Sailing activites starts in Versoix Port Choiseul, the meeting point is The Buvette du Port Choiseul, link points to the google maps.
Important: Active Membership gives access to most of the club sailing activities.
Membership does not guarantee access to sailing courses, except Level 0.
Course places are awarded through the lottery extraction. Since 2020, lottery registration is open only to members.
The lottery opens on February 18th and closes on March 17th at midday.
Please foresee ~10 working days to process your enrolment. Reimboursement of the membership fees is not possible.
Please use this Google CALENDAR link to import the YCC Calendar on your smartphone! or This link to see it FULL page and click Look for More to display more dates
Activity | When | Description |
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Level 0 Course | At the beginning of the season | A free course intended for new club members who would like to get a first sailing experience. The scope of this course includes basic sailing knowledge needed for level 1 courses and for developing their skills further in other club activities. |
Thursday Practice | Every Thursday from April to October | Sailing practice to all active members, it is a great opportunity to sail together and to get practice on all our boats. |
Theory Lessons | From February to April | Theory lessons covering many aspects of sailing, open to every member interested, Theory lesson are usually at CERN, maps.cern.ch can help locating the rooms.
Lot of information on how club works, how to access to courses, is given so check the theory lesson |
Sailing Courses | From April to July | Check the courses page and start sailing with us! |
Private outing | whenever you want | Once you are an active member and a skipper and you get a key of a specific boat, you can reserve online for free one boat of the key class, and sail yourself with whoever you want in slots of 3 hours. Multiple slots can be combined. |
Cruise | Every year a fleet cruise in some nice sailing place. | |
Yngling Training | Some Tuesday Evenings | Register online! Yngling practice outing supervised by competent skippers. Open to every member, not only to yngling students. |
Dinghy Training | Some Tuesday Evenings | Register online! a dedicated practice outing for Dinghy and supervised by competent skippers. |
Dinghy days | Some Saturday | a full day dedicated to dinghy sailing, typically in 2 sessions of 3 hours each. |
Regatta Training | After work on some days | late afternoon on keel-boat, a training to build a winning YCC Regatta team. |
Regattas | All the season | you can compete with all the other active members of the club in Internal Regatta, or race on YCC boat against international sailors in the most prestigious regatta on the Lac Leman |
Social Outings | stay tuned | we organize special outings, sometimes in combination with good sunset, barbecue, fireworks on the lake... |
Sailing Test EXAM KEYS | On appointment | To become a skipper and organize your private outing, see the Sailing Test page for each type of boat/key. |
Last modified: November 2024, FM