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Ocean World (Puerto Plata)
October 7, 2009 – 7:11 pm | 2 Comments
Ocean World (Puerto Plata)

19°50.09N 70°43.53W
2.1 nm from Puerto Plata (Commercial port)
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You may enter this modern marina through a gap in the reef along a clearly marked channel, the marina responds on channel 16. Once inside the breakwater there …

Puerto Plata (Commercial port)
October 7, 2009 – 7:07 pm | No Comment
Puerto Plata (Commercial port)

19°48.65N 70°41.48W
9.6 nm from Sosua
This commercial port, which is open to northeasterly weather, has little to offer a cruising yacht apart from an emergency stop. Preferential treatment is given to commercial traffic and although a ‘port …