We have now developed a new cruise booking system designed to make cruises easier and quicker to participate in. The new system will just require you to give your email address and tick the cruises you wish to go on. This is made possible by asking you to check that the details we hold for you are correct before the bookings are made.
New Cruise Booking System Information
As ever, cruising in company is at the heart of what we do, and we are planning an exciting series of cruises for 2026. The Poole Yacht Club Cruising Section cruises go live and open for bookings on the 26th January 2026. See HERE
Cruising on trips arranged by PYCCS, is organised and led by the participating skippers. We make the bookings and advise the marina of boats that have booked and circulate boat and contact details to those that have asked to go. As the trip approaches we send out some general briefing information to help with passage planning. It is then up to the skippers to sort out details and their own passage plan. A few days before the cruise we can arrange a meeting for participating skippers to discuss arrangements for the cruise. We also suggest skippers meet up on the night before the cruise at the Yacht Club – to agree the leaving time, decide if the weather is suitable, and trip contact channel for the cruise etc.
After you have made your booking, members of the PYC Cruising Section are always available to support and answer any questions that skippers may have – especially from those less experienced or more apprehensive skippers. As well as the information briefing notes this may be about passage planning or with additional navigational or pilotage tips.
Trips for 2026 are:
- Swanage, Sun 12th April (Day Trip) To be Confirmed nearer the date
- Solent Cruise Week, (10 nights). Lymington, Fri 8th – Sun 10th May (2 nights) Mercury Yacht Haven, Sun 10th – Tues 12th May (2 nights) Haslar Marina, Tues 12th – Fri 15th May (3 nights) Shepards Marina, Cowes Fri 15th – Sun 17th May (2 nights). Yarmouth Sun 17th – Mon 18th May (1 night). Return Poole Mon 18th May
- Portland, Fri 5th – Return Mon 8th May (3 nights)
- Cross Channel Cruise, Sat 5th – Return Sun 14th June (9 nights)
- Lymington & Beaulieu Long Weekend, Fri 19th – Tues 23rd June (4 nights)
- Yarmouth Harbour RIR, Fri 10th – Return Mon 13th July (3 nights)
- West Country Cruise Fri 10th – Return Mon 19th July (8 nights) TBA
- Bembridge, Chichester, & Yarmouth Fri 17th – Return Thurs 23rd July (6 nights)
- Island Harbour & Shepards Marina, Cowes, Fri 14th – Leaving Mon 17th August (3 nights)
- Weymouth Cruise, Fri 28th – Return Mon 31st August (3 nights)
- Port Hamble Marina, Fri 18th – Mon 21st September (3 nights)
Approximately 46 Sailing trips including there and back
52 Nights booked
To see all the details about this year’s trips click HERE and click on the cruise name
If you find that you may not be able to do the full trip then as long as you let us know the parts you can do we will arrange this for you with the marinas we book you in. Surely something for everybody. Hopefully we have put together a great programme so get booking as soon as you can. The deposit you pay goes towards the Pontoon Party of the cruise you’ attend’ve booked, the deposit also gets you booked on the cruise as soon as it’s paid into the PYCCS account. Remember to pay when booked, it’s first come first served on payment, not just booking!!!
The policy of the Cruising Section is no refund if you decide not to attend the cruise you booked.
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