Fortaleza/Mucuripe : Profile

Location

This is the most important city on the north coast and is also a busy fishing harbour.

Position 03°42'S, 38°30'W.

Docking

Straightforward entry without difficulties. Lights on the buoys can be undetected from over 50m away. For the unsuspecting, the bay is littered with wrecks (those not buoyed show above the water).

There is a yacht club in the main harbour and a safer mooring at the Marina Park Hotel, further west.

Note there is a wreck off the marina entrance whose submerged stern is located between waypoint EAPP and MPARK 1 as given on the marina website. See the report Fortaleza: wreck outside Marina Park Hotel for more details.

Last updated November 2009.

Marina Park Hotel
Av. Presidente Castelo Branco, 400, Praia de Iracema, Fortaleza , Ceará , Brasil
Tel:+55 85 4006 9595 /mobile 55 85 9103 4984 , Fax:+55 85 3253-1803 , VHF Channel 74
marina@marinapark.com.br
Position 03°43.1'S, 038°31.6'W. Good security, part of a 5 star hotel complex with free use of swimming pool and hotel acilities, a range of restaurants, business internet and WiFi. Showers available at swimming pool. Close to main shopping centre. Marina manager (Armando Teixeira) can assist in finding mechanics etc. Several water supplies so check which is drinking water.

Yacht Clubs

The anchorage off the Yacht Club is reported as unsafe following frequent robberies from yachts anchored there. It is dangerous to walk to the yacht club and using a taxi is essential for visiting harbour authorities etc.

Fortaleza Yacht Club
Av. de Abloica 41813, Fortaleza CE, Brazil
Tel:+55 85 263 1744, Fax:+55 85 263 2099, VHF Channel 68 during regattas
Some yacht moorings but mainly dinghy sailing. Not a safe place to berth.

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