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
Opening Hours
From 3pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays (closed Sundays & Mondays)
- Drinks & teas & coffees from 3pm
- Food from 6pm
- Tuesdays bar snacks only
Please call 01326 340065 to book your table
Jul
BEACH MOORINGS
Please can I ask all users of the beach moorings to:
- Put a bucket over their outboard propeller
- Try to ensure that all the boats are pulled out alongside each other rather than some in front and some behind.
We have had one instance of a boat damaging another one with it’s un-covered outboard propeller digging into the bow of the boat as they sat one in front of the other.
I have, with the very kind permission of the owner, removed one boat from the end of the beach to make more room. That boat is now on a trot giving you all a bit more space. I am sorry that it has been so crowded this year in spite of removing two places from the wall.
Jul
PARKING
Just a gentle reminder about parking.
We are, as we all know, extremely limited with the parking. The Upper and Lower Deck flats are rented all the way through to the middle of September and they take up two spaces. In addition, the bar and restaurant needs spaces for their customers from 3pm Tuesday through to Saturday inclusive.
At the moment, we say that pontoon and trot owners can park ONE car (including your guests) in the carpark whilst out on the water, subject to availability.
Please, please can I ask beach owners (and any pontoon and trot members that are willing to do the same!) to unload in the carpark and then park in the village before going out on the water.
I know that sometimes you can turn up just as there is enough water and the car park is empty. But by the time the water is fully in, the car park is overflowing.
I am so sorry to hark on about this but it is an unsolvable problem. The people who have rented the flats, and the bar and restaurant that needs customers (both members and visitors) to keep going, also rely on the few car parking spaces that we have.
Thank you.
PS I now have an inkling of what it’s like to be a traffic warden. Not great.
Jul
ROGER’S PLUMS. TOM’S NUTS. NOW RICHARD’S BLOWTORCH
Thanks to Richard Butler for helping me repair the pontoon. One of the metal connections holding a pontoon had sheared off but that has now been replaced thanks to some on-the-spot welding.
Jul
PNYC BURGEE FOUND IN SEA
One of our burgees has very kindly been picked out of the water by a passing yachtsman, Robin Chiffers, just off Penzer Point between Mousehole and Lamorna. Robin is posting it to me at the end of his sailing trip. Do let me know if you have lost your burgee!
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…