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Clearance

Port control should be contacted on VHF Channel 16 for instructions on where to berth for clearance in the busy commercial harbour. After the compulsory quarantine inspection, the customs and immigration formalities are normally completed ashore. Sufficient time should be allowed for the long trip up the Plate River. A good place to stop on arrival is at the Yacht Club Argentino, reached via a buoyed channel. Formalities are completed at Prefectura Naval.

Docking

Both Yacht Club Argentino and Yacht Club Puerto Madero have marinas most conveniently located to visit the Argentinian capital. Visitors are offered one-a week's free docking at YC Argentina, with the first night free at YC Puerto Madero.

There are good facilities available and also a good range of marine supplies in Buenos Aires. A yacht club with good facilities is at San Fernando, 20 miles upriver from the capital, where there is a boatyard offering an excellent range of services.

North Buenos Aires has a large and very friendly sailing comunity. Club Nautico Sudeste and Club Nautico San Isidro both offer free marinas and excellent facilities to foreign yachts. Travelift and services for fiberglass, steel and wooden boats.

The trip to Rio LuJan, where the majority of the yachts are kept, can be achieved in two ways: via the canal Emilio Mitre then canal Honda leading to canal de Vinculacion which ends at Rio Lujan; or the costal passage. This can be very shallow depending on tides, wind and the river.

In the area San Isidro, San Martine and San Fernando there are dozens of clubs and thousands of boats and then there is the Tigre area as well. Here it is possible to organise a berth by calling into each club as you move up the river or best anchor on the Island side of the channel and take the dinghy, the road system is such that it is very complex to do this by road.

Last updated January 2010.

Club Nautico San Isidro
Av. Mitre 1999 , 1642 San Isidro - Buenos Aires
Tel:(54-11) 4732-0600, Fax:(54-11) 4732-0606
http://www.cnsi.com.ar/, club@cnsi.org.ar
North Buenos Aires. Free marina and excellent facilities.

Club Nautico Sudeste
Casilla de Correos 41, San Isidro (1642)
Tel:+54 (11) 4743-0826, Fax:+54 (11) 4743-0826
http://www.clubnauticosudeste.com.ar/, clubnauticosudeste@datamarkets.com.ar
S 34° 26' 848 - W° 058° 31' 230
Free marina for visiting yachts, electricity and water on slips. 50 ton travel lift, 30 ton crane. All service boatyard.

Club San Fernando
Sarmiento y Escalada, San Fernando (1646)
Tel:54-11-4744-0647
http://www.clubsanfernando.com.ar/, nautica@clubsanfernando.com

Yacht Club Argentino
Viamonte y Rio de la Plata, Darsena Norte - 1107 Capital Federal , Buenos Aires
Tel:+54 114 314 0505, Fax:+54 114 312 9520, VHF Channel 16, 71
http://www.yca.org.ar/ , yca@yca.org.ar
S 34° 35' W 58° 21'
Situated in Dársena Nortein the port of Buenos Aires. Has a clubhouse, moorings, haulout, changing rooms and workshops. Most repairs can be carried out here in a safe environment.

Yacht Club Puerto Madero
Dique 4, Puerto Madero, 1107 Federal Capital Argentina
Tel:+54 (11) 4313-8008, VHF Channel 71
www.yachtcpm.com.ar
250 berth marina with average of 7m depth. Full facilities available. 24 hour security. Launch service across dock to heart of city. Fuel and internet. Enquiry and booking form on their website. Bridge to marina opens by request on the hour, every hour.

Yacht Clubs

Club Nautico San Isidro [see above]

Club Nautico Sudeste [see above]

Club San Fernando [see above]

Yacht Club Argentino [see above]

Yacht Club Puerto Madero [see above]

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