For boats
La Plata bay is difficult for sailing, even
dangerous. Beware of strong winds from all directions, high waves, currents and
moving shallows. Keep close to the main buoyed marked channel. Keep a sharp
look for high speed catamarans (50kn) which enter or leave the main harbour
basin.
Contact
Prefectura Naval (call sign Lima
dos Golf) or Marina Puerto Madero on VHF CH 16 or 71 half an hour before
arriving.
Yacht Club
Puerto Madero is located in Digue 4, which is entered by a swing bridge from
the Darsena Norte basin. You have first to contact with marina to arrange
opening the bridge.
Bridge opening
hours :
RÉGIMEN DE
APERTURAS DEL PUENTE VEHICULAR (sobre Avenida Cecilia Grierson)
Días
Hábiles
07:00, 08:00, 10:30, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 16:00, 17:00,
20:00, 21:00, 23:00, 24:00
Sábados, Domingos,
Feriados
07:00, 08:00, 09:00,
10:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 21:00, 23:00, 24:00
Nota: Solicitar apertura al Yacht Club Puerto Madero por VHF, como mínimo
30 minutos antes de la hora de apertura.
The marinas
dinghy will meet you and show a berth place.
230V and
water on quays.
Fueling is
a bit difficult. You have to call via marina office a truck (2 days in advance)
and pay extra 1500 pessos for truck comming + about 14 pessos per liter of
diesel (Jan. 2016). For fueling you will be moved to moor in another place in the basin .
If you need
no more then few hundreds liters and you have a lot of containers you can talk with
marina captain Fernando, to arrange a car and to visit petrol station by car.
Extra payment will be lower and the proccess of fueling goes easer.
Gas – ask
in marina office, they can arrange filling your bottles or buying a Brazilian
one.
Formalities:
Go to
Prefectura Naval Argentina ASAP (even during the night). Their office is open
24hrs. It’s located at the end of basin nr 4 (when You pass the marinas gate
turn right and walk to the nearest bridge on the right and pass a street on the
bridge).
see: http://www.wesailors.com/marina/profile/767/
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You have to
visit Immigration, which is located in long yellow building on av. Antartida Argentina. You
will pass on your right a Buqebus station, then a harbour basin. Enter the
building via gate nr 3, then go out to the back yard and move to the building
no 5 room 21.
see: http://www.wesailors.com/marina/profile/766/
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You have to
visit a customs (Aduana) which is located in Buqebus terminal, close to the
swing bridge. Go to the help desk named Aduana.
see: http://www.wesailors.com/marina/profile/768/
For crews
WC,
Showers, WiFi (in marina building),
In Buenos
Aires we suggest to visit Plaza de Mayo, Casa Rosada, Obelisco, National
Congress, Evita Peron’s grave located in Recolette Cementario, San Telmo (tango
and restaurants), La Boca (stadium of Boca Juniors and Caminito street) and
neighborhood of Puerto Madero.
If you need
to change money you can do it in Buqebus terminal (exchange office) rate 13.1
pessos for 1 dollar or on the blue market – rate 13.8(rates from jauary 2016), when
you walk through the city center you
will hear “cambio, cambio” – that’s private market, still legal, with better
rates but sometimes false banknotes.
Supermarket
Coto is a bit futher than Immigration office. The prices are double than in Europe.
Fees
Boat 14x4m
6800 pessos per week, about 1100 pessos per day (electricity and water
included).