10 million euros, and which has caused tension and confrontation within the entity. According to some, it is a project that “reduces the model of social boating, because more moorings for large lengths are being made,” laments a historic member like Jaume Garau. But, according to the board and another part of the members, “it preserves the essence of the club and the facility does not grow outwards.” “80% of the moorings will continue to be less than eight meters,” explains the president of the Palma club, Pep Santander.

The Portitxol Nautical Club faces next Tuesday one of the most decisive assemblies in its recent history. Members will have to vote on the ratification of the reform and expansion project promoted by the board of directors, an initiative that has caused a strong internal division and which many interpret as a choice between maintaining the social and popular character of the club or turning it into a large infrastructure aimed at large-sized boats. The meeting, convened in the assembly hall of the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB), comes after weeks of internal campaigning and a climate of growing tension between sectors in favor and detractors of the project.

The Board of Directors of the Balearic Islands Port Authority (APB) has agreed, at a meeting held in the port of Palma, to launch a public tender for the management of moorings at the local traffic terminal for vessels popularly known as "golondrinas" (swallows), which will include a ban on carrying out party boatsFurthermore, the council itself has approved granting a 15-year extension to the Portitxol Nautical Club, until 2040, and incorporating approximately 12,000 additional square meters of water surface to reorganize and expand the marina and nautical services of the facility. Regarding the management of the local traffic terminal, the concession also includes the management of two moorings designated for the Nautical Bus service. In the new concession, located on the Palma seafront, service will only be provided to vessels on the second list, that is, merchant ships for the transport of people, and those included in the tourist registry of the Island Council of Mallorca that allow them to organize parties or dances on board with music, known as [unspecified activity], are expressly excluded.party boats.