News
-
John Taylor
Sad news - John Taylor (skipper of Hullabaloo) on November 5th. John was very supportive of the clubs cruising activities and many club members owe him a lot for his kindness and advice in sailing with PEYC. John had been very ill of late and his son states the family are glad his suffering is over. The family are holding a celebration of Johns life on 28 November at Kings Acre Golf Club, EH18
Published 9:55am on 6 Nov 2025
-
New "My Membership" page
Our IT providers have a new layout for the "My Membership" page where you can edit your current profile, see, accept and swap your club duties and also check on your bookings of boats and mentored sessions. You can also add your ICE ( In Case of Emergency) information and we would encourage everyone to do that. If you have any feedback on the new layout, please email peycdigital@gmail.com and we'll feed back
Published 3:21pm on 4 Nov 2025
-
Yacht Racer's Season Review and Curry
Over 30 members attended the Curry & Yacht Racing Review last Wednesday October 29th with delicious food from Chilly Waves. Pete Robinson reviewed the Yacht Racing Survey results and led the post-meal discussion using a SOFT format (Successes, Opportunities, Failures & Threats). There was general agreement that our yacht racing is in good shape, with a 41% increase in yacht starts compared to this time in 2024! Some contentious issues were highlighted: e.g.
Published 5:27pm on 13 Oct 2025
-
Ian Cameron Memorial Cruise
The club held a "cruise in company" with a difference on Sunday 21 st September 2025. Instead of a flotilla of club boats heading out for a lunch stop at another harbour on the Firth of Forth, this time they headed out to sail around a buoy. The buoy in question is a yellow special mark a few hundred yards downstream of Kincardine Bridge, and the aim of the cruise was to go around
Published 2:23pm on 10 Sep 2025
-
Three Inches Trophy
On 31st August Port Edgar hosted this yacht race. Of course all the entrants were hoping for perfect weather - but unfortunately it didn't go to plan.This was a race where participants from round the Forth could choose where and when to start within a 3-hour period, to get the best from the tide. And the wind decided to blow hard, so, a number of boats decided to pull out. The boat I was on
Published 2:17pm on 10 Sep 2025
-
Whatsapp Refresh
WhatsApp is a very useful tool for club communications and PEYC now has two WhatsApp communities(a community is a set of WhatsApp conversation groups) These are: PEYC Club Community: This is the official one. Only a small number of groups which reflect the main activities of the club as in the menu items in this
Published 12:00am on 9 Sep 2025
-
Cruise to LImekilns August 10th 2025
The club's cruisers will be heading to LImekilns on Sunday August 10th. Forth Cruising Club have kindly made berthing available and the Capernaum harbour pier has lots of ladders and 3 pontoons. Members will be around to take warps . More details and a booking form in the Club Calendar.
Published 9:19pm on 21 Jul 2025
-
Supernova Training Day
The Supernova is a popular dinghy at PEYC and on Saturday July 19th the Class Association assisted the Supernova sailors in Scotland with a training day at Port Edgar and we added a Supernova class to our 3 race trophy series rescheduled for Sunday 20th. Calum's write up for the Class association is attached here .
Published 9:01pm on 21 Jul 2025
-
Kelpies Cup
The 2025 Kelpies Cup Race and Three Bridges Cruise Muster was held at Port Edgar on July 12th. Weather conditions were "interesting" with a dense haar covering the river. However early starters on the cruise soon reported clear blue skies further west and racers and cruisers alike disappeared into the mist; the racers to turn around the club boat "Beamer" about 6 miles upriver and the cruisers heading a little further to view the
Published 10:45am on 14 Jul 2025
-
SI Amendments
We have 3 Sailing Instruction amendments, all schedule changes. Extra Sunday Series Yacht Race - 6 th July Dinghy Sat C-series Races 12th July - Start Times Altered Dinghy Club Trophy Mini-series - Date Changed to 20th July In addition the NoR and SIs are now on the website for the Kelpies Cup at https://peyc.org.uk/event/Kelpies-Cup . We also have updates to the dinghy
Published 8:29am on 23 Jun 2025
-
Kelpies Cup and Three Bridges Muster
Full info at PEYC Calendar: Kelpies Cup
Published 5:55pm on 17 Jun 2025
-
Kittiwake
Kittiwake is now back in action with a repaired sail and is available for hire Note that the "Book a Yacht" entry in the "Book Online" option now includes both 707s and Kittiwake.
Published 9:16am on 22 May 2025