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 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!
The Club welcomes visitors – by boat, by foot and by car.
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
- PNYC Membership Application 2020
- Restaurant Bookings call 01326 340065
Nov
I can see clearly now!
Well at least we know where we stand and some semblance of reality will return to our lives on Wednesday. Well, as long as there is not a civil war in the Conservative Party before then!
Nearly back to normal now as far as my mobility goes, so I shall be back in the kitchen along with the rest of the team this week. Looking forward to Vietnamese chicken with garlic, chilli & lemongrass and rice noodles, one of our long time favourite dishes. Warm puddings this week, one of which is gluten free with help keep the chill out on a dark evening.
The takeaway will be on Thursday evening this week and for the next two weeks, the menu being posted tomorrow morning….that’s Monday morning at 8am. We will take orders until Tuesday at 18:00 hrs.
There will be no takeaway on Thursday 24th or Thursday 31st December.
Mike is looking forward to hearing from you tomorrow.
With clarity on our Covid tier, we are accepting table bookings from this Friday, 4th December, for both drinkers (from 5pm) and diners (from 6pm) . With holidays falling on our normal opening days, we will run the restaurant on Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd December, but not on Christmas Eve. Getting busy on those evenings, so get your marker down soon!
We have had some interest in our ‘dinner’ on New Year’s Eve, but not yet enough to make concrete plans. We still have several tables available. We will only do this if there sufficient interest, so please let us know if this might be a runner for you.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Mike & Nigel
Nov
WINTER MOORINGS
We are now pretty much set for the Winter with Summer boats out and Winter boats in. We are delighted to welcome two lovely wooden yachts onto the beach – Wanderer II which was built in 1901 and Mystery which was built by the current owner’s dad.
If you are at a loss for things to do, how about a bit of varnishing? Mike North’s gleaming tender is an example to us all. Particularly me.
Nov
Works
This week a local groundworks company installed a new drain across the entrance to the club in the hope that we can stop the continual flow of water and soil into the car park. I cannot recommend them more highly so if you have any need for groundworks contact Edd Jeffery – info@greenstonecornwall.co.uk.
They also sorted out the leaking mess of pipes on the corrugated shed so we now have one tap for the hose pipe and a separate tap for everything else. We look like the back of an old American fire truck. Now I just need to paint the shed and the doors……
With the help of my very old – as in long term – friend, Tim’ll Fix It, we have re-decked three more pontoons and I am in the process of adding non-slip strips down the middle. It all looks pretty good until you get to the bend in the pontoon and then you find the much older decking. So if you want to hop and skip along the pontoon to your boat, can you limit yourself to doing that on the new section!
Finally, the oversized red channel marker is now in place alongside its green friend. Thanks to Anna McLaren for her lovely photo.
Oct
FOR SALE
15ft Boston Whaler Dauntless with 50 cc Yamaha Outboard – 1998
A cracking boat for the Helford. Includes a trailer. The boat is currently on the pontoon. Contact admin@pnyc.co.uk for more details. £7,850.
Oct
Julia Bradbury
For those of you who love Julia Bradbury, I can report that you missed her last Sunday wearing a wetsuit and paddle boarding in the creek! She was recording a short segment on paddle boarding for her next series of Best Walks With A View for ITV.
Oct
SHED CLEAR OUT
Along with the approach to winter, we will be having a clear out of the engine store in November. Can you make sure that everything you have in there is named? Anything un-named will be photographed and shown in the next newsletter and, if unclaimed, will be disposed of.
Oct
MEMBERSHIP SET AT £25 FOR 2021
As per the last newsletter, membership for next year will be £25. Many thanks to those few members who have commented about this and said it is fine. Gawd bless ye. Equally we have luckily had no gasps of horror to the announcement and it’s too late for those now! We are sourcing recycled, cardboard membership cards for 2021 and exploring a way for people to fill in and submit membership forms entirely online, preferably directly via the website.
Our plans for the Club include:
- More painting outside and inside.
- Restoring the cast iron street light. (Does anyone know where it came from?)
- Installing a larger and more effective drain to run across the entrance to the club that can catch water and gravel and dirt. Due to be put in place in October.
- Putting in two security/web cameras and linking one to the website so that you can see the river.
- And in the Spring, building an outside, covered area with a long bar table and bar stools (we bought 20 bar stools just before covid hit) running along the whole back wall of the clubhouse, parallel with the pontoon.
The membership fees help enormously in getting these things done and Ant and I are really grateful for your kind support of The Club.
Oct
SAME MOORING AGAIN NEXT SUMMER….
For the first time since we took over, we have a waiting list for the pontoons, the beach and the trots for next summer. If you know you want the same mooring next year, or you know that you don’t, then I would really appreciate an email. The same moorings are yours again if you want them. The price, with the exception of kayaks and paddle boards, is the same as 2019 and 2020.
Oct
END OF THE SUMMER SEASON
With 3 weeks left of the Summer Season, just a gentle reminder to all boat owners that moorings need to be cleared by 31st October. However, if you want to extend your stay, we can offer the cheapest Winter moorings on The Helford!
We have some pontoon spaces for the Winter and have done away with the minimum size of 17ft for the Winter. It’s £28.50 per foot or part thereof on the pontoon for five months – 1st November to 31st March 2021. The trot and swing moorings are £18 per foot and the beach is £15 per foot. We have two new 30ft + boats wintering on the beach this year in addition to the yachts of Geoff Dandy and Pete Osman so I’ll need to ask those on the beach not staying for the Winter to take their boats off by Saturday 31st October.
If you fancy a winter mooring and making the best of those lovely Winter and early Spring days on the comparatively empty Helford, drop us an email – admin@pnyc.co.uk Equally, we are happy to discuss “early starts” if people want to put their boats on the pontoon or on a mooring in February/March (this would be a monthly fee based on our Winter Rates).