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La Punta – 12°03.00'S, 77°09.00'W
Yacht Club Peruano – 12°03.50'S, 77°09.80'W
Callao

La Punta
1) Information Submitted by Ian Jenkins - Pen Azen

2) Date November 2003

3) Harbour or Area Covered Include Lat & Long Yacht Club Peruano, La Punta, Callao, Lima, Peru 12°03’5S 077°09’8W

4) Suitability and Attraction for Yachts Main harbour for Peru (one other harbour for yachts at Ancon, 18miles to the north at 11°45’S 77°11’W, with a 50T travel lift).

5) Marinas, Berthing or Anchorage Club moorings - buoys. Sheltered anchorage with N swells between December and March. Club moorings – buoys. The approach to the club is straightforward coming from the N we sailed due S on 077°11’W until we reached 12°03’S, then due E until 77°10’W then on 160(T) for 500metres until we reached the club moorings. Call the Club on Ch 68 and they will allocate you a buoy. The club pier and club itself are directly in front of the water tank shown on B.A. Chart 1853 at 12°03’95S 077°9’46W.

6) Entry Ports Callao

7) Formal Requirements for Yachts Entering/Departing:

a) from/to same country Zarpe from TRAMAR (Transportes Maritimas) - Call TRAMAR on VHF Ch16 and switch to Ch 13. You should call them immediately on arrival irrespective of time day or night. NB: You MUST contact TRAMAR by VHF, HF or email on entering Peruvian waters(03°25’S to 18°20’S and up to 200nm W) and at 0800 & 2000hrs every day while sailing in Peruvian waters.Information required is SHIPREP/PR/VESSEL NAME/CALL SIGN/FLAG/DATE AND HOUR/LAT AND LONG/COURSE/SPEED/NEXT PORT/ETA This can be emailed to Callao Radio at costeracallao@marina.mil.pe Failure to report can result in a fine of $10,000

Also, an agent must be used both to clear in and out of Callao.We used Luis Mifflin ( good English) of Cosmos Agencia Maritima SAC, Mariscal Miller 450,9 Piso, P.O.Box 33,Callao 1,Peru. Email alecaros@cosmos.com.pe Tel.(511)429 9367. Mifflin’s mobile is 98139960 b

) from/to abroad Zarpe from TRAMAR

c) visa requirements None from UK

8) Location/Existence of:

a) harbour master Harbour Master: Call TRAMAR. You should give them 24hr notice of your arrival by fax or email (we didn 't). Do not leave your vessel until they come on board. 24hr service and will expect to be called regardless of arrival time. They will want typed up details of boat, crew, passengers, (even if none - write negativo), passports, time date & Long/Lat of entry into Peruvian waters: These are headed up as: 1. Tripulacion, 2. Rol de Pasajeros, 3. Declaracion General, 4. Mensaje (info re entry into Peruvian waters) (If you can produce a 'Ships ' stamp ' all the better to formalise the papers). We had a laptop on board which allowed the Official to type these papers which we printed off in duplicate as they will be required on exit. If you don 't have this facility would suggest you get them typed up prior to leaving last port).

b) customs/immigration Immigration: If called by the Yacht Club, will attend to you at the YC. Otherwise go to: Migraciones Callao, Aron Constitucion, Cuadra 2 S/N, Prefectura del Callao. Tel: 429 7994 (Senor Carlos E. Leon Revoredo, speaks excellent English).

c) health authorities Ask Sr. Revoredo to telephone the Health Authority Sanidad Maritima, Dr. Calcarcel to get confirmation that you do not need special clearance (at 25 tons we did not).

d) police Lots of friendly Police around

9) Control of Foreign Yachts TRANMAR will give you a zarpe when you leave - we are going south to Chile and our Zarpe will allow us to call in on Paracas.

10) Attitude of Officials to Visiting Yachtsmen Very friendly. We are the only foreign vessel (other than Ecuadorian or Chilean) this year!

11) Repair/Hauling Facilities Small 15 Ton (?) travel lift at La Punta. 50 Ton lift in Ancon. Thriving yacht club with lots of work being done suggests no shortage of technicians. Steve Wagner (US citizen, lives here for 10 years) runs the only sail loft, inside the Naval College 300metres to the W of the club. Good source of local information. Any number of men willing to scrub off while in the water. Local Volvo Penta agent email is: javierdominguez@volvo.com Tel: 51-1-3171200.

12) Sailing Directions or Charts US Sailing Directions (en route) West Coast of South America 2000 (more up to date than the Admiralty Pilot). B.A. Chart 1853.

13) Cruising Guide and where Obtainable. Include Phone and/or E-Mail None

14) Port Radio Services VHF Ch. 16, then Ch 13.

15) Weather Forecasts Navtext

16) Yacht Club(S) Club Peruano is Peru 's oldest and most prestigious (1930 's)

17) Other Facilities:

drinking water Yes from fuel dock, not potable advisable to buy bottled. f

uel Fuel dock. Very Well filtered

gas (propane)/gaz Unknown but probably Propane

chandlers None locally. Westmarine can deliver from US by DHL etc. Said to take 3 days - check with Club.

bank 1 block from YC in Calle Bolognesi

shops/market 1 block from YC in Calle Bolognesi. There is a large commercial centre in La Marina on way to Lima by bus (approx. 1/2hr) with supermarkets - E.Wong recommended. Also good hardware store & usual shopping mall stores. restaurants/hotels Not close by but everything in Mira Flores 1hr bus.

post office/telephones including mobile facilities 1 block from YC in Calle Bolognesi. PO above market.

internet cafes 4 blocks west on main street in Bolognesi. V fast & next to laundry.

best mailing address Snr. Fernando Nunez Salinas, For Yacht xyz, Yacht Club Peruano, Bolognesi 761, La Punta, Callao, Lima, Peru Tel: 429 0775; 429 3694. Fax: 465 0166 Email: YachtClubPeru@terra.com.pe

showers Yes

laundry 4 blocks west on Bolognesi in building called Villa Sofia. Next to Internet. There is no sign and she closes for lunch.

transport/air services Yes. Constant buses to Lima approx.1hr. Use taxi after dark and preferably have one called for you. Yellow taxis are registered if you use one from street. Many freelance taxis but have been advised against using them, day or night. Taxi approx. 20sols. (£4)

medical facilities/hospital Many - ask at Club Dental facilities: Excellent practice under Dr. Arturo Koenig, 651 Ignacio Merino, between Quadro 14&15 off Av. Angamos Oeste, Miraflores. Tel: 440 5897; 422 4911. They have a number of good dentists many of whom speak English. Most are US trained.

18) Recommendations or Warnings Callao is a port, with all the security problems associated with port areas throughout the world. However, La Punta is quite different. A quiet residential area on a narrow peninsular, just one mile long. It is dominated by the Naval College. The houses are old and beautiful, streets clean and safe with lots of local police. (We even saw a nun walking alone after dark) There is a small market, fast cybercafe, laundry and a few restaurants.

The club has about 200 mooring buoys, (some with electric cables coming out from the shore!) A club launch 24hrs and 2 launches circle the moorings by night for security. (One of the launches will approach you if you arrive after dark to ensure you contact TRAMAR). The club staff are all very welcoming, in particular Senor Nunez, the Capitan Administrador, an experienced sailor who speaks English. The prevailing wind is light and from the South, so the peninsular protects against both wind and the southerly waves and swell. Between December and March swells from the North can be experienced following storms in the N Pacific.

19) Other Information – please include here general impressions, opinions, comments or any other matter which might be of use to those visiting.

The Yacht Club Peruano (YCP) is the oldest yacht club in Peru and offers moorings to visiting yachts with previous reservations. The approach is straightforward, and the moorings lies to the north east of the La Punta peninsula.

A detailed Cruisers ' Guide has been produced for the Yacht Club Peruano and La Punta by a number of yachts. This was most recently updated in January 2009 by Linda Lane Thornton of Coromandel Quest, who spent two months there. A copy may be obtain from Jaime Ackermann at yacht.operaciones@infonegocio.net.pe. Jaime is an English speaker and is a most helpful member of the YCP staff. In January 2009, the first month was free of charge, and the second month cost NS170 (Coromandel Quest is 35 feet long).

In December 2008 position reports (PR) were required twice daily at 0800 and 2000 and may be sent via radio or email. Additionally, a report must be sent: 1) upon entering Peruvian waters (EPW); 2) documenting any stoppage at sea (DR); and 3) a final report one hour before arrival at final destination (FR). The yacht should retain a log of reports sent as there may be a fine for non-compliance. All reports may be in English. The report should be emailed to costeracallao@marina.mil.pe or if no on-board email is available, radio the closest port with the information. The correct format is found on the cruisers ' guide available from Jaime Ackerman.

TRAMAR (Transportes Maritima) should be contacted on Channel 16, day or night, as soon as you are within 20 miles of Callao to announce that you have entered into their jurisdiction and to ask permission to proceed to the Yacht Club. Instructions will be given at that time. All communications with TRAMAR are in English.

Once at the Yacht Club, contact YCP on Channel 68 - call “La Punta”. Yacht Club office hours are 9am-6pm. Some English is spoken. You will be assigned a mooring and check-in will be organised for you . Avoid arriving on the weekend to keep overtime costs down. You should remain on the boat until you have received official clearance to go ashore. Check in costs in December 2008 were NS275 and check out NS50 (NS = nuevo soles).


Coromandel Quest reports from Callao, Peru
Linda Lane Thornton
Coromandel Quest
reports from Callao, Peru:
ANDY AND I
are now getting ready to leave the Yacht Club Peru
ano in Callao to sail back north to Salinas (Ecuado
r) to stock up
for our Pacific crossing – we haven’t been able to
find any decent and affordable tinned meat here in
Peru, despite visits to
numerous supermarkets.
We’ve thoroughly enjoyed our land based ‘cruising’
around Peru. It would have been nice to be able to
cruise a
little more on
Coromandel
, but the authorities do not seem to like the idea
of foreign yachts going anywhere they please and, a
fter a
few attempts to trawl our way through the maze of i
nformation, we gave up. We would need an internal
zarpe
just to go to Ancon
for the weekend.
The Yacht Club Peruano staff, especially Jaime Acke
rmann, have been most helpful and our Spanish has i
mproved even more,
though we still struggle for words – and will conti
nue to do so. The moorings area is a bit rolly, to
be sure, but there is overnight
security and the launch can be called at any time o
f the day or night, there’s always someone on duty.
A disadvantage here has been that the air is warm a
nd moist, but the sea is quite cold, so there is a
bit of damp down below,
especially in the lockers below the waterline. Noth
ing that a few days’ airing in the dry atmosphere o
f Ecuador won’t cure, I hope.
After a couple of weeks in Ecuador the plan is to s
et off across the Pacific, so I’m deep into passage
planning and checking up on
cruising permits, visas, anchorages and making sure
that our list of Things We Need is as up to date a
s we can make it