YCC Sailing Tests

It is NOT necessary to take a course to obtain a key. If you know sailing, the Thursday practices, participation in the internal regattas and leisure outings with other club members will lead you the keys you desire. See chapters 5 and 7 of the club rules to make an informed decision about courses and keys.

Tests and licenses

To skipper our boats, you must have a key. See chapters 6 and 7 of our rules for a detailed presentation. There is a specific test for each key. You do not need to take a course to request a test and get a key.

After all outings, make sure your skipper writes down your name in the electronic logbook, as we request a minimum number of outings before testing you for a key. Outings on boats not belonging to the YCC do not count towards a key.

Holding an official license may be legally needed to sail our bigger boats. The exact requirements depend on your country of residence and the country that issued the license you may have. See chapter 6 of our rules for details. Holding an official license does not exempt you from passing the YCC internal tests.

Read carefully the pages dedicated to the various tests.

After you have passed your test, your license will be awarded once you have performed three helper's sessions. These can be a contribution to the maintenance, cleaning, moving of the boats, helping with the organization of a club activity, helping in an administrative task or participation in a surveillance session on the Q-boat. Helping in a regatta can in some cases count as a double session.

We encourage you taking these steps as early as possible in the sailing season, even before any test appointment.

Test Rules and Requirements

The table below lists the coordinators for the specific sailing courses and tests:

License	Boats	Test Coordinators
Dinghy	RS500, RS400, Melges 15, Laser	Stefan Biereigel
Advanced Dinghy	29er	Stefan Biereigel
Advanced Catamaran	Hobie Tiger, SL16, Nacra15	Gonzalo Penacoba
Yngling	Yngling	Silvia Costantini
Competent Crew	Surprise, GibSea, J70 and J80	Marco Silari
Surprise, J/80, J/70	Surprise, J80, J70	Torsten Layda
Spinnaker	Surprise, J80, J70	Mario Campanelli
Cabin Keelboat	GibSea	Gijs de Rijk
Advanced Cabin Keelboat	Dynamic 3000	Torsten Layda
Q-Boat, RIB	Boston Whaler, Bombard, RIB	Marcel Arditi
Theory	Boats requiring a Swiss official license. This test, internal to the club and similar to the Swiss official theory test, may be needed according to your situation. See chapter 6 of the YCC rules for details.	Michel Chevallier

License Expiration and Renewal

A YCC member who has left the club for 4 or more consecutive years will be asked to reactivate his/her keys, as they are frozen at the end of the 4th year of inactivity.

To reactivate a key:

1. Write to the committee member in charge of courses and test coordination asking to reactivate one or more keys.
2. The test coordinator will decide on the number and type of refresher outings that are needed to reinstate the key(s).
3. Following the report by the skippers on the refresher outings the test coordinator will take the decision on reinstating the relevant key(s).

Tests and Coordinators

Link to create a new test report (for examiners only).

For further questions please email the coordinator of the YCC courses: Michel Chevallier