Where base - Paranagua or Desterro?

[Borys]

Ahoj!
I am torn between two places in Habsburg Parana where I can build a Nanal base.
one is paranagua - a series of deep bays with single entrance, well defended by an island in the middle of the strait. Mountians with deep gorges make access from nearby Brasil difficult.

http://tinyurl.com/38nvx3

The other option is Desterro (Florianopolis), where I have two bays, connected by a  narrow but deep 30 meter - passage.  A beneft I see here is that I have two possible exits - to the north and south of the Island of Santa Katarina. And a possible blokading enemy will not know which I will, as the hilly island wil shields my movements. Coal plumes can be faked or masked.
http://tinyurl.com/ynmqq2

Borys

[swamphen]

I'd go with Florianopolis. Larger city = better shore leave.  ;D

[The Rock Doctor]

I like the harbor at Paranagua better, but Desterro's further away from the borders with Iberian Brazil - less likely to have a "Port Arthur" style problem with that one. 

Florianopolis was, I recall, also a hotbed of French/Brazilian politics, so keeping some large floating guns in its vicinity might not be a bad thing.