Ushuaia - Docking
It must be emphasized that Ushuaia is a very windy and insecure place to have a yacht.
Visiting boats usually moor at the ASAFyN dock (Water Sports Association) on the east side of the harbour. However, the old Club Nautico on the other side of the bay closer to town is now operating again with a new jetty and rates are reported to be a great deal cheaper than those at ASAFyN. The fees at the ASAFyN docks have been recently reduced to 6 pesos per square meter (US$0.30 per square meter).
The AFASyN wharf (60 metres) was completely repaired in 2009 and raised 50 cms to improve functionality during high tides. However, it is necessary for boats to raft up and in high winds this causes problems.
There are mooring buoys available but they may be unreliable.
There is no fuel jetty for small craft in Ushuaia. Fuel will have to be obtained in 200-litre barrels, rolled down the dock and syphoned into the yachts’ tanks.
Updated: November 2017
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We stayed at Club Nautico, run by Uka. Rates (6,5 pesos per sqm as of Jan 2019) were half that of AFASyN. Electricity, water and wi-fi included. Showers were opened, just after we left.
Officials were friendly. Upon entering the country from Chile, we were sent to immigration first (where we were given the same forms to fill in as the ones at prefectura), then to aduana (although immigration may tell you to go to prefectura), and then prefectura. To clear out, start at prefectura, then immigration, customs, prefectura.
We wanted to visit the Natural Parc Lapataia; big disappointment. The prefecture allows us to anchor in this region, no problem. But if we want to come ashore there the hassle begins, the rangers of the National Park don’t allow you to come ashore, formally forbidden.
By road no problem, even now in winter the entrance is free. Who can understand this? We as cruisers got more and more the impression that Argentina wants yachts OUT, for sure foreign yachts. So we sail back to Chili, Puerto Williams.
Club Nautico is a top location, near to centre for shopping and fuel. Nice guy our Uka who takes good care of us even in winter.
Ushuaia Update from Henk Boersma:
All is quiet on the customs front, apart from some issues which involved Argentine sailors with foreign flagged boats. They are still fussy about arriving or going to the Falklands without a permit.