SOS Club Nautico!

Ibizology

For almost 100 years Ibiza’s club Nautico has stood in the city’s harbour, not far from the Formentera ferry terminal. The club, an institution much-loved by Ibicencos, has seen the area around it transformed, modernized and commercialized in tandem with much of the rest of the island. Now the same powerful forces which have altered so much of Ibiza are circling this place. Plans have been drawn up which could see the club close and this last bastion of traditional Ibiza in the port, crushed to make way for more millionaires. For this special episode of Ibizology I visited the offices of club Nautico to meet Vicent Canals Riera, the club’s director general. Martin Davies - the original Ibizologist - translates my questions into Spanish and Vicent’s answers back to English. Please come to Club Nautico at 730pm on Friday 9 December for Pirate Island, a celebration of boats, books and buccaneers from the Phoenicians to Club Nautico. Martin will be speaking along with some other experts. €10 entry on the door.