Puerto Montt
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Variable.. when I arrived 4 years ago all departments (Armada/Aduana/Immigration/Quarantine) came down to Oxxean. This may not always be the case. Quarantine actually turned up two days after we arrived. There was no charge for any of their services. | Variable.. when I arrived 4 years ago all departments (Armada/Aduana/Immigration/Quarantine) came down to Oxxean. This may not always be the case. Quarantine actually turned up two days after we arrived. There was no charge for any of their services. | ||
| - | Likewise when applying for a Zarpe it may be organised for you by the marina or you may have to go to the | + | Likewise when applying for a Zarpe prior to departure it may be organised for you by the marina or you may have to go to the Capitánia de Puerto in Angelmo. Either way apply several days in advance, longer if it is your first Zarpe. |
===Marinas & Yacht Clubs=== | ===Marinas & Yacht Clubs=== | ||
Revision as of 00:31, 20 January 2008
Puerto Montt
Photo: Frank Holden - yate Westerly Serenade
Background
The first European settlers in the area were not of spanish descent but were from what is now Germany. The first shipload of settlers arrived as recently as 1853 ( nearby Calbuco -only a daysail away - was settled in 1604) and the germanic influence is to be seen everywhere in the region in areas as diverse as the food and the architecture.
Puerto Montt, with a population rapidly approaching 200,000, is now the fastest growing regional city in Chile with this growth being due in no small part to the equally rapid growth of aquaculture in the waters to the south.
The town is an excellent base for trips as far south as Laguna San Raphael ( 800 miles there and back ) and around and about the out islands lying to the east of Isla de Chiloe.
Charts
Photo: Frank Holden - yate Westerly Serenade
Submit the chart details that are required for safe navigation.
Approach
Canal Tenglo can only be accessed from its southern entrance by yachts. While there are no dangers in the approach the waters of Seno Reloncavi are fished intensively and a favourite float for marking nets and lines is the empty Coke bottle... it is not a nice place to be in the dark....
Radio Nets
Submit details of local radio Nets.
Weather
Photo: Frank Holden - yate Westerly Serenade
Puerto Montt's climate is temperate... and wet. Rainfall is in the order of 1800mm/70 inches a year and even the 'dry' summer months get 90mm - or a bit on the high side of 3 inches - a month. While you would be ill advised to ever go ashore without a spray jacket in your pack the weather can also be brilliant. The norwesterlies bring the rain... with easterlies coming off the Andes fine weather with crystal clear air is the norm. It doesn't snow at sea level and the temperature rarely drops to 0*C
- Forecast sources
Routes to/from
Popular routes, timing, etc.
Check-in facilities
Variable.. when I arrived 4 years ago all departments (Armada/Aduana/Immigration/Quarantine) came down to Oxxean. This may not always be the case. Quarantine actually turned up two days after we arrived. There was no charge for any of their services. Likewise when applying for a Zarpe prior to departure it may be organised for you by the marina or you may have to go to the Capitánia de Puerto in Angelmo. Either way apply several days in advance, longer if it is your first Zarpe.
Marinas & Yacht Clubs
Photo: Frank Holden - yate Westerly Serenade
Photo: Frank Holden - yate Westerly Serenade
Photo: Frank Holden - yate Westerly Serenade
There are three marinas in Puerto Montt, in order from seaward along the north shore of Canal Tenglo they are:-
Club Deportes Nauticos Reloncavi( know more generally as Club Nautico)
Camino Chinquihue Km 7, Fono (56) 65-255022 Fax (56) 65-264022 Website
Hard stand and 27 tonne Travelift.
Marina Oxxean
Camino Chinquihue Km 06, Fono-fax (56) 65-255544, Correo Postal: Casilla 446 - Puerto Montt. Website
Half of Oxxean is dedicated to the commercial trade while there is a finger dedicated to yachts. It is possible to dry out alongside. Diesel alongside the commercial pier.
Marina del Sur.
Camino Chinquihue Km. 4,5 - Fono (56 65) 251958 - Correo Postal: Apartado 13 - Puerto Montt. Email Website
Marina del Sur is mainly a 'local' marina and is not much used by visiting yachts.
Club Nautico and Marina Oxxean are competing for the visiting yacht trade and the competition is keeping rates quite low.
All three marinas have regular bus services to town passing their gates.
Anchorages
List details of all safe anchorages in the area.
Tourism & things to do ashore
Lots to see and do... a trip to Puerto Varas and a meal at 'La Olla' is almost obligatory.
Marine stores and storing in general
Photo: Frank Holden - yate Westerly Serenade
Puerto Montt is an excellent port for storing ship with a good choice of hypermercados. All the major ones stock vacuum packed meat but the very best meat is to be found in Nueva Branau. Getting there involves a bus ride to Puerto Varas and then a second bus to Nueva Branau. The carnicería is just before the village. Seriously good meat vacuum packed to order as you wait.
For fresh produce and fish, however, the weekend market at Angelmo is the better choice while potatoes and onions can be bought in bulk straight off the boat at Muelle Pappas.
Angelmo is also well served by a good number of chandlers selling the full range from charts through electronics to rope.
There are small ferreterias ( hardware stores) scattered throughout the town and what you want will be out there somewhere. The two largest in the town are Ferreteria Weitzler S.A. Antonio Varas 1112, and Easy, Ejercito 470.
Also worthy of note are..
Gami Ltda, Avda Pdte. Ibanez, Puerto Montt. Fono (56) 65-262560 Website Gami 'MundoBaterias' are agents for all major battery brands such as Bosch, AC Delco and Trojan. On board testing and installation.
Ecosub, Panamericana 510 ( Ruta 5 ), Puerto Montt. (56) 65-263939 Website Email Ecosub is a full service dive shop.
Dimarsa & Dimarsa Industrial Website If these people don't have it you don't need it. Everything from cosmetics and camping kit to inflatables and Yanmar outboards.
Offshore Islands
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References & Publications
Publications, Guides, etc.
Cruiser's Friends
Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.
Forum Discussions
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External Links
Personal Notes
I have heard it said - by locals - that the #1 occupation of the locals is thieving and I would tend not to disagree. In fact the only gringos I have met that haven't been robbed are in my opinion simply victims in waiting. Puerto Montt is not alone in this regard.. Vina del Mar.. Santiago .. they all have their problems.
Major areas of concern are around the Terminal de Buses on the Costanera and on the buses themselves. I will no longer catch a bus anywhere near the Terminus de Buses or where there is a crowd. I have known people to lose their day packs while in respectable inet cafes.. while well dressed young ladies try to unzip sailors' day packs while they are walking down Antonio Varas - the main shopping street- in the middle of the day. I have even lost a jacket - fortunately with no valuables in the pockets - from a secure locker in one of the major supermercados.....
The marinas are quite secure.
