A Timeless Cornish Gem set on the Helford River
Port Navas Yacht Club is a friendly members club that welcomes visitors.
Founded in 1958, the Club is part of the picturesque village of Port Navas, set on the beautiful Helford River. From the Club you have access onto The Helford river and out into Falmouth Bay. Or you can go inland down the river to Gweek passing ancient oak forests on the way – but make sure you get the tides right.
The Club welcomes visitors – by boat, by foot and by car.
We have 26 Pontoon berths, 18 creek moorings, 32 beach moorings and racks for small dinghies. Parking is, we are afraid, limited. Where possible, or when the car park is full, please could you park in the village and walk along the charming river front – it’s a three minute walk and good for you!
Our small and quirky Club house serves great value food and drink.
Visiting boats can use the pontoon, The Club, the shower and the loos.
PNYC is managed by Tom and Antonia (Ant) Ellemann.
Applications for Social Membership of the Port Navas Yacht Club would be welcomed. You can download an application form here: Social Membership Application
- Moorings, Membership and Admin call Tom on 01326 340525
- Restaurant Bookings call 01326 340065
Sunday 22nd October
We are not opening on Wednesday from this point on (including from today). Instead Alex and Patrizia will be doing a fabulous Sunday Roast Lunch every week.
The first one is THIS SUNDAY 22nd October, 12-2pm and will be roast porchetta (pork to you and me), roast potatoes, vegetables AND a secret gravy.
Please call 01326 340065 to book a table for Sunday.
Ant and I have already booked a table for five – so hopefully see you there. At this short notice, please can you either come OR spread the word and get someone else to come!!!
Oct
WINTER MOORING
If you want to keep your boat at PNYC for the winter then do let me know.
Pontoons are available for the whole or part of the Winter and cost less than parking it on the hard at Gweek for instance (£26 per foot from 1st November to 31st March for the whole of the Winter).
And the beach, which is shingle rather than mud, is also a great option if you still want to keep your boat on the water and enjoy those lovely winter days on the Helford (Under 12ft is £150 and under 17ft is £200 for the whole Winter period).
For those of you not wanting to keep a boat at PNYC for the Winter, this is a gentle reminder that Tuesday 31st October is the end of the Summer Season.
Oct
MOORING FEES
It is with pleasure that we can announce that the mooring fees will not be going up next year. But – and here’s the inevitable sting-in-the-tail – to give you plenty of warning, we will be reviewing them for the 2019/2020 as they won’t have changed for over 5 years by then.
Oct
BEST KEPT SECRET…
So a new team is coming in to run the PNYC Restaurant & Bar in January. There’s already been some marvellous speculation.
It’s NOT Fran and Pie.
It’s NOT the guy from The Potager.
It’s NOT Brian and Tony.
It’s Nigel and Mike !!!!
We are delighted to announce that from January 2018 Nigel Logan and Mike Maguire will be taking over the lease of the Restaurant & Bar and will be running it together.
In the Off Season they plan to open Fridays and Saturdays and are looking at a possible Sunday brunch/lunch. And in the Summer Holiday Season they will be open 5 days a week for lunch and dinner – more details to follow soon.
For those of you that might not know, Nigel and Mike ran the Trengilly Wartha Pub for 17 years before setting up Wine In Cornwall. We started talking about the possibility of them taking over the Restaurant and Bar earlier this year and we engaged Alex on the basis that a new team would take over in January.
Nigel and Mike are members of PNYC, kept their boat on the pontoon for years, both live locally, they know about 90% of you already AND are an expert front-of-house and chef double act. We hope that this new team will provide the Restaurant and Bar with some long term stability. They are happy to combine a part-time off-season schedule with a full-time summer schedule when the demand is there which is what the club really needs. Ant and I will concentrate on running the membership, the moorings and the holiday flats at PNYC. We’ll also be propping up the “right” side of the bar as often as we can!
The whole of the Ellemann and Williams families couldn’t be happier and we know that Giles would have thoroughly approved.
From Nigel & Mike…
“Our families have grown up near Port Navas and on the River. For nearly twenty years The Club was the go-to place for family evenings out and crabbing when the children were young and we needed respite from the demands of running Trengilly Wartha. We’re still very much part of the Trengilly crowd and look forward to working alongside Will and Lisa to keep our corner of Cornwall so special. It’s good to come home – so thank you to Ant and Tom for the opportunity.”
Oct
Alex and Patrizia Staying Until Christmas
Alex and Patrizia are carrying on at The Club until Christmas and then will be moving on – as has been the case from the start of their time with us. The food has been really fantastic and we have had some wonderful nights at The Club. Many members and visitors alike have commented on the quality of the food AND just as importantly on the atmosphere. So on behalf of everyone, we would like to thank both of them for looking after us since the summer and to remind them that they will always be welcome at PNYC. On a personal note, I would like to add that Alex is the kindest and least-tantrummy chef I have ever met – for which many thanks!
We wish them every success with whatever they choose to do next and we’ll let you all know what their new venture is going to be – they have a number of ideas they are exploring at the moment.
Sep
PNYC DINGHY
The Club dinghy is finally back on station after a well needed overhaul by Duncan Skingley from Gweek Boatyard (call Duncan on 07817 875706 if you need any boat work). At the suggestion of our children, she is to be renamed The UG – a nickname they had for Uncle Giles.
Sep
SOME SAD NEWS
We lost two good friends of PNYC last week. John Toogood, an irrepressible and charming man. And Bernice who has graced the club for so many years. We send all our best wishes to their family and friends.
Sep
DOUBLE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
We celebrated Olly’s 8th and JC’s 58th birthdays in the club on Friday night. A great night had by all – thanks. Olly chose us because he loved Alex’s Tiger Prawns on his last visit.
Sep
CLUB DINGHY
The old 14ft club dinghy is currently being refurbished by Duncan Skingley at Gweek boatyard and will be back by the end of next week. New running strips and transom have been added and the lockers on the boat are being repaired. We’re also putting in floorboards. She should be back on station by the end of next week.
Sep
ROLLOCK GATE
“Rollock Gate” has been resolved. Lovely Nick Dalton, of impressive stature, explained that he and an equally statuesque friend, had borrowed the club dinghy but they couldn’t fit in the boat sitting side by side. So rowlocks were cut to allow them to row fore and aft – and in the process one retaining cord was lost overboard!
Sep
PNYC BIG FISH AWARD
We are launching the Big Fish Award (an annual trophy will be awarded) for the heaviest fish (unguided) bought back to the club by a member. Launched on Friday on the spur of the moment, so far we have two entries with Graham Newton in the lead with a 1.44 kilo bass and Nick Dalton in second place with a charming but lightish 450g snapper. We will put a chalk board by the kitchen with a weighing hook.