Sailing Programme 2026 summaryThe Club has put together an exciting sailing and training programme for 2026. There will be two Summer Cruises - one from UK to South Brittany; and a second to the South West Coast & Isles of Scilly. There are 15 training events - including Boat Handling, Radar, Navigation and Pilotage as well as RYA Training (Comp Crew, Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper) and RYA/MCA YachtmasterTM Preparation week. These activities are only available to PYC Members (not Introductory Members). At all other times the boats are available to be booked for ad-hoc cruises and mentoring by Club Skippers and Members. Other trips are already planned to Northern France and the Channel Islands. |
Summer Cruise 1 - Brittany Coast
The Brittany cruise plan in Relax delivery from UK via Channel Islands and Normandy to Brittany. There are stopovers in St Helier, Brest, Lorient and Pornichet. Once in Brittany there is plenty to explore.
| Start | Date | Finish | Date | Comments |
| Gosport | 15th May | St Helier | 23rd May | Starting Friday evening 6pm |
| St Helier | 23rd May |
St Helier |
30th May | 28th May is local BH. |
| St Helier | 30th May | Roscoff | 6th June | |
| Roscoff | 6th June | Brest | 13th June | |
| Brest | 13th June | Brest | 20th June | |
| Brest | 20th June | Lorient | 27th June | |
| Lorient | 27th June | Lorient | 4th July | |
| Lorient | 4th July | Pornichet | 11th July | |
| Pornichet | 11th July | Pornichet | 18th July | |
| Pornichet | 18th July | Pornichet | 25th July | |
| Pornichet | 25th July | Lorient | 1st August | |
| Lorient | 1st August | Brest |
8th August |
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| Brest | 8th August | Brest | 15th August | |
| Brest | 15th August | Roscoff | 22nd August | |
| Roscoff | 22nd August | St Helier | 29th August | |
| St Helier | 29th August | Gosport | Sunday 6th September |
Adjacent skippers can agree to change over at alternative ports which are also available.
All the crew changes are at 18:00 hours on the Saturday unless agreed by skippers.
The following screen show pictures include - Sauzon, Le Palais, Lorient.
Summer Cruise 2 - South West & Isles of Scilly
The second 2026 Summer Cruise is being planned in Quartette to the South West and Isles of Scilly.
| Leg | Start | Date | Finish | Date | Comments |
| 1 | Gosport | Thursday 23 July 18:00 | Plymouth | 1 August | |
| 2 | Plymouth | 1 August | Plymouth | 8 August | |
| 3 | Plymouth | 8 August | Plymouth | 15 August | |
| 4 | Plymouth | 15 August | Falmouth | 22 August | |
| 5 | Falmouth | 22 August | Plymouth | 29 August | |
| 6 | Plymouth | 29 August | Gosport | Sunday 6 September |
All the crew changes are at 18:00 hours on the Saturday unless agreed by skippers.
The following screen show pictures include - Polruan, Porth Mellin, River Fal and Salcombe.
Training & Skill Development Programme
PYC is an RYA Training Centre and as a sea school we are able to provide the following practical courses to our all members: Competent Crew and Day Skipper. We also run Advanced Skipper Training and Development for our Club Skippers: Coastal Skipper and Preparatory courses for the RYA/MCA YachtmasterTM Exam (to book onto these skipper courses, you must be a PYC Club Skipper).
In addition, we provide a number of our own courses covering areas such as: Boat Handling, Radar, Navigation and Pilotage Training.
Also the Trainers, and experienced Club Skipper provide informal coaching to other members.
Courses being offered in 2026 are as follows:-
| Date | Duration | Course | Boat | Instructor |
| 9-10 February | 2 days | Boat Handling | Relax | Andy McGhee |
| 24-25 February | 2 days | Boat Handling | Quartette | Andy McGhee |
| 28 February | 1 day | Trainer Day | Quartette | All |
| 7-8 March | 2 days | Practical Radar Course | Relax | Andy McGhee |
| 16-17 March | 2 days | Boat Handling - TBC | Relax | Andy McGhee |
| 23-24 March | 5 days | Skipper Refresher Course | Quartette | Andy McGhee |
| 28-29 March | 2 days | Pilotage (day and night) | Relax | Laurent Morlet |
| 15-16 April | 2 days | Boat Handling | Quartette | Carolyn Bennett |
| 17-19 April | 3 days | Ladies Training | Quartette | Carolyn Bennett |
| 2-6 May | 5 days | RYA Coastal Skipper | Relax | Carolyn Bennett |
| 13-14 June | 2 days | Practical Radar Course | Quartette | Andy McGhee |
| 19-23 October | 5 days | RYA Competent Crew / Day Skipper | Quartette | Andy McGhee |
| 24-28 October | 5 days | RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Prep | Quartette | Laurent Morlet |
| 29-30 October | 2 days | RYA Coastal/Offshore Yachtmaster Exam | Quartette | RYA Examiner |
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