Castro

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Castro

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	42°28.2′S, 73°48′W
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Castro palifitos - click for larger view Photo:Frank Holden - s/v Westerly Serenade

Contents 1 Castro 2 Local Weather 3 Charts 4 Radio Nets 5 Check-in facilities (for Customs and Immigration) 6 Berthing Options 6.1 Marinas & Yacht Clubs 6.2 Anchorages 7 Offshore Islands and Groups 8 Yacht Repairs and Services 8.1 Marine Stores 8.2 Repairs/Yards 8.3 Fuel, Water, & Electricity 9 Things to do Ashore 9.1 Grocery & Supply Stores 9.2 Eateries 9.3 Internet/WiFi 9.4 Laundry 9.5 Motorbike & Car Rentals 9.6 Garbage Disposal 9.7 Transportation 10 Routes/Passages To/From 11 Cruiser's Friends 12 Forum Discussions 13 External Links 14 Personal Notes 14.1 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 15 Contributors to this page 16 Cruising Wiki Navigation

Castro is Chile's third oldest city. It was first settled by the Chonos and then much later by the Huilleche the first Spanish arrived in Isla Grande de Chiloe in 1567 and it was in this same year that the town of Castro was established. Chiloe was the last Spanish possession in Chile, holding out in isolation from 1817 until 1826. Both the city of Castro and the seat of government in the north of the island, Ancud, were severely damaged in the great Chilean earthquake of 1960.

Local Weather

Sources for Weather forecasts: The first link is to the Chilean Navy's excellent low bandwidth weather site, the second takes you direct to the metogram for Castro.

• Servico Meteorologico de la Armada de Chile
• Castro Metogram

Charts

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Radio Nets

Also see World Cruiser's Nets.

Check-in facilities (for Customs and Immigration)

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Berthing Options

Castro is an Armada port.

Marinas & Yacht Clubs

Nil.

Anchorages

Anchor north of the Armada buildings.

Offshore Islands and Groups

The east coast of Chiloe from Ancud in the north to Puerto San Pedro in the south offers some excellent cruising. To visit some of the islands such as Isla Mechuque, Isla Lemoy and Isla Quehui is to step back several hundred years in time. These are islands where oxen drawn sleds are used to transport goods and the horse is the normal form of transport.

Along the coast of Chiloe itself are a goodly number of secure anchorages... some , such as Estero Palaid , are extremely picturesque. In the same general area and just a little further south is Estero Huildad, an idle jumping off point for Canal Moreleda.

At the very bottom of the island is Quellon, a very busy and rather raffish Armada port. I prefer Queilen, a much quieter port a few miles to the north. An Alcamar port, it has all basic services and is served by regular buses to and from Puerto Montt. It is an ideal 'first port' when coming from the south and wanting to store ship.

Yacht Repairs and Services

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Marine Stores

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Repairs/Yards

Fuel, Water, & Electricity

Fuel

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Water

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Electricity

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Things to do Ashore

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Grocery & Supply Stores

Eateries

Internet/WiFi

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Laundry

Motorbike & Car Rentals

Garbage Disposal

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Transportation

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Routes/Passages To/From

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Cruiser's Friends

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Forum Discussions

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External Links

• Castro
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Books, Guides, etc. Use the Reference template or not at your discretion. For example:

{{Reference|Rod Heikel|Greek Waters Pilot|Imray Laurie and Wilson, Cambridgeshire|9780852889718}}, expands to

Rod Heikell, Greek Waters Pilot Imray, Laurie and Wilson, Cambridgeshire, ISBN 9780852889718

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Personal Notes

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

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Contributors to this page
Names: Lighthouse, Frank

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