YCC Level 3: Dynamic 3000 Course

Eligibility

Any active YCC member who:

• holds a GibSea licence
• has been offered a place to the course via the lottery
• has successfully enrolled for the course.

Contents of the Course

The Dynamic course is our top-tier course prepares for sailing our flagship, the Dynamic 3000. It covers the Dynamic familiarisation. Once you have done the course successfully and passed the official Swiss inshore licenses for sailing a boat with more than 15 m² of sail and for motor boat, you are entitled to use the Dynamic as skipper. The course consists of:

• theory classes;
• 8 practical classes on the Dynamic 3000;
• explanation of the handling the engine;
• practice sessions on Thursday evenings;
• help in maintenance of the boats, if requested.

• understand sailing terminology for advanced boats;
• have recent practical sailing experience on large keel-boats
• have extensive practical experience with harbour manoeuvers with inboard engines
• be able to make bow-line, figure-of-eight and reefing knots;
• know the priority regulations on the lake as summarised in the booklet Naviguez sur les eaux suisses !, and given in full in the LNI and ONI;
• know the YCC rules.

Theory Class

The theory class for keel-boats covers:

• sailing techniques for keel-boats;
• sail adjustments;
• main regatta rules.

Practical Classes

These sailing outings take place under the responsibility of your teacher. You will be sailing on the Dynamic 3000. The program of the course is:

• rigging and unrigging the boat;
• leaving and returning to the berth by engine without colliding with obstacles in the channels and other boats;
• other engine manoeuvers are not part of this course, to reduce wear-and-tear on the equipment
• mooring the boat, also in an unknown harbour;
• choosing sails appropriate for the expected wind conditions;
• use of the running backstays (absolutely mandatory): drill for crews of various size, correct command and control of the drill during tacks and gybes
• taking a reef in the main and changing the foresail;
• taking the helm, anticipating waves, optimising speed;
• optimisation of the sail trim at close haul and broad reach;
• sailing at constant heeling, absorbing gusts by using the main sail traveller and the main sheet;
• roll-tack and limiting loss of speed while tacking;
• operating the spinnaker;
• performing a gybe, with and without spinnaker;
• prevention of and recovery from a broach;
• sailing a regatta course: taking the start, approach and rounding of buoys;
• stopping the boat within a few metres of a given place;
• heaving-to;
• recovering crew from the water with a man-overboard manoeuvre;
• use of the navigation lights;
• anchoring.

You will, as a rule, have 1 practical class per week between 18:00 and 21:00, but the actual end is at the discretion of the teacher.

Maintenance

Taking part in maintenance is helpful to better understand the functioning of the boats.