A Timeless Cornish Gem set on The Helford River
Welcome
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.
We have 34 Pontoon berths, 12 Trot moorings, 7 Swing moorings, 27 beach moorings and racks for small dinghies. For more information on moorings, including prices, see MOORINGS section. 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!
We welcome members and visitors alike to the bar and restaurant.
Visiting boats can use the pontoon, The Club, the shower and loos – see VISITORS section. All boat owners are members and we have a very loyal section of Social Members who, at £25 a year, help us to run The Club. See MEMBERS section.
PNYC Membership Application 2021
Our small and quirky Restaurant & Bar serves great value food and drink. It’s run by Nigel Logan and Mike Maguire and welcomes members and non-members alike.
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 or email nigel@pnyc.co.uk
Jan
Reality bites hard
The speed of transmission and spread throughout our community is startling, but not unexpected. It puts everyone on edge a little more, and, for us as a team, even though we work together, we are a mixture of three different households and we feel that that is currently too much of a risk.
DIY for a while
Sorry guys and gals, but we have decided to shut up shop for a few weeks until we can see a bit more of a light at the end of this particular tunnel. Nigel, Debs and I will be in this week to do some spring cleaning and sorting out stock, so you may well see us around the site on a couple of days. We will be extra vigilant whilst there and would also ask anyone in the area to do the same.
Looking forward to happier times soon.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Mike & Nigel
Dec
WILL BEATTIE
Our thoughts are with Will Beattie, Jo and his family. Will has been seriously ill (not covid) prior to Christmas. We wish him a full recovery.
Dec
CHRISTMAS
Dear all, we hope that you have had a lovely Christmas given the circumstances and we wish you all health, happiness and company for 2021. Roll on the vaccines and getting back to normal for one and all !
I can report that The Helford was beautiful on Christmas Day with the sun shining (see picture above) after what seemed like two weeks of constant rain. Grebe Beach had a steady flow of people coming down to enjoy the view and congratulations to all of the crazy people who swam. I can include our three kids, Elsa, Flora and Angus (their cousins) and my sister-in-law Vicky in that list. Ant and I chickened out.
Dec
PNYC IN 2020
It’s been an interesting year for PNYC and especially challenging for Nigel and Mike. Ant and I would like to thank them on all our behalves for keeping the bar and restaurant open during these challenging times and we hope that next year will be easier. As of yesterday they have had to cancel their New Year’s Eve feast due to us going into Tier 3 which is a great shame. We also had to cancel a lot of holiday bookings, both in the Spring, then in November and now over Christmas and New Year. But PNYC will be here in all its glory for 2021.
Dec
MOORINGS FOR SUMMER 2021
We will be in touch with boat owners early January about Summer 2021. We were completely full this Summer and have a waiting list for pontoon spaces and a small waiting list for beach moorings for the coming season. If you know you don’t want your mooring again, I would be grateful if you could let me know (admin@pnyc.co.uk) so that we can address the waiting lists. The mooring fees remain the same as 2019 and 2020 for all moorings with the exception of kayaks and inflatable dinghies.
Dec
MEMBERSHIP FOR 2021 – £25
The membership for next year is £25 per adult. You can download an application form from the website. For ease, you can fill it out and take a picture/scan of the form and just email the picture to admin@pnyc.co.uk. We will then print out the form and send you membership cards. If you are paying online the details are: PNYC Ltd, 30-80-48, 51425568, Lloyds Bank
Please could you make sure that you include your name as a reference when paying so I know where the money has come from and ideally let me know that you have paid online.
We have introduced a Launching Membership for those who want to regularly launch small craft from the slipway or pontoon (ie paddle boards or kayaks). We have introduced this following a sharp rise in the number of people wanting to use paddle boards and kayaks. There is a public slip in the village which can be used for this purpose.
This year, with your kind support, we intend to do the following:
- Improve the outside seating areas at the club.
- Install some kind of webcam so that you can log on and see live pictures of the pontoon and water by the club.
- Replace the broken electrical sockets on the beach wall
- Repair and repaint the black iron lamp post by the entrance
- Re-varnish the table tops inside the club – sorry for the delay Mike and Nigel!
- And paint everything again. It’s all looking quite green.