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Providencia Ashore. Even before going ashore to begin the check-in process, we were in touch with the harbormaster s agent, Mr. Bernardo Bush (VHF Ch. 16), who quickly made arrangements for all four boats in our mini-fleet. Mr. Bush brought appropriate officials and papers to FAIR WINDS, where we gathered with our various passports, crew lists and boat document copies for the most efficient country check-in yet logged (total cost  in and out, $40/boat and crew, paid on departure and receipt of zarpe). Once these brief formalities were concluded, four dinks headed to shore to explore the village s amenities (mostly on the main street perpendicular to the waterfront), which include two well and differently stocked grocery stores, Sea Flower Bakery with a lending library next door, all manner of sundries available at Bush s store, and two banks with ability to make debit and credit card transactions (left of the dinghy dock). Laundry can be done at a reasonable price with Elhenia (on Isla Catalina, left at the end of the foot bridge from Isabel), and while you re on Catalina, you can lunch at Eneida s Restaurant, which some regard as the area s best. You ll need a car or truck to explore the island much beyond the village, but it s inexpensive and easily arranged by Mr. Bush. With a ride to Southwest Beach, there s an unforgettable seafood lunch in the rough at Divino Niёo, or at Roland Root s Bar on the Beach, where a special wood-roasted fish meal can be arranged (also a local  very  band that will keep you entertained well into the night). The diving is excellent on the reefs and there are a number of laid-back resorts to facilitate that. 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An extensive barrier reef protects the easterly side of Providencia for the full length of the island, extending northward to Low Cay. There are additional, though less extensive shoals and reefs on the westerly side of the island as well. We approached Catalina Harbor from deep water to the west of the island, using WP N 13║ 23.9 W 081║ 23.6 close to the sea buoy at the entrance to the harbor s well-marked channel. Lighted red (starboard) and green (port) buoys line the channel, which was consistently deeper than 5 meters. Anchorages. Catalina Harbor s anchorage extends from the last of the paired channel buoys to the Isabel Town Dock about two-tenths of a mile to port. Depths range from about 15 to 7 on approaching the dock with some shoaling off the Isla Catalina beach. Holding is excellent once ground tackle is well set in the grass and sand bottom. 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