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Niall and Gail Mac Allister and the team of
instructors would like to thank you for booking with West Cork Sailing
& Powerboating Centre. We thought you would like to receive
a little more information about the centre and the area, so here
is a sea of info to help you plan your holiday / course and give
you a clear idea of what we have to offer at the centre.
If you you would like to receive this information in printed form,
the drop me a line and I will pop one in the post.
If you have any questions on this information or would like to know
more, then please do not hesitate get in touch and we will be happy
to help you.
All the best and Happy Sailing
Niall, Gail & Team
info@westcorksailing.com
The following links bring you swiftly down this
page -
- BOOKING INFORMATION
Payment, Course Times, Office Hours, Lunches
- CENTRE FACILITIES
Downstairs, Upstairs, Outside
- BOOKING DETAILS
Course Only Customers, All Inclusive Customers, Family All Inclusive
with Holiday Home, Cruising Courses, Cruising Charter
- CLOTHING
Clothing Rental, Wetsuits, Spraysuits, Neoprene Booties, Offshore
Waterproofs
- TRANSPORT
Bus, Air, Train, Bicycles, Driving, Parking
- LOCAL INFORMATION
Maps, Activities, Accommodation
BOOKING
INFORMATION
Payment
A deposit of €100 per person is due with each booking and the
balance is due 1 month prior to your course start date. Early payment
discount or any other percentage discounts apply to course fee only
and cannot be taken off accommodation or food.
Course Times
Most courses run 10am to 4.30pm, unless otherwise notified.
Office Hours
The reception and office are manned 9.30 to 13.30 Mon to Fri and
the morning of every course.
Lunches
Lunches can be booked now or 1 week prior to course commencement.
Adult Lunch is €12 per day, salad buffet for sandwiches, home
made soup, tea & coffee
Youth Lunch is €8 per day, sandwich, fruit, biccies, drink,
cup of soup of hot choc.
Take a look at our Booking
Conditions for information on cancellations etc.
THE
CENTRE FACILITIES
We are lucky to be situated directly on the water side with an excellent
slip and pier, literally on our doorstep. The centre was built
in 2000 and was carefully designed with the sailor in mind, with
underfloor heating, drying room, commercial kitchen & cosy cafe
area.
Downstairs the underfloor heating provides a lovely
warm welcome throughout the lecture rooms, changing rooms and showers.
Changing rooms are split into ladies and gents, both with 4 showers,
sink and toilet. Through a separate entrance at the back of the
building we have a walk in drying room with hot pipes permanently
keeping all the wetsuits & booties nice and dry for your comfort.
Customers are welcome to keep their own gear in the dry room, we
ask you to make sure it is labelled well, as one wetsuit looks very
much like another!! The dry room is locked every night and opened
first thing.
Upstairs we have a wonderful
café area with fantastic teak balcony overlooking the harbour and
offer spectacular views of Adrigole Harbour and Hungry Hill a view
that is without question one of the best in Ireland. So, as one
of our sailors / powerboaters you can enjoy a delicious lunch with
hearty home made soups or relax with a coffee taking in the view
and activities on the water. Lunches are available to customers
only and the café
is no longer open to passing trade, which means that our customers
can now enjoy the space to themselves. The reception area and office
are manned throughout our course, so if you have any questions on
the area, your course or future courses, there is always someone
on hand to help you out.
Outside you will find a selection of chalet sheds
provide additional storage for our equipment. There is a buoyancy
aid shed with a large selection of different size buoyancy aids,
life jackets, spray tops and spray suits to keep you safe and warm
on the water. We clean sort all recyclable products and store them
carefully divided up in the Recycling Shed, before taking to the
recycling centre. The large rigging shed neatly stores all our sails,
tillers, rudders, paddles and tools. An most important of all our
Instructor chalet only they know what is stored in the deepest darkest
corners of their shed!
The boat yard is convenient storage for all the dinghies, kayaks,
canoes & safety boats. Situated just behind the centre, you
can rig up and pull your boat 100yards to the water no roads to
cross, no traffic to worry about.
A grassy bank rolls down to the waters edge and is lovely to lie
down in the sun at break time and relax. A fenced off courtyard
on the waters edge with picnic benches is perfect for a family picnic
and popular for youths and teens to hang out.
BOOKING
DETAILS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOOKINGS
Course Only Customers
You have booked your course with and are arranging your own accommodation
as required. Optional extras available to you are clothing rental
and lunches. See details in this booklet.
All Inclusive Customers
Low and Mid Season (September to June)
Your accommodation is in shared rooms at The Birches Bungalow, which
is located 1km west of WCSC on the right, just after Pegs Shop.
Customers can arrive any time, call me to find out where the key
is!! Customers are asked to maintain their own housekeeping. The
all inclusive package includes dorm bed in The Birches (there are
3 rooms 2 bed, 3 bed & 4 bed), & lunch at The Boat House
& dinner at The Boat House each day of the course, apart from
last day & arrival day (unless you have arranged a special package
with the office). Bring your own breakfast or buy from Pegs Shop,
just over the road from The Birches. If catching the bus, ask the
driver to stop at Pegs Shop and you find The Birches 100 metres
west along the road, on the right. On arrival your bed linen
will be ready on the bed and we ask our customers to dress the bed
fully with the linen, then at the end of their stay strip the bed
and leave it in the pillow slip ready for collection. This
helps to keep our costs down and consequently keep your costs down.
Family Sailing Holiday with Extras Included
Your booking confirmation should give the name and contact number
of your chosen holiday home. I suggest you contact them to organise
your arrival details and for any questions you may have on the house
& location.
Your package includes
¨ 5 days sailing courses for all booked,
¨ lunches for all sailing,
¨ rental of on the water clothing.
Cruising Courses Comp Crew, Day Skip,
Yachtmaster (individual bookings)
Your 5 day course includes breakfasts, lunches and 3 evening meals.
There is no meal on arrival night and you will be eating out one
other night, which is not included. Also includes, your berth, which
may be shared, private or in main saloon, all marina and mooring
fees and all fuel costs. .
Cruising Charter of Jessy of Adrigole with Instructor
Your charter is self catering, unless you have booked meals with
us, and you are requested to include the skipper/instructor in your
meals for ease of meal preparation, consider him one of the family.
The galley has fridge (which is on when engine is on), small oven
and 2 ring hob. We do not recommend bringing too much fresh meat,
as the temperature of the fridge will fluctuate. If dining out,
you are not expected to include skipper in your numbers. Extra expenses
to be paid during or at the end of your charter are; fuel used,
marina & mooring fees & any accommodation costs of the skipper/instructor,
should you request him to stay ashore.
We can provide all meals for you while on board at a cost of €34
per person per day, this includes continental breaky, lunch, dinner,
as well drinks and snacks during the day. You can bring along any
of your own favourite treats. Specific dietry requirements can be
catered for (Ceoliacs are asked to ring their own bread and biccies).
All Cruising Customers
Please do not bring hard bags, such as suitcases, as they
are difficult to store. Children should bring suitable toys, nothing
sharp or potentially damaging to interior of yacht, no felt tip
pens or paints please! Bring your own bedding, towels, high factor
suncream (at least 25), waterproof jacket and trousers (adults can
rent these), woolly hat, comfy clothes. When trying to decide what
to bring, imagine you are going on a self catering caravan holiday,
but your caravan is floating and you are sat outside all day, whatever
the weather!!
Optional extras
¨ Laundered sleeping bag €20
¨ Dougie Gill Coastal Salopettes and Jacket €3
per piece per day €6 per set (not available for children).
Boarding is 8pm on night before your course starts, disembark at
4pm on last day of course, all crew then help to clean Jessy &
make her 'ship shape' for the next customers.
CLOTHING
Wear comfortable clothes and please bring a change of clothes each
day, just in case! Also bring, swimming togs, towel, high factor
sun cream, woolly hat and any sailing gear you have of your own.
Make sure you always have more clothes and layers than you would
normally wear, even on a sunny day the wind chill on a boat can
leave you chilly.
Clothing Rental
We have a large range of quality on the water clothing available
for rental during your activities with us.
Wetsuits
These are required for Dinghy Sailing and optional for Kayaking.
Available for Ages 6months to Adult XXL.
Rental is €3 per day.
Spraysuits
These are required for Powerboating and Keelboat Sailing, as they
help with any wind chill.
Available for Adults only, S to XL.
Rental is €2.50 per day.
Neoprene Booties
These are great for ALL on the water activities, as your feel tend
to get wet and the neoprene will help to keep them warm. Alternatively
you can bring old trainers, but they will get cold and uncomfortable.
Available in sizes 1 to 13.
Rental is €2 per day.
Off Shore Waterproof Salopettes and Jackets
These are required for Cruising in all weather or Powerboating or
Keelboating in inclement weather.
Available for Adults only, M to XL
Rental is €3 per piece per day, €6 per set per day.
Cruising bring your own waterproofs if you wish and if we feel that
they are not suitable for cruising then we are must insist you rent
our Off Shore gear, as exposure is taken very seriously when cruising.
TRANSPORT
Bus (times were correct at time of setting this page
up, I recommend you call to check before you plan your travel)
Private bus service from Cork City.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday Harringtons
027 74003
You need to book a seat, if you are late though, they won't wait
for you. Single € Return €
Departs Pegs Shop, Adrigole
08.15
Arrives Mulligans Bar, Opposite Bus Eireann, Cork
City 10.00
Departs Mulligans Bar, Opposite Bus Eireann, Cork
City 18.00
Arrives Pegs Shop, Adrigole
20.00
Sunday Harringtons 027 74003
Departs Pegs Shop, Adrigole
17.15
Arrives Mulligans Bar, Opposite Bus Eireann, Cork
City 19.15
Departs Mulligans Bar, Opposite Bus Eireann, Cork
City 19.30
Arrives Pegs Shop, Adrigole
21.00
Thursday O'Donoghues 027 74003
You need to book a seat, if you are late though, they won't
wait for you. Single € Return €
Departs Pegs Shop, Adrigole
07.45
Arrives Mulligans Bar, Opposite Bus Eireann, Cork
City 10.00
Departs Mulligans Bar, Opposite Bus Eireann, Cork
City 18.00
Arrives Pegs Shop, Adrigole
20.15
Bus Eireann Enquiries 021 4508188. Single €15.50 Open Return
€25
The bus service varies throughout the seasons, most days there is
a 18.00 from Cork Bus Station, a direct link to Bus Eireann is on
our web site.
Air
Cork Airport 021 4313131 Kerry Airport 066 9764644
We have links to most airlines on our travel
page. Flights from Dublin to Cork are often cheaper than the
train these days, so worth looking at.
Cork & Kerry Airport are a 1˝ drive to Adrigole, Cork offers
a more efficient bus service.
Bus Eireann run a shuttle bus from the Airport to the Bus Station
every 30 minutes, which links up well with the Private and Bus Eireann
bus from Cork to Adrigole, check out the Bus Eireann web site for
start and finish times.
Shannon Airport is approxmately 3˝ hour drive.
Train
Cork Kent Station Enquiries 021 4506766
Direct link to the Iarnrod Eireann (Irish Rail) is on the travel
page on the web. The train station is a 5-10 minute walk from
the Bus Station, so leave yourself time to walk across the river.
You can take a taxi if you have heavy bags, but cos of the one way
system, takes the same time!!
Bicycles!!
Not many cycle from Cork City, but if you do I recommend the back
road take a look at our driving directions on the travel
page of the web site.
Alternatively, you can rent bicycles for your stay here. Super Valu
in Castletownbere will arrange for your bikes to be delivered to
your accommodation, so they are there on arrival and they will collect
them when you leave. Call Super Value to book bikes on 027 70020.
Driving
The easiest route from Cork using street signs would be to go
¨ Cork - Innishannon - Bandon - Dunmanway - Bantry
- Glengarriff - Adrigole (2hrs)
Or you can take 'the back road'. Take a look at the web site travel
page for detailed directions on back road (1˝ hrs).
Adrigole is one if Ireland's longest villages, so after the sign
for Adrigole you have about 5miles till your reach the following
land marks as you travel west
¨ Church & pubs - GAA Pitch - WCSC sign PO
- Pegs Shop The Birches
Parking
There is limited parking at the centre and we ask all sailors to
park considerately. We have a tin for keeping car keys in at reception,
so if we need to move your car we can and when other members of
your group/family get back before you they can access the car.
LOCAL
INFORMATION
Adrigole
Beara
Advice
If you would like any further advice on the course, area or transport,
please give me a call or drop me an email.
We look forward seeing you on the water.
Gail
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