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
- Download 2019 membership form.
- Restaurant Bookings call 01326 340065
CURRENT OPENING TIMES
THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS
6pm until close
Please call 01326 340065 to book your table
From 3rd of July we’ll be open every Wednesday to Saturday from 5pm until 4th September.
From 16th July we’ll be open every Tuesday to Saturday from 5pm until 27th of August.
Aug
Ladies Loo Totally Titivated
The Ladies loo has had a complete make-over and all that remains is to find the brass “Ladies” sign that I carefully put away in the shed for future use and which is proving increasingly difficult to find. The unisex loo will now revert back to Men Only.
Aug
Regatta Great Success
The Regatta was by all accounts a great success with lovely weather, very competitive racing (I believe there were 18 kayaks racing in one event) the beer tent was drunk dry and Brian Roper gave away the prizes with smiles all around. Thanks to all those who came and to all those who helped make this another success. There is a huge group of people who provide their time and skills to make it work.
Next year the Regatta is Saturday 1st August from 3pm.
Jul
BLACK DOG
It is with huge pride that we would like to congratulate the whole crew of Black Dog for coming first in The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 2019 IRC National Championships. Flying their PNYC burgee, this was the first time this amateur Cornish team entered these Championships, taking on mostly professional or semi-professional crews.
“We haven’t sailed that much this year, so when we came up we said we’d be aiming for the top five and we’d be delighted by top three in our class. To win overall is incredible!” said Stuart Sawyer, his Black Dog also securing the Performance 40 prize. “After we won Dartmouth Royal Regatta last year we thought we had to come here to see how we’d do…”
Well, first overall did very nicely! Well done Black Dog.
For more information:
https://www.rorc.org/news/news-2011/irc-nationals-first-timer-takes-top-prize
Jul
FROM UNISEX TO BACK TO BASICS….
The Ladies Loo should be back up and working by the end of today I am told by the builders, ending our brief foray into a unisex environment. A number of people have requested that the ladies be re-opened, including Ant, and so this has been undertaken. I will need to change the signage on my return but we can now offer two loos once more. At the same time, we have also filled in the large void that we found between the ladies loo and the inside wall of the club, hopefully getting rid of the draught that lived in that corner of the room. Finally, you may have noticed that we have removed the old wooden decking outside the front door and replaced that with a granite paving stone. A hand rail will be added shortly, if indeed it has not already been done.
Jun
MOORINGS
We have one beach mooring, one swing mooring and 6 trot moorings available. But all the pontoon spaces have now been taken. The trot and swing moorings have been serviced by Seawide Services.
The lure of a drink after work proved too much so the crew parked up on the landing pontoon and they all adjourned to the bar. Unfortunately the tide went out while they were inside and their boat ended up squashing the lifebelt holder.
Jun
FAR FLUNG PNYC BURGEE
Peter and Margaret Goad, much loved and long standing managers of The Club, have sent us a picture of their boat Andante proudly flying the PNYC burgee on The Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. This joins a burgee from Guernsey from Daniel and Vicky Williams and a lost-at-sea burgee found off Penzance and returned to Rebecca of Helford. Keep these pictures coming it please!