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Flag Officers NEWSLETTER

April 2025

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Welcome to the April Edition of the CHPSC e-newsletter in 2025.

Annwyl Aelodau / Dear Members and Friends

What a pleasure it has been to see the harbour and marina spring to life over the last few days. The longer nights, and better weather have had many of us dusting off our life jackets and thinking about what trips and adventures we can have this year, whatever form of boating we choose! 

‍Racing update

A huge congratulations to Mojito and Pata Negra for putting Pwllheli on the world sailing stage in Antigua! Mojito finished 2nd in class in both the Nelsons cup and the RORC Caribbean 600, and Pata Negra finished 3rd in class in the Caribbean 600 after achieving 2nd in class in the Transatlantic race, before going on to win their class in the Heineken Regatta in St. Maarten. Well done to all, we were all glued to YB races for the duration, watching your achievements!

Both boats are already almost back in the UK in readiness for the next big event, the IRC Welsh National Championships here in Pwllheli on the 2nd to 4th May (everyone welcome - enter online at www.IRCWelshChamps.com ). 

‍The event incorporates the J70 Welsh Championships and the Sonata Welsh Championships all in one event, together with a YTC cruiser racing class too.

There’s a brief chance to practice ahead of the IRC Welsh Championships with Pwllheli coastal races on the 5th, 19th and 26th April and shorter, round the club mark races on the 6th, 18th, 20th and 21st April in the Tuning weekend and Easter weekend. More information in the racing section of the Pwllheli Sailing Club website.

‍Cruising Racing 

Don’t forget to enter the YTC cruiser racing class at the IRC Welsh National Championships 2nd to 4th May and support the clubs event.

The racing buoys are back in and ready for you to test your skills by sailing the Tremadog triangle (start at 0 off Gimblet rock, 2, 8, 10 and back to 0 for the finish). 

All club racing is also open to cruisers – come and join us out on the water for some fun followed by a catch up in Plas Heli for results, help, advice and a chat about the year ahead.

Club and social activities. 

On Saturday 29th March we held our annual general meeting and followed that same evening with the first social event of the year, our Fitting out supper, which was a great success. Great to see so many of you there and we look forward to keeping our social calendar active.

We used to have a very active social committee that has slowly shrunk over the years and we would be very pleased to hear from anyone who would like to assist in reviving it….or just giving a hand with organising some extra events! Pop us an email to flag.officers@pwllhelisailingclub.co.uk if you'd like to be involved! ‍

‍New CHPSC Starting Hut

Massive thanks to the team of volunteers who turned out a couple of weekends ago and put in a mammoth shift, of clearing the remains of the old hut, cleaning the deck upon which the hut resides, and setting up the furniture and equipment. Huge additional thanks to the very generous members who have donated lots of equipment from pc’s, monitors, weather stations and kettles! 

Dingy Compound

Progress is being made on the management of the dinghy compound. 

We do however need your assistance in identifying some boats. Unpaid boats will be removed after the RYA Youth Championships. One boat has already been scrapped!

Please make sure that your dinghy is registered, boats that have been paid for will be issued an annual sticker, affixed to your boat, so please ensure you let us know the make, position and colour of your boat if you have paid, or if you wish to claim your boat before scrapping, please contact flag.officers@pwllhelisailingclub.co.uk

Calendar 

2025 calendars are still available for collection by members, and once again features some amazing photos of our boats, harbour and marina.

Please contact the Flag Officers to collect your calendar.

We extend our thanks to our generous sponsors.

‍Looking forward to the season getting busier and seeing more faces on the Easter holiday!

Warmest regards - Hwyl

‍Lyndsay Harrold

Morlywydd

‍the 2025 Membership Fees are now due

Please help us by renewing your membership and avoid disappointment at the bar!

Please refer to our web site to renew or join.

Only 2025 members will receive the uplift on the card at the bar. 

Log in first (in the gold coloured box) Username is usually your e-mail, and password is your membership number (all 5 digits).

‍IRC WELSH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

‍ ‍2nd to 4th May 2025

Great Racing and for IRC Classes, YTC, Sonata and J70's Welsh National Championships.‍

The IRC Welsh National Championship is one of four events counting for the Irish Sea Nations Cup 2025.  

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‍PLAS HELI NEWS

‍Plas Heli Cyf – The Welsh National Sailing Academy and Event Centre, a volunteer not for profit distribution community enterprise company, with charitable aims and where all surpluses are reinvested back into the facility for everyone's benefit.

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The centre is looking fantastic with current works to the steps, compound and public areas outside due to be completed just in time for the RYA Youth Nationals on 12th to 18th April.

This will be one of the busiest events of the UK youth sailing calendar and like last time, the atmosphere will be buzzing!

‍If you have a day or just a few hours to spare, there are plenty of volunteering opportunities still available! 

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New balcony - almost ready

‍The works will be completed before the RYA UK Youth Championships in early April, when we expect to see more than 250 competitors and supporters on site.

Care must be taken in the compound, and on all balconies. Please observe the exclusion areas set out for these works. 

Your cooperation whilst the works are on-going would be greatly appreciated.

‍New CCTV

There will be additional CCTV to cover the new balcony and ground space created in the main compound. This is in addition to the extensive coverage already installed.

These are required for crime prevention and detection, everyone's security, welfare and for insurance purposes. We also have site-wide fast Wi-Fi.

‍Dinghy Wash-down Area.

This area has been upgraded again with a retaining wall with new taps and hook-ups for power washers. This work also incorporates a beach shower.

‍New Toilet Block

The new toilet and shower block has now been connected to all services. This adds to our event facility toilet/shower options.

‍New Entrance to Plas Heli

The two new front doors have now been fitted. This has greatly enhanced the arrival experience at Plas Heli. This project included three new media screens so that we can share information. We have now added a calendar to the screens so that you always know what is on!

‍Plas Heli Pontoons. 

Following the reconfiguring of the pontoons, berths have now been allocated for the 2025 season.

•  See the Plan here 

‍Plas Heli 10 years -

As we approach our 10th anniversary in May 2025, we celebrate the growth in events and overall activity at Plas Heli.

‍Events in 2025 -

We are now planning for 2025 with an exciting diary of events, starting with the RYA UK Youth Championships in April and then the IRC Welsh National Championship and the Topper NS4 Coastal Championship in May.

We will host the Welsh National ILCA Championship in July. In August we will host the UKLA ILCA National Championships and the Techno World Championship.

The RYA CW Youth and Junior Championships will again be in September. 

See all our events listed here.

‍Events in 2026 

Event are now being booked in for 2026. See the calendar on the Plas Heli website

We continue to work closely with RYA CW to provide facilities for training camps, storage, and activities, and we respect the strategic importance of the facilities for events, training and boating in Wales. 

Community engagement works continues and included our work with clubs and associations, assistance with facilities for a disability boat, fundraising events, classrooms for community groups, meetings, teaching and our work with children in-need.

Catering at the centre is with our franchisee operator Sean Devlin Ltd. 

We are reliant on volunteers and are of course, grateful for all assistance provided by our stakeholder groups and clubs and in particular the Commodore and Flag Officers of Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club.

There is more about Plas Heli in the updated Plas Heli - Prospectus

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