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
Tuesday 24th July
FANCY A TRIP IN THIS BOAT?
I have been contacted to see if any members an interested in an 8 day trip from Falmouth to Douarnenez and their Maritime Festival on the classic sailing schooner Johanna Lucretia? Dates: 24th July to 1st August.
The price is £1050 pp including meals and entry to the festival. Call Tilly Manaton at Venturesail on 01872 487288.
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.
Jul
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy!
Well, maybe not quite easy, but certainly enjoyable. We are now open from 3pm Tuesday to Saturday. Young Patrick Thomas will be around in the afternoons to serve drinks, ice creams and handle any enquiries.
We post our menu on the website each week, but bear in mind that it can change depending on product availability and the whims of the chef!
Tried out a lovely vegetarian dish from a new book of Palestinian food by Yasmin Khan which was featured in the Guardian last week. Aubergine and feta kefte on a spicy tomato sauce with bulgur and chickpea salad. Bursting with fresh summery herbs, it is light and complex. I am looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of that new book – Zaitoun.
We see you over the weekend if you have booked.
At the moment, it is advisable to book about a week ahead to ensure a table.
Mike & Nigel
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!
Jul
Summer is a comin’ in
As the old folk song says, summer is a comin’ in. The rest of this lovely round concerns itself a lot with cuckoos, alas not here on the creek. What is coming in, however, is the summer timetable. We are now open from 3pm Tuesday to Saturday. Young Patrick Thomas will be around in the afternoons to serve drinks, ice creams and handle any enquiries.
Tuesday evenings will have a ‘restricted’ bar menu as Mike (me!) is supposed to be sailing in Falmouth, though this week he is overseeing the operation! Having just started his varnish regime, he hopes to have his own boat afloat by the end of the month!
The menu for Tuesday will be on a board, the main menu will still be up on the website. No great changes this week, but do look out for a lovely Ottolenghi dessert of strawberry and rhubarb custard tart as featured in the Guardian last week.
Hope to see you over the weekend. Fully booked Thursday and Saturday, spaces on tonight, Wednesday and Friday
Mike & Nigel
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.
