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!
Visiting boats can use the pontoon, The Club, the shower and the loos.
Our small and quirky Club house serves great value food and drink.
PNYC is managed by Tom and Antonia (Ant) Ellemann.
- Moorings, Membership and Admin call Tom on 01326 340525 or email admin@pnyc.co.uk
- Restaurant Bookings call 01326 340065
Thursday 21st June - Saturday 23rd June
Summer in hightide, with wind!
The message board on my fishmonger’s website this morning read:
“Due to big tides and high winds landings have been extemely poor this week however this is improving over the next couple of days”
The effect of course is that fish is scarce, so I cannot guarantee that the menu will stay the same over the weekend.
There is, however, a summery feel creeping in with more lovely local produce becoming available. We still have local asparagus, but also now have the new crop of Cornish potatoes and some excellent salad produce from Canara farm, an organic enterprise near Mylor.
For the carnivores among you, I am doing a twist on the Israeli / Palestinian dish of lamb shawarma. Shredded leg meat cooked in multiple spices served with a tomato stuffed flatbread and heritage tomato & cucumber salad. Yummy!
Have to dash – much to do!
Hope to see you over the weekend. Fully booked tonight and Saturday, spaces on Friday
Mike & Nigel
Saturday 28th July 4:00pm - 8:00pm
PORT NAVAS REGATTA
Just to remind you all, it’s on Saturday 28th July from 4pm. The Bar will be running a drinks tent in the car park as usual. Half the profit goes to the regatta. Tom is looking for a few volunteers to do a shift in the tent. If you can help, please drop Tom an email at admin@pnyc.co.uk. We would be most grateful for any help.
Jun
BAR AND RESTAURANT SUMMER OPENING
From Tuesday 3rd July until Saturday 25th August the bar and restaurant will be open from 3pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays (closed Sundays and Mondays). From 3pm you’ll be able to get drinks and teas and coffees and from 6pm food. Tuesdays will have a shortened bar snacks menu, while Wednesday to Saturday will have the full menu. Since there are only 7 tables inside, it’s best to book in advance to avoid disappointment – 01326 340065 As the summer holidays get underway and the weather improves, Nigel and Mike will look to move from a one sitting policy to filling tables with a later booking if tables become free, as well as using the outside tables.
Jun
PRIVATE LUNCHES
If anyone wishes to organise a private party of 12 or more for lunch (for instance if you have family down to stay), Nigel and Mike would be happy to open for you. Don Garman recently had a private lunch for members of the National Coast Watch.
Jun
Silhouette Mark 3 For Sale
Member Robert Reid has a lovely Silhouette Mark 3 plus a tender for sale – £600. 17ft, fibre glass hull with a Lloyds Certificate. Good sails, new skeg and moored on the trots at PNYC just behind the big trimaran. Price includes a 2 metre fibreglass tender. Call Robert on 07815 324342. In addition, if the purchaser wishes to take over the mooring that can be arranged as well.
Jun
THE SHOWER
The shower is really for visiting yatchs using the visitor moorings. Unfortunately we have had two “incidents” in a week. First someone used it to clean off their mud, probably after wading around in the creek. Fine to do this but they left the shower in a terrible state. And then at the beginning of this week I had to clean out the shower after someone had used it as a loo! Unbelievable. So now the shower will have a combination lock on it and visiting yatchs will be given the code. Sorry but…
Jun
CLUB BURGEES
In the spirit of the on-going trials and tribulations of a surprise yacht club manager, let me tell you about the club burgees. We have now sold all 20 of the hand stitched club burgees and I have ordered another 20. Having talked to the manufacturer, he confirmed that the cost price would be the same as last year – £39.99, But when I got the invoice it was more than that. Turns out VAT and shipping were not included. The actual price of the last 20 burgees, and the new batch, is £48.99. So basically we have been paying about 20% of the cost of the last 20 burgees. Brilliant. To all those who have them, ENJOY ! But from now on, the full cost price will be charged – £48.99.
Jun
WANT TO LEARN TO SAIL THIS SUMMER?
The Helford River Children’s Sailing Trust are running a full programme of courses throughout the summer. Our three kids have all gone through the various RYA and Power Boat courses and they are brilliant. The kids seem to have a great time, whatever the weather, and the parents get time off !!! There’s more information on their website: hrcst.org.uk/courses/holiday-courses/
May
PNYC MEMBERSHIP
There have been a few queries about the membership structure so I thought I would lay out our thinking.
Please see the Members page…
Tom
May
COGS Racing
Apologies for this late up-date but we are pleased to announce that PNYC’s Juno won the first COGS Offshore race of the year to Roscoff with PNYC’s Black Dog in third place. The 100 mile Ancasta Roscoff Night Race took place on Friday 5th May with light breezes. We are setting up a PNYC Racing Page shortly and will have more extensive reports and pictures.
Full details on the COGS website:
http://www.cogsracing.org.uk