ECC Yacht Charter Yacht Charter — 8 Boats in the Balearics

ECC Yacht Charter: 8 boats listed in the Balearics

There is a temptation, when writing about charter fleets, to reach for the word "boutique" and leave it there - a handful of similar boats, a single hull shape, a narrow customer in mind. ECC Yacht Charter's Balearic fleet resists that shorthand. Across its eight boats based out of Mallorca, the spread runs from a 2009 Oceanis 43 that has clearly earned its keep over more than a decade and a half of charter seasons, through to a Sun Odyssey 415 delivered for the 2026 season and barely broken in. In between sit cruising catamaranes, big-berth monocasco built for groups, and a run of mid-size sailing yachts that form the backbone of most weekly bookings in these waters. It is, in other words, a genuinely working fleet rather than a curated showroom - boats bought and rotated in response to what charterers actually ask for, year after year.

That range matters more than it might first appear. A quienes lo hacen sin patrón patrón taking a familia of six around the bays south of Palma has very different needs from a group of twelve friends wanting a floating base for a week of swimming stops and late dinners at fondear, and different again from sailors who want a modern, fast, easily-handled cruiser with none of the compromises of an older design. ECC's eight boats, taken together, cover most of that territory without duplicating themselves unnecessarily - two catamarans of different sizes and ages, three larger monohulls in the 51-to-54-foot bracket, and three more modest yachts between 41 and 46 feet. The fleet is not vast, but it is deliberately varied, and that variety is the most useful thing a prospective charterer can know about it before going any further.

ECC Yacht Charter operates a mixed fleet of catamarans and monohulls with 8 boats (41–53ft) in its live Balearic listings. The listings below come directly from the operator's live MMK booking data — the same system the availability search on this page queries, so fleet and availability cannot drift apart. The operator's own site is at eccyacht.com.

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ECC Yacht Charter’s base & getting there

ECC Yacht Charter's roots are in the Canary Islands, where the company has built a long-standing presence - including a Yanmar-approved service centre and its own certified marine mechanic - across several marinas in Tenerife and Lanzarote. Its Balearic operation is run from Marina La Lonja in Palma de Mallorca, a working marina in the heart of the city, within easy reach of Palma's old town, the cathedral seafront and the wider network of restaurants and provisioning along the Paseo Maritimo. Basing a fleet here places charterers close to the classic Mallorcan cruising grounds: the calas of the south-west coast towards Andratx and Sant Elm, the more sheltered bays around Cabrera and the south coast, and the option of longer runs across to Ibiza or Menorca for those with a full week or more at their disposal.

The company's history stretches back some 27 years, and that longevity shows up less in any single dramatic claim than in the accumulation of small, practical things - an in-house technical capability that most agencies do not maintain themselves, established relationships with builders including Jeanneau and Lagoon, and a marine insurance partnership with Pantaenius, one of the more respected names in yacht cover. None of this is exclusive to the Balearic operation, but it is worth knowing that the team handling a Mallorca booking sits within an organisation that has spent nearly three decades doing very little else besides putting people on boats and getting them back safely.

What the company describes as its guiding approach - being "run by and for sailors" - is reflected in a stated emphasis on genuinely useful pre-departure information for clients, rather than generic paperwork. Beyond that, the specifics of airport transfers or check-in procedures in Mallorca are not published in detail on the operator's own site, so anyone booking should confirm arrival logistics, check-in time and provisioning arrangements directly with ECC at the point of reservation rather than assuming a standard package. Marina La Lonja itself is a short taxi ride from Palma airport, which in practice means most charterers can be aboard within thirty to forty minutes of landing, traffic allowing.

La flota, barco por barco

The two catamarans in the fleet sit at opposite ends of their own small spectrum. The Lagoon 46 "Machango", built in 2021, is the newer and larger of the pair, and at 46 feet with ten berths it is built for the classic multi-cabin catamaran brief: two or three couples, or an extended family, each with their own cabin and heads, and a saloon and cockpit large enough that nobody is ever forced to choose between company and solitude. The Lagoon 43 "KY DONG", delivered new for 2025, is a more recent and slightly smaller design from the same yard, also sleeping ten. Having two Lagoons of different generations and sizes gives ECC's catamaran offering real depth - groups can be matched to the boat that fits their numbers rather than squeezed into whatever happens to be available, and both benefit from the stability and social space that draw first-time catamaran charterers back for a second booking.

At the top end of the monohull range are three yachts that between them define what a big-group sailing charter in the Balearics can look like. The Sun Odyssey 519 "Te Fiti" (2018, 52ft, 12 berths) and the Jeanneau 54 "TOTUFO" (2023, 53ft, 10 berths) are both substantial, modern cruising yachts from the Jeanneau stable, built for weeks aboard rather than day sails - spacious below, forgiving under sail, and large enough that a full complement of guests does not feel like a compromise. TOTUFO, still effectively new, brings the latest iteration of Jeanneau's design language and systems; Te Fiti, a few years into service, offers the same broad appeal with the settled reliability of a boat that has done several seasons of charter work already. Alongside them, the Oceanis 51.1 "Le Grand" (2024, 52ft, 11 berths) is a Beneteau design of similarly generous proportions and equally recent build, giving charterers a genuine choice between the two major French production yards at the top of ECC's range rather than a single default option.

The remaining three boats form the fleet's mid-size core, and it is here that the age spread is most pronounced - and most instructive. The Oceanis 43 "Demonio de Tasmania", built in 2009, is by some margin the most seasoned yacht in the fleet, at 43 feet with ten berths. A boat of this vintage will not carry the same electronics or interior finish as its 2020s stablemates, and prospective charterers should set expectations accordingly, but a well-maintained Oceanis 43 remains a proven, easily-handled cruising design, and its continued place in the fleet after this many years says something about how it has been looked after. At the newer end of the same size bracket, the Sun Odyssey 440 "MAJADERO" (2024, 44ft, 8 berths) and the Sun Odyssey 415 "TIZON" (2026, 41ft, 6 berths) represent Jeanneau's current thinking in the 40-to-45-foot class - modern hull forms, straightforward sail-handling systems and, in TIZON's case, a boat barely out of the yard by the time the 2026 season gets under way. With fewer berths than the fleet's larger boats, both suit couples, small families or two-couple charters looking for a more manageable yacht without giving up modern comfort.

Read across the whole fleet, a pattern emerges: ECC has not simply bought whatever was available, but has built genuine choice into each size bracket. Anyone wanting a catamaran has two distinct options; anyone wanting a large monohull for a bigger group has three; and anyone wanting something more modest has a spread from a characterful older yacht to a nearly-new one. That is a more thoughtful piece of fleet planning than the headline number of eight boats might suggest.

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Who ECC Yacht Charter suits

Taken as a whole, this is a fleet that suits groups more readily than solo couples chasing a minimalist day-sailer, simply because berth counts run high throughout - even the smallest boat, TIZON, sleeps six. Families gathering across generations, groups of friends splitting the coste of a week afloat, and anyone wanting the reassurance of newer equipment on a bareboat charter will find plenty to choose from here, particularly among the 2023-2026 boats that make up more than half the roster. Those specifically wanting the social deck space and stability of a catamaran, or conversely the more traditional sailing feel of a monohull, both have real options rather than a single token boat in the "other" category - which is precisely the sign of a fleet built around demand rather than convenience.

Orientación sobre reservas

Bareboat chartering in Spain is not a free-for-all: anyone taking the helm without a skipper must hold a recognised sailing qualification - typically an ICC (International Certificate of Competence) or an equivalent national licence accepted by Spanish maritime authorities - and be prepared to produce it, along with a VHF radio operator's certificate where required, before departure. Charterers without the appropriate qualification, or those who would simply rather not skipper themselves, can typically arrange a professional skipper through the operator; this is worth raising early in the booking conversation rather than assumed. As with any charter in Spanish waters, a security deposit is standard practice, held either as a card pre-authorisation or refundable payment and released after the post-charter check, though the exact amount varies by boat size and should be confirmed directly with ECC at the time of booking rather than assumed from general market rates.

Timing matters more in the Balearics than in many charter destinations, because the season is compressed and demand is intense: the newest boats in this fleet - TIZON, MAJADERO, KY DONG and TOTUFO - are likely to be booked well ahead for the height of summer, while the older Oceanis 43 may offer more flexibility for those booking closer to their travel dates or working to a tighter budget. As a general rule, anyone with fixed dates in July or August, or a preference for a specific boat rather than "something available," is best placed booking several months out; shoulder-season charterers in May, June or September have a reasonable chance of securing a boat with shorter notice, though availability should always be checked directly with ECC rather than assumed from the fleet listing alone.

Para una lectura de planificación más amplia —temporización de la temporada, licencias, depósitos, provisiones— consulte la biblioteca de planificación de chárter.

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