Piriapolis is reported to be a great place to get work done on your boat. There are rules concerning insurance and doing own work on your boat (see below), however, prices are consistent and you basically get what you pay for.
The port has an excellent 100-ton travel-lift and provides short and long-term storage. Most work is permitted however welding requires a hot-work permit and this has to be approved in advance by a coastguard inspector from Montevideo and there is a fee for this.
The yard does not carry insurance and it is a requirement that the yacht have suitable coverage for the haul out and the storage - the equivalent of the liability a yard would normally carry. This can be arranged at the Banco Seguros de Los Estado in central Piriapolis.
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We arrived here from Brazil in October 2018. No-one answered our calls on channel 16 before we arrived. Finally, once in the marina we called again and the Prefectura answered in Spanish. The marina doesn’t seem to use VHF, so we waited until marina staff found us. They directed us to a berth and took our stern lines to the pontoon, but they can’t help with bow line to the mooring, which made it a bit challenging. Let them know then and there if you want electricity and water as there is a daily charge (unlimited use). Showers ok (paid), free wifi at harbour office. Movistar (in town) sells pre-paid sim cards with very cheap internet bundles.
Formalities: Immigration (passports, boat papers, clearing-out documents from Brazil, 517 pesos to be paid in cash, exact amount), then Prefectura (copies of passports, boat papers and the “Rol”, which for us was the Brazilian Annex 1-A form (with stamps from immigration). Ask immigration to make a copy of the form after stamping it, so you won’t have to go to town again to make a copy to give to the Prefectura. We made copies in town at the “Libreria” shop. On the street facing the beach is the only bank in town, where you can get pesos (needed for immigration) and dollars (not really needed, as you can pay in pesos or with bank card in most places). Finally, the harbour master / hidrografia, which only inspected documents and didn’t need copies.
When we left for Montevideo, we went to pay the harbour master and then had to show our payment slip to the Prefectura.
Good place to leave the boat. Reasonable prices and good boat services. Workshops are expensive though. They were in the process of building three new piers when we stayed there in September 2015.