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Booking Confirmation Information for Powerboating
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 €80 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 €10 per day, salad buffet for sandwiches, home made soup, tea &
coffee
Youth Lunch is €7 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 POWERBOATING
Course Only Customers
You have booked your course and are arranging your own accommodation as required. Optional
extras available to you are clothing rental and lunches. See details below.
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.
High Season (July & August)
Your accommodation is at Lisbeg Bed & Breakfast (or other if notified or if special
package has been booked). ˝ km west of Sugar Loaf pub is a crossroads, take a right turn
and follow the road up into the hills. Lisbeg is found at the top of that hill on the
left. If travelling by bus, as the driver to drop you at the crossroads for Lisbeg. You
can call Mary on 027 60250 in advance and if she home she will meet you from the
bus. The all inclusive package is bed, continental breakfast, & 2 evening meals
if on a 5 day course or 1 meal if a weekend.
CLOTHING
Powerboat is quite exposed, so you need to be warm and dry. You will need -
- Waterproof jacket and trousers or full suit - if it is not suitable then you can always
rent the gear from us.
- Wear comfortable clothes and please bring a change of clothes each day, just in case!
- Clean wellies, neoprene boots, white sole trainers. (no leather soles, no heels, no
sandles).
- Towel, high factor sun cream, woolly hat.
- Make sure you always have more clothes and layers than you would normally wear, even on
a sunny day the wind chill on a powerboat can leave you chilly.
- Advanced Powerboaters will be most comfortable in a dry suit if you have one.
Clothing Rental
We have a large range of quality on the water clothing available for rental during your
activities with us.
Spraysuits
These are required for Powerboating in good to moderate weather conditions, 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 Powerboat Courses, 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. Or you can wear clean welly boots.
Available in sizes 1 to 13.
Rental is €1.50 per day.
Off Shore Waterproof Salopettes and Jackets
These are required for Powerboating in inclement weather - they will keep you warm and
dry.
Available for Adults only, M to XL
Rental is €3 per piece per day, €6 per set per day.
TRANSPORT
Bus
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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