Hoist your steins and join us for an evening of Bavarian cheer! OKTOBERFEST! Friday, 24 October 2025, 18:00 – club members and their signed-in guests. Das 3-course German abendessen complete with Schnitzels, pints of beer, … Read more
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.” — Thomas Tusser 🎀Can you believe it is almost that time of the year again? 🔔Bells ring-jingeling, choirs singing, children giggling, … Read more
There is something special in the air whenever POYC members come together for a dinner celebration…
It’s that time again: club AGM time! and all POYC members are invited to celebrate our 40th Annual General Meeting by dressing up in your most brilliant Shades of White and joining your newly elected Committee for a magical Winter Wonderland Dinner and Dance evening!
On an ordinary Saturday evening, a community came together to turn another simple winter’s night into magic!
‼️PRESENTING: ANYTHING THAT FLOATS WINTER WONDERLAND! Imagine… A serene winter evening illuminated by thousands of twinkling lights reflecting off the tranquil waters of Port Owen. 💡🕯🪄🏴☠️ Decorations adorn every conceivable floating vessel, from kayaks and … Read more
World Environment Day, observed annually on 5 June, serves as a global platform to raise awareness and promote actions aimed at protecting the environment.
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house yesterday afternoon during our monthly Sailors’ Scuttlebutt talk, as more than fifty club members and guests sat spellbound listening to Esther Jordan’s harrowing account of her ordeal surviving a dismasting and a man missing overboard during a bitter storm en route to Bermuda.
In Esther’s own words: “the screaming wind was terrifying, I’ll never forget the sound of that wind. There was no moon, there was no stars, it was just pitch black”.
What would you do if your yacht was dismasted at 2am while you were resting below and when you finally made it to deck, there was a gaping hole and your husband was gone?
