Cartagena : Profile

Location

This is an important naval port on the South East corner of Spain, as well as being a busy commercial and fishing harbour. Care should be taken on entering due to the volume of shipping.

Many cruisers choose Cartagena as a place to winter as not only is it a well-serviced town with attractive sights, it is well situated to be out of the firing line of the Westerly storms that can shoot through the Straits of Gibraltar heading East and tucked in enough to miss the Autumn and Spring North Easterlies. Cartagena has approx. 300 days of sunshine a year and a reasonably mild winter climate, plus an airport serviced by all the budget airlines close by at Murcia/San Javier.

Docking

Anchoring is not permitted anywhere within the harbour.

There are two marinas here, adjoining each other both right on the town quay and only a few minutes walk into the centre of town. Yacht Port Cartagena is the newer of the two and is home to mainly foreign flagged boats. The older more established marina run by the yacht club is filled mainly with local craft and has few vacant slips.

It is possible to stay a few nights on the town wall - however everyone promenades past here and there is no security.

The Club Nautico is a fisherman's club with no berths (but an excellent tapas bar!).

Last updated May 2011.

Royal Club de Regatas
Muelle de Alfonso Xll, PD, 30201 Cartagena
Tel:(34) 968 501507, Fax:(34) 968 506905
rcrc@rcrct.net
This club runs the marina. Port office Tel; (34) 968 524910

Yacht Port Cartagena
Muelle Alfonso XII, 30202 Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Tel:+34 (0)968 121213, Fax:+34 (0)968 121232, VHF Channel 09
www.yachtportcartagena.com, marina@yachtportcartagena.com
Excellent marina wih all facilities and good pontoons - reasonable prices. First marina to starboard as you enter the port. Med. mooring or finger pontoons. Full range of repair services including sails and liferaft servicing. Haulout and shore storage. Laundry, WiFi,24hr security. English spoken and helpful staff. On approach, call on VHF Ch. 09. Laundry, showers, internet, fuel dock close by.

Yacht Clubs

Royal Club de Regatas [see above]

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