Or at least the Summer Season has started, although as I write the sun is shinning, the sky is bright blue and a pair of swans are making their nest on the bank opposite the club. Thank you to all those who have provided payment and paperwork for the upcoming Summer Season – 1st April…
I am pleased to confirm that Robbie Bristow has kindly offered to “manage” the memberships for PNYC. That said, she has just recovered from a virus and so is cracking on with sending out membership notices to all our Social and Boat members in the coming days. Apologies for any delay.
I was re-setting some of the trot moorings yesterday and noticed, for the first time in my time here, clumps of Pacific Oysters around the stream at low tide and on the south side of the bank. They don’t seem to like the soft mud but gravitate to the shingle and pebble riverbed. I have…
After a successful run of Local’s Supper nights on Thursdays during the Winter Months, the Bar & Restaurant will be serving the full menu on Thursday, Friday and Saturday – drinks & nibbles from 4pm and food from 6pm. Email Melissa at book@pnyc.co.uk for reservations. Pizza Wednesday will start again in late June. We’ll confirm…
Last year we had an amazing group of patrons (with the option to be anonymous) who pledged either a sum of money or who chose to pay for specific items. Will and Jo Beattie have very kindly sponsored The School Race between our two local primary schools for the next few years. The support of…
Following Storm Goretti, the decimation of trees has been the worst we have personally seen during the 17 years we have been down here. Whole swathes were down all around the club with places like Trebah, Budock Vean Golf Course, Trewince Lane and Penwarne Lane being really badly hit. The effort of locals and teams from National…
After no increases for two years, we are going to increase next year’s fees by between 4-5% from 1st April 2026. The new fees will now be posted on the website. Please note that we will still be the cheapest available moorings on The Helford. Unless you own your own! Summer Mooring FeesPontoon Moorings £69.50 per footTrot…
We have replaced the plastic front door of the clubhouse with a wooden door and a new, and hopefully much stronger door frame. We just need to paint the internal architrave. And again, using the membership money, we have bought six new Danish design inspired chairs – although I have to admit that we have gone for the…
We are looking for a new Chair for the Regatta Committee. Melissa Cooke has stood down after three years of fab work. So if you fancy taking on this role for 2026 please let us know. We have a great committee, balanced books and a good set up. Melissa has kindly offered to be on hand to help where needed during…
Martha and Finn finally returned from Greece on 10th September, completing their home leg from the island of Paxos (just below Corfu) to Port Navas. On the way back they raised money for Alzheimers Research UK and Surfer’s Against Sewage. Some 15 “crew/friends” joined them on their way home on their trusty 29ft Westerly, Coral Corona. Trusty…
Yes she is for sale. She took our three kids trustingly from PNYC to Paxos in 2024 and back to PNYC in 2025, with 8 months out of the water in a Greek boat yard getting dry in between. A classic British-built cruising yacht renowned for its sturdy construction and comfortable live-aboard potential. Our 2024 Survey is available and…
Here are some of the 2025 Regatta photos shared on WhatsApp. Click to enlarge and scroll through.
We have started to restore the lamp post by the entrance of the club and plan to install a solar lamp. And we have tarmac’d the road in front of The Old Kiln – removing the old inverted speed bumps (some call them pot holes) so that you can now make a smooth entrance into the…
Martha and Finn are currently sailing their elderly 29ft Westerly Konsort back from Paxos to Port Navas to raise money for Alzheimers and Surfers Against Sewage. Currently they just off Ogliastro Marina heading North to Capri. You can follow their ventures at a_sail_to_remember on instagram and there is a Just Giving Fund Raising link: https://www.instagram.com/a_sail_to_remember?igsh=MTF5NHppa3VxbjhleQ==….
The Summer Season started 1st April (yesterday) with lovely sunshine and a cold wind. We’ll take that! If you just have a Winter Mooring with us can you please make sure that you are off the moorings now so that those who have paid for the Summer have access to their moorings. If you have…
Last year our three kids Martha, Nancy and Finn sailed from PNYC to Paxos on their trusty 29ft Westerly Konsort on a fabulous 10 week journey together. Nancy enjoyed it so much that she has left University, done all her crew exams and is now in Palma walking the harbour looking for a job as…
The road, including the potholes (inverted speed bumps), alongside The Old Kiln frontage and up to the entrance to the club has been tarmac’d. Looks a bit stark now but it will soon bed in, as has the new tarmac outside Mayne Cottage. Enjoy! Roger McDonald already has on his scooter. We have replaced the…
If you’re reading this and haven’t become a member for 2025, you can click on this link http://pnyc.co.uk/members/ and you’ll find various options to join up. £25 membership for the year and all that money goes to repairs and improvements at The Club. The best way to join is signing up via the GoCardless App. There are links…
We are writing to let you know that two fine PNYC ladies have moved moorings. Judy Ford, a loyal PNYC member for many many years and an excellent partner at both the bar and restaurant! And gentle Sally Thomas, lifetime member of our Port Navas community with herever-present smile. Saturday January 11th 2025: Judy Ford, PNYC member and…
All members who had Summer Moorings last year have been sent emails with Mooring Application Forms for this Summer. Please can you return forms (photos or scans of filled out page one and signed page two to admin@pnyc.co.uk) and make payment by 28th February to secure your mooring. We have so far had just one person moving from the pontoon….
We are losing two beach moorings this year to make more space on the beach; we will be painting the top of the wall and re-painting the numbers; in addition we are putting in a metal ladder for Beach Moorings 1-5. We will be replacing a lot of planking on the pontoons, especially at the village end…
Ant, Martha, Nancy, Finn and I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas and here’s to 2025 on The Helford.
Melissa and Sarah hosted a wonderful mulled wine and community carol singing event. Apologies that Ant and I were not there as we were involved in complicated present deliveries in Winchester and child collection duties (Martha) at Heathrow.
We had a full turn-out for our last PNYC Quiz Night raising money for the PN Regatta. Sarah served up fab pizzas. Fran Ford’s Team, including Ant and Nancy, embarrassingly won the quiz. Embarrassing because half the winning team were related to the question master – ie me!
I will be sending out mooring forms for Summer 2025 in the next week or so. Your mooring is automatically yours again for Summer 2025. If you had a mooring and know that you DON’T want it next year, please could you let me know as we have a waiting list. We have decided not…
The membership remains the same for 2025. Apologies again for last year’s poor management of memberships. I will be sorting out memberships for 2025 within the next two weeks. Members living in Cornwall will get a confirmation email from us and can then collect their 2025 cards from Melissa at the club. We will post…
The campaign to rival the Christmas lights of Mousehole has taken a step forward this year thanks to Roger, Iain and Anna. Their boats are fabulously lit. Unfortunately Faith is not on her mooring at the moment so we couldn’t add lights to her. Instead we have provided a rather gaudy (Melissa’s word) deer. We…
The club hosted the first ever Black Tie (mostly) Trengilly Bridge Club Christmas Dinner just before Christmas. Lots of festive drinks were downed followed by some very vocal – slightly cheaty – bridge. Thanks from all of us to Sarah and Melissa for hosting us. The perfect venue for any club, office or private do!
Ant and I would like to thank Sarah and Melissa for running, and loving, the PNYC Bar & Restaurant. It is fabulous having them and we hope that you will all continue to support them at the start of 2025 and into the Summer. Tom and Ant.
I have been really poor about sorting out the Membership Cards and doing more regular newsletters. I am afraid that we got some unfortunate family news in March and the thing that has “given” are these two tasks. My sincere apologies. We value every Member and their contribution to the club and its ongoing upkeep and…
The Summer Season, such as it has been, is almost ending – 31st October. We have spaces for this Winter on the beach or on a trot (£22.75 a foot) and on the pontoon (£36.75 per foot with no minimum size limit). Just contact Tom. Please can those NOT staying for the Winter, make…
A brilliant venue for dinners, cocktail parties and celebrations throughout the year, book your Christmas party at PNYC! Christmas lunches and dinners for up to 35, canapé parties or even a pre-Christmas catch up with local friends. Call Melissa on 01326 340065 or email your queries to book@pnyc.co.uk
Starting in November, every Thursday Sarah will prepare a One Pot Wonder enabling locals to pop in for a light supper and includes a pint or glass of house wine for £18.50 The weekly dish is also available as a takeaway and will run all the way through winter. Featuring all the faves…pies, curries, risottos and bangers & mash and the…
The Helford Regattas have kindly been allowed to “take over” the maintenance of the Children’s Sailing Trust’s five Regatta rowing dinghies. They have been living outside for a number of years and haven’t really been used. Three of The Helford Regattas would like to use these boats each year for the benefit of locals and visitors. We…
Two gaff cutters owned by PNYC members have been successful in two Classic sailing events during the summer. “Mary Ritchie” owned by Don and Pauline Garman was first in class at Falmouth Classics in June, including the Saturday Teamac race, whilst Susan J, a Heard 28 owned by David and Julie Patuck, was placed third….
The top two outside picnic tables have been “levelled” – so now while EVERYTHING looks mis-aligned – floor, tables, wall, roof – at least your glass of wine won’t fall over. And a cage has been put around the gas bottles to make us super-douper compliant. Metal sides and a roof are to be added.
Well…… apologies for such a long delay in getting out a newsletter. It’s been way too long. And with a lot of rain in between. We have been busy painting everything after a very late start due to the constant bad weather. We’re going Cobalt Blue and White this year. Almost all the boats are now…
The bar and restaurant is now open Wednesdays for pizzas. Bar opens 4pm and food served from 5pm. Bookings recommended – book@pnyc.co.uk Take away pizzas available. And then also open as usual Thursday, Friday and Saturdays from 4pm for drinks and 6pm for food.
A member is looking for a very small inflatable tender that she can carry on her own – so about 4ft.
Had a lovely request from Beth Rednally. She is marrying her partner Dylan in August and, as ex- lifeboat crew and now as current fishermen, they are having a nautical theme to their wedding. Does any one have any old sails or flags or nauticalia that they would be willing to donate for the wedding? You…
Avon Jetrib 3.2m (Four Stroke) Ideal tender or runaround up to 40 knots (it you’re brave enough) it’s only done 19 hrs from new so its condition is like new. Complete with trailer similar condition and cover etc.please phone 07802703054 if you require more information. Available to view in Port Navas. £8,000 ONO
Thanks to Dave Tully who very kindly stepped in and used his engineering skill and a very large hammer to replace the broken linkage on the pontoon. Much appreciated. I have started to extend the anti slip strips on the pontoon and will continue to do that.
Our three kids, Martha, Nancy and Finn, left PNYC last Friday to take part in the L’Aber Wrac’h Race. As it turned out, no-one actually finished the race by the cut off time due to a total lack of wind but we had some nice sailing, a beautiful sunset and moon and constant dolphins all…
If anyone fancies a week on Paxos we can offer a 56% discount to members…. We have two weeks available: Sleeps 4, 6 or 8. Price reduced by 56% for 8 people to £3,250.For 6 people in three bedrooms price is £3,000For 4 people in two bedrooms price is £2,500 Fly to Corfu and 4 ferries…
Rain, rain and yet more rain. Never known a February-March that has been so consistently wet. So far we have been unable to wield a paint-brush to remove the green stains everywhere. And I don’t believe any of the Winter moorings have been able to anti-foul their boats. But at least the clocks are changing…
We have put down the final layer of bonded resin on the outside covered terrace, fixed the steps and connected the railings. The clubhouse is now waiting for a few days of dry weather so that it can be painted. With much relief Henry from Helford Home Improvements has fitted the gutter and down-pipe so that…
Mike Maguire, now regularly cooking at Flushing Sailing Club. is covertly advertising PNYC on his apron. And Roger McDonald is strangely taken with my Baker Boy hat. Love it! Keep dry. Tom and Ant.
Everyone with a mooring should have received an email from me about this coming Summer season. If you haven’t received a renewal email please do let me know asap. Many thanks for those that have already paid and sent in the forms – much appreciated. Paperwork and payment needs to be in no later than 29th…
A big thank you to all the kind members who have already signed up using GoCardless. If you want to become a member for 2024, could we ask that you do so via GoCardless. Each year you will be told of the annual payment and you can cancel at any point: You can also pay online at:PNYC Ltd,…
This years’ plans for improvements at The Club include:
We would just like to thank Sarah and Melissa for taking over the bar and restaurant earlier this year. It is fabulous to have them onboard. They are open until 17th December every Thursday, Friday and Saturday so please keep coming for drinks and for food. And Ant and I would like to wish you…
We had a lovely, convivial evening on Wednesday 22nd November. It went mostly really well apart from a couple of missing questions and a couple of extra questions in some of the rounds due to a cut-and-paste-disaster on my part! The winners, Team Uglow from Falmouth, won by a narrow margin. They are pictured below with the winning PNYC…
We have relunctantly taken the decision to increase mooring fees in line with inflation. So fees will be going up by some 5%. We are sorry that we have had to do this but last year we were hit by a huge increase in utility costs, rising inflation and having to pay VAT on all mooring…
Will remain £25 per adult for the year. We are so grateful to all our members – boat members and social members alike. 100% of the membership fees goes back into the club to allow us to maintain and improve it. We value every kind contribution. And this year we sport new kitchen equipment, a new…
The Children’s Trust have two Dorys for sale – dry viewing available weekdays and delivery options available. These boats have been regularly serviced and cared for. Please contact Children’s Sailing Trust on 01326 702326 or hello@childrenssailingtrust.org.uk 2 berth accommodation, sheltered cuddyThorneycroft 10hp diesel inboard 2 years oldLarge solar panel and regulatorLowrance Hook Reveal 7 Fishfinder/PlotterAll in…
Just another reminder that the Summer Season ends on Tuesday 31st October. All boats not staying with us for the Winter should be gone by then – any problems email admin@pnyc.co.uk . And may I ask that anyone who already knows that they DO WANT or DO NOT WANT the same Summer Mooring next week let me know…
While most of Europe have had the hottest summer on record, we’ve have the worst July and August that I can remember, including the wettest July on record. At least the season has ended with some sun! I apologise about the lack of any recent newsletters – writer’s block. But a lot has been happening……..
The new roof has been on for a few months now and only lacks a gutter. Just trying to sort out cheaper transport for this as the price quoted is £300 for a £600 gutter which seems a bit pricey. The new outside space has taken rather longer than expected but it is really taking shape….
We are thinking of doing an end of season race just before you put your fine vessels are put to bed for the Winter. The proposed date would be Saturday 21st of October – Trafalgar Day – provided we have enough takers. So would you let me know if you would like to enter a boat for…
Tuesday 31st October is the end of the Summer Season and your boat should be gone from its mooring by then unless you are staying for The Winter. If you envisage any delays, please just email me in advance and we can sort something out. There will be the inevitable Cornish Cross Over as boats…
Member looking for a very small inflatable tender – email admin@pnyc.co.uk if you have one for sale.
Lovely Saltram 18ft Motor Cruiser. 26 HP inboard diesel engine, extensively rebuilt 4 years ago and well maintained. Small cabin with two berths. All new seals, alternator, new water pump, fuel pump and fuel tank. Injectors and injector pump factory re-furbished. Includes anchor, fenders, mooring ropes, stern boarding ladder and auxiliary engine mount. Fantastic family boat for The Helford. £6,500…
Can’t quite believe it has been two months since we opened – and we are approaching the start of the summer season and all it brings! Now open four evenings (Thursday to Sunday), we are offering a bar menu from 4 pm each day and the full menu from 6 pm. Kitchen closes at 9…
Melissa and Sarah had their first evening serving food and wine yesterday. We were blessed with beautiful sunshine and a lovely turn out. Despite not having a working oven – see below – a range of fabulous small dishes were produced, along with an increased wine selection, and we all had a great evening. The bar and…
These are ready for you all. The beach has been laid out, the pontoon is ready for all your boats, the trot and swing moorings have all been serviced. If anyone wants to use the slip and our jet-wash (£10 for a session) to clean their bottoms, just let me know You can also anti-foul on…
So I will try to make this as short as I can. Two weeks ago we got a gas company in to service the gas range. The chap arrived, took a quick look around and then promptly issued a notice to us and the Council stopping the use of gas – three hours before serving 24…
Like London buses, at the same as the Kitchen Drama, we also had the Pontoon Drama. One of the retaining eyes sheared off and a couple of days later part of the linking section of the pontoon broke. Roger at Helson Fabrications was brilliant and has fixed the offending parts and also welded new connection joints…
Thanks so much to all those who have set up standing orders over the last two weeks or so. I will be leaving membership cards behind the bar for collection and I will drop you all emails to let you know. If you are reading this and haven’t joined for 2023, you can go to Member’s page…
Yes, we are also getting a new roof for the club house. This has arrived and is taking up a lot of the outside eating space so Johnny Vyvyan and I will be cracking on with fitting that asap. Would anyone like the old roofing sheets……!
A member is selling his small sailing boat which lives just round the corner in Abraham’s Bosum. Mike writes: Moored locally for the last 5 years I am selling ‘Flisca’. This Cox Master Mariner 22 foot motor sailor was built in 1981. She is a very sturdy vessel, with dual helm positions and a fully…
Member looking to buy a 10ft (possibly up to 12ft) tender. Member looking for a good, 4-6 hp long shaft, 4 stroke outboard.
The tale of the disappearing Lower Deck bin might have been partially solved. I found another bin trying to make a break for the open sea last week courtesy of the wind. It had blown down towards the creek and was hanging in the bushes just above the waterline. I fear the Lower Deck bin must have…
Ollie’s Birthday party at PNYC care of Kim…
Our very first hello to all the PNYC members – and thrilled to be typing out our inaugural announcement! We are very much looking forward to meeting you all at the bar and restaurant in the coming weeks, and as Tom has mentioned bookings can be made on book@pnyc.co.uk. A couple of curveballs (quite the…
You’ll all be delighted, and perhaps a little surprised given the current weather, to know that Summer starts at PNYC this Saturday, 1st April. So all the Winter moorings need to be vacated by Friday 31st March. This does seem to have come as a surprise to a couple of mariners but it was ever…
A huge thanks to all those that have so kindly supported Frantic Friday over the last few months. We really appreciate it and are now delighted to hand over to Melissa and Sarah from 20th April. Melissa and Sarah are taking bookings for food on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and for Sunday Roasts from 20th April – email book@pnyc.co.uk. More…
With new tenants now in place, we are inviting all of our marvellous Social Members to renew their membership which remains at £25 per adult. We have set up a new standing order system via GoCardless and thank you to all those that have already signed up. This will allow you to set up a standing order and…
It is with HUGE delight that we can announce that Sarah Conway and Melissa Morrow will be taking over the lease of the bar and restaurant from Thursday 20th April. Sarah (chef) and Melissa (front of house) have some 35+ years experience in hospitality between them. They worked together in New Zealand for some 12 years before returning…
We have been holding off on Social Memberships while we have been sorting out the new tenants. With Melissa and Sarah now in place, we are inviting everyone to renew their social memberships. We have committed to re-roofing the club, creating a new outside seating/eating area running parallel to the pontoon and installing solar panels…
Lee and Ann are looking for photos for the PN Calendar which does a great job in raising money for The Village Hall and The Regatta. Send your photos to….info@leefrost.co.uk
The Children’s Sailing Trust are selling off a number of Dories – brilliant small boat for The Helford and it’s beaches – and a larger Atlantic Fisher. All these boats have been regularly serviced and looked after and should be great buys. You’ll also help CST in buying their next generation of instructor boats. You can arrange to…
So we (Johnny Vyvyan and me) opened up two sections of the roof and joy of joys – the joists that we can see all look totally fine and nice and big. The restaurant side had a completely non-breathable membrane over it which needs to be replaced while the bar side has no membrane at all…
So something very strange is happening with our bins. Firstly, one entire bin has simply disappeared! The Lower Deck bin, which was cleverly marked “Lower Deck”, has vanished. I have checked the small bit of land behind the bins and in the river and it isn’t there. Then to cap things off, BOTH padlocks on the other two bins…
We are currently cleaning the moss off the roof of the club to investigate the three leaks that we have. The roof sheets are split in a number of places and have seen better days. As reported earlier, 30 solar panels are on their way (currently in the Med) from China to attempt to reduce…
We have had our annual fire extinguisher. The nice guy servicing the extinguishers asked me if I had ever set one off – answer no. So here I am testing an old one. He offered me the chance to let off all 12 extinguishers in his van, including some foam ones which he said made…
We have sent out mooring forms by email to everyone who had a mooring last year. If you haven’t got the email, can you check your junk box and/or let me know and I’ll send another form. Prompt payment of fees would be much appreciated but please do not make them later than 1st March in…
On 1st April we will move the club tender to the outside of the landing pontoon next to the life-belt to allow Brian Spargo to keep his boat on pontoon No.1. After many years of climbing in and out of a tender, Brian would like to give his knees a bit of rest, although he…
We had a fabulous evening with Brian Roper and family and friends celebrating his 92nd birthday. Brian was as ever full of smiles. It was great to share his birthday with him.
You can join for 2023 by emailing admin@pnyc.co.uk and if your details are the same just add SAME DETAILS. Annual membership remains £25. Port Navas Yacht Club Ltd, Lloyds Bank, 30-80-48, Acc No. 51425568Ant and I, with the kind help of Fran, Mike, Nigel and a small group of Bar Volunteers for Saturday nights, will keep the place open three nights…
We opened the bar last week after a couple of weeks off and unfortunately found two leaks. These can be added to the leak in the gents. The roof, which Brian Roper says is the same roof that was put on the clubhouse when it was built in the 70’s, might be giving up the ghost….
We would like to wish joyful Jeff and terrific Tiffa Meadows every happiness in their new home up-country. We are very, very sad that they are leaving our community and we hope that they will return to visit. Jeff has been incredibly kind in helping us with the website for which I am eternally grateful. I…
We hope you had a good Christmas and here’s to 2023 at Port Navas and on The Helford. We are very sorry about the slight uncertainty in regards to the Bar and Restaurant. We totally understand that for Social Members this is a major part of being a member at the club. We assure you that…
We are planning a communal Beer, Rugby and Pasty event for the following matches: These will be a fixed price including food and need booking in advance via admin@pnyc.co.uk
These will be sent out by email in the first week of January. As announced earlier this Winter the new fees are on the website. The pontoon and the beach are both full for Summer 2023 (unless we get someone suddenly not wanting their mooring again) and we have waiting lists for all types of…
Our wonderful Race Captain, Rob Templeton, is keen to organise a group sail over to Falmouth or St Mawes for a Sunday pub lunch to blow those Christmas and New Year cobwebs off. If you fancy getting your boat out for the day in Jan/Feb and going by sea to a local pub for lunch…
We have invested in solar panels for the Clubhouse in an attempt to reduce some of the crippling electricity charges which have gone up 365% for the next 12 months. These will be fitted in February.
So, another summer season on the glorious Helford is coming to an end. If you’re moving your boat off for the Winter, please can you do so by Monday 31st October. If you don’t think you’ll be able to do that for any reason, please do let me know in advance and we can see…
I am afraid that we have been faced with a massive increase in electricity costs. From 17th November 2022 our electricity bill has gone up 655% !!!! And that includes a 10% loyalty discount. Obviously the Government scheme has reduced that by about half but we have yet to hear from our suppliers about the…
While the Winter fees for 2022 remain unchanged, we are going to increase our mooring fees for Summer 2023 and onwards: For the pontoon from £59 per foot or part thereof to £63. For the trots from £36 per foot or part thereof to £38.50 For the beach for 10ft and under £250 to £300…
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