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Marsa is where Malta’s boatyards get their hands dirty — haul-outs, antifouling, sanding, spraying. A sealed shrink wrap enclosure keeps the dust and overspray in, the weather out, and lets the work carry on whatever the forecast.
At the inner end of Grand Harbour, Marsa has a string of boatyards that handle haul-outs, hard standing and repair work, alongside the industrial estate and the dry-storage operators that keep small boats on racks. It’s where a lot of Malta’s antifouling, osmosis treatment and paint work actually happens, and where boats from all over the island come to be worked on.
Sanding a hull or spraying a topcoat in the open in Marsa means dust and overspray on every boat downwind, and a paint job at the mercy of the wind, the Saharan dust and the occasional winter downpour. A shrink wrap enclosure built around the boat on the hard gives the painter a clean, sheltered space and gives the yard a dust-tight box — which keeps the neighbours’ boats, and the yard’s other customers, happy.
Around Marsa
The usual problems
A sealed enclosure takes the wind out of the equation. The painter works inside, the overspray stays inside, and the job runs to programme.
Containment around the boat being worked on keeps dust and grit where it belongs — and keeps the other customers off the phone.
Machinery, generators and equipment can be wrapped against salt, dust and rain. See our other services.
The approach
A containment enclosure is a working space, not just a cover. We design it with the contractor: how high it needs to be for the staging, where the door goes for materials and people, where extraction runs out, and how much light the painter needs. White film gives good daylight inside; clear panels can be added.
For spraying and hot work, fire-retardant film is the norm, and we confirm the grade in writing with the quote. When the job is finished the enclosure comes down in one session and the film is taken away, so the yard gets its space back straight away.
Before we quote
In the Marsa yards we survey with the contractor, so the enclosure suits the work inside it. We measure the vessel, work out the frame, the film area, the vents and the doors — and the number you get back is the number you pay. No provisional sums, no “subject to access”.
Illustrative of a typical sanding and spraying enclosure. Your own survey happens in Marsa — or starts from photos, if you’d rather.
Start from your phone
Not every Marsa job needs a visit to get going. Send a couple of photos and tell us the boat, the yard, the work planned and whether it’s sanding, spraying or blasting, and an installer will tell you what’s involved — including when shrink wrap isn’t the right call.
Whole item in frame, plus one close-up of the access side.
WhatsApp or email, with the boat, the yard, the work planned and whether it’s sanding, spraying or blasting.
Approach, timescale and a price, in plain English.
Finished covers
Tight, smooth, framed clear of the boat and welded into one skin. This is the standard every Marsa cover is fitted to.
Questions from Marsa
Yes. A shrink wrap enclosure around the boat works as a temporary spray booth — sealed, sheltered and lit by daylight through the film. Fire-retardant film is used for spraying.
Either. Most containment work comes through the yard or the refit contractor, but owners can book us directly as long as the yard agrees.
Yes. Small boats and RIBs on racks or trailers can be wrapped to keep dust and bird mess off them between launches.
Yes. Plant, machinery and equipment that has to sit outside can be wrapped against salt, dust and rain. It’s part of our other services.
Send a photo, the length and where she is. You’ll get a straight answer on the approach, and a fixed price after the survey.
Quick quote
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