Canaries - Marina Costs?

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We are planning on picking up our trans-atlantic crew in the Canaries once the ARC has left and I've been trying to get my head round the formulae for calculating marina costs in the Canaries. Can anyone advise what it actually currently costs please? Temptress seems to be 58.38 m2 but what with cost per m2 plus taxes plus per head per day tax I am confused. And does it really cost to anchor?

Are there any affordable marinas for cruisers on a minimal budget? And any recommendations for anchorages would be more than welcome....
 
Yes, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria is a council run marina which cost us about 7 euros a day when we were last there 3 years ago (12.8M). This is the cheapest in the canaries. It is where the ARC leaves from. You can anchor in the anchorage outside until after the ARC leaves - no berths available until then. Think there is a very small charge for anchoring - maybe 2 euros - but it includes use of facilities ie showers etc.
 
Reading between the lines here, you are asking about Las Palmas? Unless things have changed, it costs to anchor because you get the use of the marina facilities; parking the dink, showers, possibly water - not sure what else there is. The anchorage doesnt really have a secure place for a dinghy so the charge makes some sense; it wasnt much last time I was there (2010), a few euros a day.

If I'm wrong about the place, tell us where your interested in as each place will be different. Also an LOA would useful as you could be a (very) short cat or a c. 13m mono.

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RobbieW said:
Reading between the lines here, you are asking about Las Palmas? Unless things have changed, it costs to anchor because you get the use of the marina facilities; parking the dink, showers, possibly water - not sure what else there is. The anchorage doesnt really have a secure place for a dinghy so the charge makes some sense; it wasnt much last time I was there (2010), a few euros a day.

If I'm wrong about the place, tell us where your interested in as each place will be different. Also an LOA would useful as you could be a (very) short cat or a c. 13m mono.

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Temptress is 13.9m LOA and a monohull.

We would like to met up with friends in Tenerife mid-Nov and then pick up our crew probably in Las Palmas as provisioning prior to heading south to the Cape Verdes and across the Atlantic so Gran Canaria and Tenerife definitely of interest but as also coming from Morocco Fuertaventura or Lanzarote would be enroute.

Thx in anticipation

S
 
phantomlady said:
Yes, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria is a council run marina which cost us about 7 euros a day when we were last there 3 years ago (12.8M). This is the cheapest in the canaries. It is where the ARC leaves from. You can anchor in the anchorage outside until after the ARC leaves - no berths available until then. Think there is a very small charge for anchoring - maybe 2 euros - but it includes use of facilities ie showers etc.
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The info we have had from cruisers we've met heading north is that like Spain and Portugal marina fees in the Canaries have increased hugely in recent years so having shelled out 40 euros in Bayona we're worried that a few nights in the Canaries will blow our budget completely.

S
 
I'm sure it will if you go into private marinas. Also, I have heard that on the islands that come under the jurisdiction of the Tenerife Harbourmaster there is no anchoring allowed for foreign flagged vessels.
However, no problems in Las Palmas. Also, the bus ride from the airport to the marina is two euros thirty cents!
 
phantomlady said:
Yes, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria is a council run marina which cost us about 7 euros a day when we were last there 3 years ago (12.8M). This is the cheapest in the canaries. It is where the ARC leaves from. You can anchor in the anchorage outside until after the ARC leaves - no berths available until then. Think there is a very small charge for anchoring - maybe 2 euros - but it includes use of facilities ie showers etc.
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Yeah, wot she says. Be careful of your pontoon neighbors though - some of them will drink all your gin & beer!!!!!:rolleyes:

Taking into account that petrol for the outboard, running a generator (we were working), having to jug or queue for water, getting food, etc, we worked out that it would cost us €1.00 a day more to be in the marina (long term as we stayed there for 12 months) than it cost to sit at anchor. So we stayed in the marina, with plenty of water, electricity and easy access to everything and the Hipodino delivered to the boat no problem.
 
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We are in the anchorage at Las Palma at the moment. The cost is 0.052 euro plus 7% tax per night. We are 43.43m which works out at 2.41€ per night for us. We can get water from the reception pontoon, have access to the shower facilities and Internet access. We normally leave the dingy on the breakwater which is a 2 min row.
There is an extra charge when you first arrive which I was told was for the booking in paper work. This took the price to 0.152€ for the first 2 nights. Which was 14.12€ for the 2 nights.
Our last port was Santa Cruz where we paid 20.00€ per night in the marina.
 
Ian B said:
We are in the anchorage at Las Palma at the moment. The cost is 0.052 euro plus 7% tax per night. We are 43.43m which works out at 2.41€ per night for us. We can get water from the reception pontoon, have access to the shower facilities and Internet access. We normally leave the dingy on the breakwater which is a 2 min row.
There is an extra charge when you first arrive which I was told was for the booking in paper work. This took the price to 0.152€ for the first 2 nights. Which was 14.12€ for the 2 nights.
Our last port was Santa Cruz where we paid 20.00€ per night in the marina.
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Brill thx!
 
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