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Booking Confirmation Information
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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