Welcome to Porthcawl Powerboat & Ski Club

The club is based at 4 Bay View Road, Newton, and is within easy reach of the seafront at Newton Bay and Trecco Bay Caravan Park.

Newton Bay is a natural bay that remains sheltered throughout the summer months which gives rise to excellent sea-based water sports. The club formed mainly for sea-based watersports such as water skiing and powerboat racing now boasts a large number of sea angling members and jetski owners.

The club has its own fleet of tractors which are available for any member to use to launch and recover their craft from the water.

These are the only vehicles permitted to drive on the beach at Newton.

Facilities

The clubhouse facilities include:

• Use of the changing rooms and showers
• Tea and coffee-making facilities
• Free Pool table
• Engine flushing tank

You will also have full all-year-round use of the club's private slipway. This slipway is locked when not in constant use as a way of preventing non-members from using it and also as part of the sea defence here at Newton. As a member, you will be given a key that allows you to unlock the gates. You will however be responsible for locking them if you are the last member to leave the beach.

You can use our tractors to launch your craft into the water. These are the only vehicles permitted to drive on the beach at Newton under local bylaws. Maintenance of the tractors is as you would expect high so members are requested to check the fluid levels before they take a tractor from the clubhouse and members are expected to return them to the clubhouse and wash them down if they are the last members to leave the beach. 

Membership

If you are unable to log in using your email address, please email ppsclub@outlook.com with details of your membership and a valid email address and this will be updated.

Failure to use your existing record will create a new member record and will add the joining fee to your subscription costs.

Subscriptions for the next season become due on January 1st. Please ensure that subscriptions are paid before the General Meeting (held 1st Sunday of February), after which additional fees will be applied as follows :

• 1 month late for renewal incurs an additional £30 fee
• 2 months late for renewal incurs an additional £60 fee

NOTE - If your renewal application is not received by the General Meeting, membership will lapse, you will be deemed a non-member and your number allocated to a new member. Reinstatement will be at the discretion of the Executive Committee and will be considered as a New Membership and thus will incur the New Membership fee.

Remember if you are thinking of not rejoining you can pay an associate fee to keep your membership active and allow you to rejoin the club when you next get a craft without paying a joining fee. This will also allow you to use the toilets and showers when at the beach.

Membership Types (summarised)

Full Membership

• Full use of the club facilities (including spouse/partner and children under 18)
• Insurance to drive the tractors (full member only)

Watersports Membership (Non-powered craft only)

• Full use of club facilities

Associate Membership

• Insurance to drive the tractors to assist full member launch/recover their craft only

Information for Members

On joining the club you will be asked to attend a new members meeting (to be arranged in advance) held at the clubhouse. After joining, you will receive a copy of our rule book and constitution attached to the welcome email, please ensure you read this before attending the new members meeting.

Please Note

• It can take up to 14 days to process your application and arrange a new members meeting.
• Please do not expect to launch and use the club as soon as you have paid.
• You are not permitted to use the club or launching facilities until you have had your new members meeting.

The rules can also be found here PPBSC Rules - February 2021.pdf. 

You will also be shown how to use the tractor and where to launch from on the beach as well as other safety information.

Insurance

A copy of the insurance certificate for each craft. Certificate must have a minimum third party liability of 2 million pounds. Where the craft is in multiple ownership the names of all crew will need to be detailed.

• On joining or renewing a Copy of the insurance certificate must be sent with your membership form and will be retained by PPS Club.

You must ensure you have your craft number on your trailer and the craft. This will ensure we can identify any craft that has not returned at the end of the day.

Please ensure you notify someone if you intend to stay out past dusk.

Launching

Ensure you have a second safety strap to secure your craft to your trailer whilst being towed by the tractor.
Never take the tractor in the water over the tow hitch.
Never launch past the Blue bins or in the middle of the beach at low tide.

Speed limit

Full throttle should not be engaged within 50 meters of the water's edge, except when a skier is starting from the beach.
Particular attention should be paid when entering or exiting the Slipway area and where people may be swimming.