NWVYC - North West Venturers Yacht Club 

Commodore's Welcome

The North West Venturers Yacht Club was founded by a dedicated group of yachtsmen in 1961 so 2010 marks the 49th year of the club. 2011 being the club’s Half Centenary, we intend to celebrate in appropriate style next year and you will hear more of our plans as this year progresses. 

As in 1961, the aims and objectives of the club remain the same – to encourage cruising in sailing boats, to study and apply the principles of navigation and seamanship and to share those skills and experiences with our members in a spirit of mutual support and fellowship whilst also, hopefully, having some fun. We successfully achieve these aims and objectives by, amongst other things, cruising in company; undertaking none too serious racing; running various training courses; organising illuminating talks by members and others and also just chatting to one another at our club house socials or whilst on the hard, the beach or at an anchorage bbq or other ad hoc gathering whilst cruising our local waters or further afield.  

We have strong relationships with neighbouring clubs and their members and we are always welcomed by them when we sail into their waters and imbibe in their club houses as, indeed, they are too when they visit us. In recent years, we have shared some of our weekend cruises with our neighbouring clubs and that is set to continue to the benefit of us all. 

Our club house on Gallows Point provides excellent facilities including a well equipped galley, dining and lounging areas and, of course, showers and wc’s. We have a bar licence but we are, first and foremost, a sailing club, so the bar is generally only open for club house socials.

We hope soon to conclude negations with Anglesey County Council for an extension to our existing ground lease with them so that we can then proceed with a club house redevelopment and improvement programme so that our facilities will then be even better than ever. 

Our social and sailing programmes are publicised in our Members Handbook; in our club magazine, The Venturer, and here, on our web site, so there are no excuses for members not knowing what’s happening. Some of our members exploits, both in home waters and away, are also published in The Venturer and on the web site, both of which have received great praise from the national yachting press, whilst a number of our members are regular contributors to those same august yachting magazines.  

To gain most benefit from club membership, I urge all members to take part in as many of our activities as you can. By sharing the great wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience possessed by our membership as a whole, I’m sure we can all venture on to the briny with greater confidence.  

Thank you for allowing me the privilege of undertaking the role of Commodore. I look forward to seeing you around the club house and on the water and may I wish you fair winds from a sensible quarter and smoothish seas for the season. 

Paul Mountford
Commodore