Arica : Profile

Clearance

Contact the port captain on Channel 16 and follow berthing instructions.

Docking

This Chile's most northern city and is just 12 miles from the Peruvian border. It is a major commercial seaport. Contact the Yacht Club on VHF Ch 16 for assistance; they will send the club launch as a guide to the anchorage. Visiting yachts are charged US$10 per day for anchoring with includes use of the launch (club moorings are no longer available to visitors).

Club de Deportes Nauticos
Tel:(0)58 253 847, VHF Channel 16, 80
Very frendly and helpful. Able to lift out yachts up to 14 tons. Water and electricity. Fuel by truck.

Yacht Clubs

Club de Deportes Nauticos [see above]

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