Central River YC (St Petersburg)
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General
The Saint Petersburg River Yacht Club is the oldest and the biggest yacht club in Russia. It was established in 1860. The club's founders liked to travel by small boats on rivers, which are numerous in this region. That's why they called the club the River Yacht Club. Right from its foundation the River Yacht Club had facilities on the sea coast and its activities have always been directed to voyages and sports on the sea.
During its history our club has changed its name and site rather often. In 1910 on its 50th anniversary the club received an honorable addition to its name: The Saint Petersburg River Yacht Club of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, thus marking the club's great achievements in sports and social life. In Soviet times our club was renamed and changed its place several times. In 1935 - 1936 the club was moved for the last time to the sea end of the island, which lies at the mouth of the river Neva and is named after Peter the First. So now our postal address is 197042 Saint Petersburg, Petrowskya Kosa 9, Russia. After that move the name of the club became Zentralny (Central) because it was the biggest yacht club in the city even at that time. Later on several other little yacht clubs joined our club. Choosing the present place for our yacht club, the authorities took into consideration the need for simple sea approaches. That's why our club has the best sea approaches and stands close to the historical center of Saint Petersburg.
Presently the club owns about 80 big cruiser yachts and about 100 little sailing boats. The flag ship of our club is the schooner Nadezda (Hope), built in 1912 in Holland. We have several other historic vessels: the yacht Merame built in 1910 in Finland, also the yachts Zvezda, Neva and Malva built in 1936 - 1938 in Germany. Our club accommodates about 50 other big vessels. In addition in summer we can receive about 50 large visiting yachts every day.
Approaches
Simple and safe access through the Petrovskiy fairway equipped with leading lights (65.3° - 245.3°). The harbour is easily identified from the fairway by its conspicuous administrative building standing beside the Guest Harbour. There are the artificial breakwaters and other protecting constructions.
Approach to St.Petersburg River Yacht Club
59 57 9'N 30 14 5'Е
St.Petersburg River Yacht Club is situated on Petrovskiy island between mouths of Malaya Neva and Malaya Nevka rivers. Northern coast of Petrovskiy island locates Gostevaya and Paradnaya harbors, while Southern coast - Rabochaya harbor.
Paradnaya harbor is located along the left coast of Malaya Nevka river. Gostevaya harbor is located on the western part of Petrovskiy island and is separated from Nevskaya inlet by a protective mole from е. Berths of Gostevaya and Paradnaya harbors are equipped with electric power supply and fresh water.
Rabochaya harbor is located on the southern coast of Petrovskiy island and is equipped with a hoisting crane (12 tonn), fuel station, repair and sailing service.
Petrovskiy fairway serves for approaching St.Petersburg River Yacht Club from Nevskaya inlet. It is limited from N by a Krestovskaya shoal, from S - by the shoal of Dekabristov island. The fairway width is 80 meters; 4 meters depth is being maintained. In the point where the first elbow changes to the second one, another fairway branches off Petrovskiy fairway, leading to mouth of Malaya Nevka river, which flows into Nevskaya inlet between Petrovskiy and Krestovskiy islands.
Petrovskiy fairway is equipped for day- and night-time navigation and is marked by light and unlit buoys. Navigation along the fairway is supported by leading lines of lighthouses and light beacons. The fairway leading to mouth of Malaya Nevka river (to Paradnaya and Gostevaya harbors of St.Petersburg River Yacht Club), is marked by unlit buoys.
Petrovskiy fairway
Petrovskiy fairway has two elbows.
The first elbow starts from entrance light buoy # 2 on the left side (j=59°57'N; l=30°09'Е), with the direction of 245,3° - 65,3° up to light buoy # 11 on the right side. The length of the first elbow makes 2 Nm.
The leading line of Krestovskiy island lights leads along the first elbow of Petrovskiy fairway, leading line direction is 245,3° - 65,3°.
- The front beacon - white circular ferroconcrete beacon tower with red vertical stripe from leading line side. The structure is 12 meters in height, the light is red fixed, visible 11 miles. The beacon is exhibited at south-western extremity of Krestovskiy island.
- The rear beacon - white circular ferroconcrete beacon tower with red vertical stripe from leading line side. The structure is 17,2 meters in height, the light is red fixed, visible 11 miles. The beacon is exhibited at south-western extremity of Krestovskiy island, two cables from the front beacon.
The second elbow starts from light buoy # 11 on the right side and lies with the direction 294,7° - 114,7° at the distance of 7,5 cables and is separated by three pillar buoys on the right side.
Malonevskiy leading line is situated on the shoal in the mouth of Malaya Neva river, leading along the second elbow of Petrovskiy fairway, leading line direction is 294,7° - 114,7°.
- The front beacon is situated 1 cable from the Northern coast of Dekabristov island.
- The rear beacon is situated 181 meters from the front one.
Beacons appearance: white boards in the form of trapezium with a black vertical stripe in the middle, partially destroyed, established on concrete foundation.
Directions to navigate along Petrovskiy fairway
To approach near buoy # 2 of Petrovskiy fairway from the sea, the following may be used as landmarks:
- radio-mast of ol'gino settlement;
- tv mast;
- four lightheads of kirova stadium, located on western extremity of krestovskiy island;
- spire of peter and paul cathedral, located on southern coast near petrodvorets.
Entrance buoy # 2 (59°57'N; 30°09'Е) of the Petrovskiy fairway left side is approximately located on the line of lightheads of Kirova stadium - Peter and Paul cathedral in Petrodvorets.
On approaching entrance buoy # 2 of the Petrovskiy fairway, steer for the leading line of the light beacons of Krestovskiy island and follow the line until light buoy # 11, then turn right and steer for the Malonevskiy leading line. On passing 7,5 cables along Malonevskiy leading line up to the pillar buoy near Dekabristov island, turn left and keeping in the middle of Malaya Neva fairway, follow upwards up to Tuchkov bridge.
To enter Rabochaya harbor of St.Petersburg River Yacht Club, reach the beam of the rear beacon of the Malonevskiy leading line, turn 90° left and follow to the harbor at low speed.
To pass to Malaya Nevka river to Gostevaya and Paradnaya harbors of St.Petersburg River Yacht Club, proceed without following Malonevskiy leading line to the left from the pillar buoy, separating the fairways, leaving it on the starboard side, and keep in the middle of the marked fairway up to the Malaya Nevka river entrance.
Other
Boats going to the Central Yacht Club from Kronstadt can use as reference points the Saint Petersburg TV tower, or the stadium, named after Kirov, with its flood-light masts (these can be seen to the left of the club, over the river). Further on, you will come to a break in the line of modern houses. First the club whereabouts will be seen as a low, wide green zone between the towering modern buildings, then you'll detect the right edge of this break, which is the Vasilievsky Island with its buildings (this island lies to the right of the club, on the opposite bank of the river from it). More closely you'll see the futuristic 3 floor administrative building of the yacht club.
The recommended course is 92 - 272 degrees from the buoys numbers 23 and 24. Those coming along the Sea Channel up to buoys 33 and 34 will see lit range buoys, leading to the Peter's Passage on a course of 63 - 253 degrees. The length of Peter's Passage from the entrance buoy number 2 to the Parade Harbor of the Saint Petersburg Central Yacht Club is 3,1 miles. They always maintain the depth in this Passage to no less than 4 meters and a width of 80 meters. To navigate through this Passage follow the Krestovsky Island beacons. The beacons are 2 steel and concrete towers with red vertical lines. Their lights are fixed red and can be seen from 11 miles distance. The direction to the beacons is 245,3 - 65,3 degrees.
Once you reach the buoys 10 and 12 of Peter's Passage you can keep to the north of the Passage but only at a distance of 50 meters from buoys, no more. Further west from buoy 10 you can follow the Passage in the same manner, but keeping even closer to the line of buoys. It is not recommended to go to the south side of the Passage. Boats using Peter's Passage drawing less than 1 meter must follow the channel outside of the buoys. Bigger vessels must move under power. Ships using Peter's Passage are not obliged to give way to sailing yachts. From buoy number 14 in Peter's Passage begins a sea channel, leading to the river Bolshaia Nevka and to the Central Yacht Club. This is the way to the Parade Harbor in the Bolshaia Nevka which features stone embankments and wooden mooring berths, and also to the Guest Harbor, which is the big basin at the sea side of the club. It also has a wooden pontoon on its eastern side. The entrance to the Guest Harbor is between two stone breakwaters just at the edge of the river's mouth. The depths in both harbors are 3,5 - 4 meters and more, except the farthest south side of the Guest Harbor, which is used mostly for motorboats. Peters Passage leads farther into the river Malaya Neva, where the yacht club also has a Work Harbor (the first on the left from the river's mouth).
Facilities
There are 3 main docks. The Guest (or Western) Harbor is used mostly for visiting vessels and is situated at the sea end of our club. It is divided from the open sea by a stone embankment and is quite secure. The Parade Harbor consists of berthing places used in summer mostly by our own fleet and vessels of other companies and persons. The Working Harbor is close to our shipbuilding and repair facilities and winter on shore places for yachts. It is used mostly for work on vessels. There is a 12.5 ton crane.
We are in the process of developing repairing and shipbuilding facilities in our club. We already can undertake practically any repair job for a small or medium size vessel. Prices for such services are subject to negotiation. They are comparatively low, but the quality of work is high. Our workers are especially good when reconstructing old yachts with wooden hulls. We have many orders for this kind of work from Russian and foreign sailors. Our club is a secure place and has security guards 24 hours a day.
Saint Petersburg Central (River) Yacht Club Petrovskaya kosa 9 Saint-Petersburg 197110 Tel: +7 812 235-6636 Fax: +7 812 235-6636, www.yachtclub.spb.ru info@yachtclub.spb.ru
