YCC Level2: Cabin Keelboat (GibSea) Course

Eligibility

Any active YCC member who:

holds an Yngling licence, and
holds another YCC licence
has been offered a place to the course via the lottery
has successfully enrolled for the course.

Contents of the Course

The Gib Sea Course prepares for the GibSea Test. Once you have passed this test and fulfil the Swiss requirements for sailing a boat with more than 15 m² of sail, you are entitled to use the YCC GibSea as skipper. The course consists of:

theory classes;
2 surveillance sessions on the Q boat;
6 practical classes on the GibSea;
5 practice sessions on Thursday evenings;
optional participation in a regatta;
help in maintenance of the boats, if requested.

Participants in the Gib Sea Course are already deemed to:

understand basic sailing terminology;
have recent practical sailing experience;
be able to make the basic 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.

At the start of the course, you will be issued a card on which the various items are to be indicated as having been completed.

Theory Class

The theory class for keel-boats covers:

sailing techniques for keel-boats;
main regatta rules.

Surveillance

Please check the YCC Surveillance Pages in order to fix dates for your surveillance sessions.

Practical Classes

These sailing outings take place under the responsibility of your teacher. You will usually be sailing on the Gib Sea 264, but occasionally also other boats may be used. During these outings, you should acquire the following skills:

rigging and unrigging the boat;
manoeuvring the centreboard;
use of the navigation lights;
manoeuvring in the harbour by engine without colliding with obstacles in the channels and other boats;
choosing sails appropriate for the expected wind conditions;
taking a reef in the main and changing the foresail while sailing;
taking the helm;
control of heeling by using the sheets;
sailing at close haul, at broad reach and running with proper sail trim in each course;
going-about (tacking);
performing a gybe;
stopping the boat within a few metres of a given place;
recovering crew from the water with a man-overboard manoeuvre;
anchoring;
mooring the boat, also in an unknown harbour;
returning into the harbour by engine and by sail.

Use of the spinnaker is not part of this course, but you should feel free to ask your teacher to demonstrate this technique.

You will, as a rule, have one practical class per week between 18:00 and 20:30. In 2011 the sellsons will take place on Wednesdays

Maintenance

Taking part in maintenance is helpful to better understand the functioning of the boats. If you wish to take part in maintenance, contact the committee member in charge of maintenance of this boat.

Last modified on 25-1-2011, LC.