Porto Petro 39° 21 07 N -   03°03 13 W

a marina and an anchorage. One may anchor

a) at the entrance starboard side to, although only when the sea is completely calm

b) behind the entrance, starboard side to. This is the main anchorage, but for us it is one of the worst anchorages in Mallorca. There are layers of rock, slightly covered with vegetation. The main danger is with holiday navigators as, in our experience, they handle the anchor over confidently, which means that the boat may go adrift at night.

c) It is also possible to anchor port side to the entrance, the bottom seems to be more sandy. The problem is that there is a Club Med, therefore in the daytime there are a lot of surfers, 420s, swimmers and scuba divers.

Marina
Porto Petro		Real Club Nautico  C/ Afores, s/n;  07650 - Porto Petro Santany Tel 971-657657 Fax 971-659216	The marina at Porto Petro is small with room for yachts only up to 12m in length. However, it backs onto bars, restaurants and shops with telephones nearby. This quiet town is an attractive backdrop for the marina. A deposit of 2,000 pesetas is required when using electricity or water in this port. For larger craft it is possible to anchor in the bay. Due to a flash flood seven years ago there were a great many large tree branches strewn around the seabed, so that use of a trip-line on the anchor was recommended, but by now this is not usually a problem as only the occasional branch remains. Club Med, who have a holiday complex behind the beach here, are attempting to make the beach a private one and to ban visiting yachts from landing. However, to have private beaches is impossible in Spain and any attempts to persuade you otherwise should be met with a polite refusal to leave.