A remarkable history

Jaime Tur starts his career making excursions on a ‘llaut’ (traditional Mallorcan boat) ‘Le Toucan’ from Port Andratx to San Telmo and connecting the two shores of Port Andratx. In the next few years Jaime embarks on several ‘llaut’ boats, making excursions from Paguera and Puerto Andratx to San Telmo and Dragonera.

Great poverty forces Jaime Tur Mari (his father) to leave the island, where he joins a foreign yacht crew. Before leaving, he orders a llaut “Brothers Tur” from a well-known shipyard in Alcudia.

Around 1963/64 after military service, Jaime continues to make excursions on his llaut.

In the following years Jaime works for several shipowners in the area such as Tomeu or Los Vera.

Jaime buys “MariVent” his first ‘golondrina’ motorboat.

In this Golondrina, he accompanies a group of young people who were protesting against the urbanization of Isla Dragonera. Years later he is associated with Tomeu de Calviá, with whom he forms Cruceros Paguera.

Slowly but surely, and as a result of the tourist boom, the fleet grows, first with Great Cormoran, then Cormoran and ‘New Cormoran’!

The excursions and paellas are becoming more and more recognized. The family grows and the children join the business.

The 80’s sees the explosive growth in tourism, with more accessible air travel, cheaper package holidays, and a growth in tour operators.

The first catamaran is commissioned, with underwater vision. A delay in delivery sets the company back a few years.

Over the next five years the entire fleet is renewed, going from old wooden ‘golondrinas’ to modern catamarans.

“Astilleros Tur” (Tur Shipbuilders) is founded to build two giant sailing catamarans, ‘Attraction’ and ‘Cormoran Vent’.

Cruceros Paguera is dissolved. The Tur family form Cruceros Cormoran and continue their solo journey with only two boats and an office on Bulevard de Paguera.

A fateful storm claims the catamaran ‘Cormoran Vent’, after breaking free from moorings, it is found destroyed on the coast of La Calma. The company immediately purchase the Tropical Delfin catamaran and start with a ‘day of the sea’ excursion.

We start once again with excursions to Isla Dragonera with the ‘Jumbo dos’.

Mallorca Cat is added to the fleet in order to cover the high demand for maritime excursions.

We add the jet boat to the fleet in order to add variety to our excursions.

Mallorca explorer joins the fleet. We test the Dolphin excursion and it is a success.

The first collaboration with Citysightseeing Worldwide (CSS) in Palma, and will last 4 seasons.

40 years after the first event, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the protection of Isla Dragonera by bringing protesters to the island once again.

An order for a new boat “Red Ocean” is received, to operate with CSS in the port of Malaga.

We roll out a new brand message, that reflects our activities and our values.