News
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PEYC AGM
The PEYC AGM was held on Feb 5th with 39 attendees. The highlights of the meeting were news of an increase in membership to 438, and that we now have six affiliated clubs. We have also changed the PEYC fleet with a new RIB, an upgraded 707 and a plan for a new small fin keel cruiser. After agreeing a very modest increase in subscriptions, a new committee was elected with Linda Cooper staying
Published 4:33pm on 6 Mar 2025
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Prize Giving Evening
The prize giving evening for the yachts and dinghies will be on February 19th and will be at an Edinburgh restaurant, which we have taken over for the evening. This is Ignite, an award winning curry restaurant in the West End near Haymarket, website here: Ignite . We have the restaurant for the whole evening and we will be handing out the personalised PEYC wooden plaques to those prizewinners who are at the meal.
Published 12:00pm on 27 Jan 2025
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Photo Competition
The results are in. The judges' comments are: We enjoyed reviewing the pictures and the memories they evoked of last summer's sailing. There was a wide ranging set of images which we think reflects the breadth of experience and knowledge of our members. First: Spinnakers by Hamish Rodger . Spinnakers are always photogenic, and we liked the composition with the dominant foreground image leading the viewer eye into the
Published 7:15pm on 17 Jan 2025
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Winter Talks: Tall Ships Jan 23rd
The next in the series of winter talks is scheduled for Thursday January 23rd at 7PM. Emma Wadee is the Project Manager for Tall Ships Races Aberdeen 2025, and will share details of the planning behind The Tall Ships Races Aberdeen 2025 which returns to the city for the first time in nearly 30 years from 19-22 July 2025. It is Europe's largest free family event and is expected to draw 50 Tall Ships
Published 10:54am on 12 Jan 2025
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PEYC Forth Ports Visit
On Friday 10 th January, Linda Cooper & Jim Scott welcomed a visit to PEYC by Richard Littlefield, the newly appointed Marine Compliance Officer for Forth Ports, based at Grangemouth. As well as his professional maritime experience, he has sailed dinghies and yachts; in fact he started sailing Bosun dinghies with the Sea Cadets out of Rosyth and Port Edgar. One of his tasks is to be the point of contact between Forth Ports,
Published 10:02am on 12 Jan 2025
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2025 TPS Sessions
Scot Corrigan will be running some early season Theory and Practice Sessions in February and March using one of the club 707s. You can find more details in the calendar here TPS Sessions from where you can book a place. What we will do on each session depends on what the participants (you) have on the wish-list to practice. Email Scot Corrigan on peyc.tps@gmail.com with suggestions.
Published 8:40pm on 2 Jan 2025
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Dates for your Diary
BURNS NIGHT CEILIDH - Saturday 25th January. Open to all Members and partners, of course. Crowded Croft Ceilidh Band. Haggis, Neeps, Tatties & Cranachan, & Veggie option. Tickets £25 available online. Book here: Burns Night
Published 6:57pm on 2 Jan 2025
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2024 Photo Competition
The 2024 Photo competition is currently running. The entries so far can be seen in the Flickr album PEYC 2024 Photo Competition . The guidelines are very loose. Pictures can be of a boat; taken from a boat or generally feature boat and water. Give your pictures a title (i.e. not IMG123), email them as attachments - not as embedded images, they must be your own work and you must be a member.
Published 4:00pm on 5 Dec 2024
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707s available over winter months too.
For those keen to keep sailing through the Winter the club is pleased to announce that both the club 707s are staying in the water and are available to hire on line. There will also be some 707 mentor sessions organised in January and February - check on the club website for dates.
Published 3:32pm on 5 Dec 2024
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Winter Talks, Marine Mammals and Social Sailing at PEYC
Each year we have a programme of talks over winter, The first this year is on November 21st in the clubhouse starting at 7PM. We have two speakers: Tierney Carter is a Senior Marine Mammal Consultant with over five years experience of preparing impact assessments of the impact of seabourne developments on marine mammals . After the level of interest in the bottlenose dolphin that has hung around PEYC this year,
Published 8:40pm on 13 Nov 2024
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Forth and Clyde Canal Closure
We have been informed of the closure of the Falkirk to Grangemouth section of the Forth and Clyde canal. The information from Scottish Canals is included here along with their FAQ. Note this will affect anyone with plans to move across Scotland using the canal between November 2024 and March 2026 (16 months)
Published 4:12pm on 28 Oct 2024
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Defibrillators
PEYC has purchased a Defibrillator for the clubhouse from the Ogston Fund *. It's the same type as we have on Beamer and is now in the hall on the wall to the left of the front door as you go in. There is a Training Defib Pack which looks very similar (but without the electrical charge obviously) on the wall of the office, again to the left of the door. Please do take
Published 8:42pm on 24 Oct 2024