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St Julian’s and the north
Many boats in St Julian’s belong to owners who live part of the year somewhere else. A fitted cover means your boat waits in Portomaso exactly as you left it — no dust, no sun damage, no salt-crusted deck when you get back.
Portomaso Marina is the private marina at the heart of the Portomaso development, next to the Hilton in St Julian’s. It has been operating since 1999, holds around 110 boats, and many of its berths are tied to the apartments around it. A lot of those owners split their year between Malta and somewhere else, which means a lot of boats sit unused for long stretches — in winter, and often in summer too.
An enclosed marina keeps the swell out, but not the sun, the dust or the salt. Round the corner, Spinola Bay and Balluta have their own small boats and fishing craft on moorings. Whether your boat is a 20-metre motor yacht on a Portomaso berth or a day boat on a Spinola mooring, months without use do the same damage: faded upholstery, cracked varnish, greyed teak and a film of grime that takes days to clean.
Around St Julian’s
The usual problems
A full cover keeps the decks, upholstery and helm clean and dry while you’re away. It comes off the day before you arrive.
Shrink wrap is shrunk tight to the frame — no flapping, no ropes, no sagging tarp. It looks deliberate rather than abandoned.
Smaller boats on moorings can be covered too. The cover is banded to the boat and vented, so it stays put through the winter.
The approach
In a residential marina, how the cover looks matters to the neighbours as well as to you. We frame it to follow the lines of the boat, keep seams straight and finish the edges cleanly, so it reads as a proper fitted cover rather than a tarpaulin thrown over.
We can time the removal to your travel: tell us when you land and the cover is off and away, the boat aired, the day before. If you want the boat ready to use, we can coordinate with whoever cleans and services her so the handover is seamless.
Before we quote
In Portomaso we survey on the berth, by arrangement with the marina office. 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 an owner-away cover. Your own survey happens in St Julian’s — or starts from photos, if you’d rather.
Start from your phone
Not every St Julian’s job needs a visit to get going. Send a couple of photos and tell us your Portomaso berth, when you leave and when you’re back, 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 your Portomaso berth, when you leave and when you’re back.
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 St Julian’s cover is fitted to.
Questions from St Julian’s
Yes, with the marina’s agreement. We arrange timing and access with the marina office and fit the cover on the berth.
A properly fitted shrink wrap cover is tight, smooth and clean-edged — it looks like a deliberate cover, not a tarp. We keep the finish tidy because the neighbours see it every day.
Yes. Give us your arrival date and we’ll have the cover off and the film taken away the day before.
Yes. Day boats and fishing craft on moorings can be wrapped afloat. We need safe access and the go-ahead to work on the mooring.
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
Tell us what
needs covering.
