YCC Fleet

We own a large fleet of 29 units: 10 Dinghies: 3 Lasers, 3 Melges, 3 RS, 1 29er. 4 Catamarans: 2 Hobie Tiger, 1 SL16, 1 Nacra. 12 Keelboats: 5 Yngling, 2 Surprise, 1 J80, 2 J70, 1 GibSea, 1 Dynamic 3000. And also 2 Motorboats and 1 Inflatable Zodiac.
Here the current fleet, and below, all the details.

Laser - Castor Laser - Pollux Laser - Photon Melges 15 - Athos Melges 15 - Porthos Melges 15 - Aramis RS400 - Santa Maria RS500 - La Nina RS500 - Rocket Science 29er - Neutrino Hobie Tiger - Meerkat Hobie Tiger - Netkat Sl16 - Catapult Nacra 15 - Quantum Cat Yngling - Vas-Y Yngling - Y-Vais Yngling - Y-Me Yngling - 1973 Yngling - Y-knot? Surprise - Mamma Mia Surprise - Mic Mac J80 - Jedi J70 - Padawan J70 - Joda Dynamic 3000 Gibsea Boston Whaler - Qboat Mother Duck II Zodiac Cadet 360 Alu - Baby Duck

Port-Choiseul Mooring Places and other fleet documents

YCC mooring places and estimated bathymetric plan produced in May 2023 by Alberto and Marine and updated by Nathalie and Tim to add the concrete blocs (yellow rectangles):

View from the sky of the YCC boat's mooring places and of Port-Choiseul situation:

Mooring Place from the sky Sky view from port Choiseul

Pictures by Federico 2022©

Regatta Insurance and certificates

You need this certificate to demonstrate that the boat is properly insured when participating to regattas.

Insurance 2024 Keelboats and Nacra in PDF
Insurance 2024 Dinghies, Cats and Ynglings in PDF

Dinghy

YCC RS500 during a capsize recovery manouver

Sailing YCC Laser in high wind conditions. Laser is our smallest dinghy

Keys: D for all, except the 29er that requires ED key.

We have a fleet of Modern and high performance dinghy. Dinghy are small and light sailing boats, designed for sport, fun and sail - learning. Dinghy have a retractable centerboard that allows an easy mooring on a trailer, and have NOT a weighted keel, that means their stability is granted by the weight of the crew on board, that has to move according to the wind to keep the balance. Dinghy are today very safe boat, the capsize and recovery is a pure fun event, that you will for sure enjoy. On dinghy, crew is in direct contact with the water, therefore a proper wet-suit is needed. There is better sailing boat to learn how to sail. Laser is one of the most successful sailing boat ever designed, is it the only boat in the club where you can sail alone. All our dinghy are category C boats, they are designed for max 6bft and 2 meter waves. In sustained wind (3bft-4bft), dinghy special hull design allows them to overpass the hull-speed and make them SURF on the waves generated by the hull. Surfing a dinghy is one of the most satisfactory and fun and sport-demanding experience you can have on the water. All the dinghy have a modern rig, self draining hull, full batten mainsail, auto-gennaker pole extracting circuit (of course, not the laser that has only the main sail).

Dinghies usage documentation, tutorials and videos

Model	Name	Cap	Registration	Length [m]	Beam [m]	year	Sail Area [m²]	Sail N^o	FFV Rating	FFV coeff.	YCC Rating (Yardstick)
Laser	Pollux	1	GE-19629	4.23	1.37	2011	7	SUI 201075	Standard=1100 Radial=1130	Standard=0.9091 Radial=0.8850	Standard=1095 Radial=1136
	Castor		GE-19628			2011		SUI 201074
	Photon		GE-19949			2005		SUI 183278
Melges 15	Athos	2	GE-23462	4.572	1.675	2024	12.4	SUI	960	1.0417
	Porthos		GE-23463			2024		SUI
	Aramis		GE-23464			2024		SUI
RS400 usage documentation	Santa Maria	2	GE-20929	4.52	2.00	2016	14.76	SUI 855	930	1.0753	943
RS500	la Niña	2	GE-20984	4.34	1.58	2016	13.1		Mylar=960 Dacron=980	Mylar=1.0417 Dacron=1.0204	Mylar=973 Dacron=985
RS500	Rocket Science	2	GE-19217	4.34	1.58	2009	13.1	721	Mylar=960 Dacron=980	Mylar=1.0417 Dacron=1.0204	Mylar=973 Dacron=985
29er	Neutrino	2	GE-20891	4.45	1.70	2016	13.19	SUI 2516	890	1.1765	919

Catamarans

High wind condition on Hobie Tiger with Luigi and Bruno cat course teachers

SL16 catamaran sailind during YCC training session

Keys: C for SL16, EC Hobie Tigers and Nacra

We have 3 Modern Catamarans. All of them are designed for sport and high performance sailing. The double hull design, gives to the boat a stability by shape, so there is no need of a weighted keel, plus the elongated hull shapes grants a very good hydrodynamic performance. Catamarans are very powerful machines, and their big sail area and the very fast speed requires a very good and fast sailing skills. Similar to the dinghy, sport catamarans also need the weight of the crew and the usage of the trapeze to keep balance. We consider catamarans advanced, but the SL16 can be a good boat to start sailing, or, in light wind condition, a good recreational boat. Some of the advantages of the catamarans are the speed, the low draft, the space on board. Main Disadvantages are the lower maneuverability in the port, and the complicated maneuver of capsize recovery. Catamaran performs best between 2 and 4 Beaufort maximum. Foiling Catamaran Nacra 15 In 2019, we will get a Nacra 15 with interchangeable C and L shaped centerboard, allowing the club to experience the joy of a foil-flying catamaran!

Model	Name	Cap	Registration	Length [m]	Beam [m]	year	Sail Area [m²]	Sail N^o	FFV Rating	FFV coeff.	YCC Rating (Yardstick)
Hobie Tiger	Meerkat	C3	GE-18865	5.51	2.60	2007	13	NED 2302	666	1.5015	693
Hobie Tiger	Netcat	C3		5.51	2.60		13	SUI 1395	666	1.5015	693
SL16 Sirena	Catapult	C3	GE-18662	4.80	2.35	2008	12.00	860	760	1.3158	890
Nacra 15	Quantum Cat	C2	GE21881	4.70	2.40	2019	13	SUI 266	736 721 (FCS Foiling)	1.3587 1.3870 (FCS Foiling)	734

Keelboats

YCC Yngling sailing during the summer to have a close viw of the SGN ship

YCC J70 racing downwind with Gennaker, followed by YCC Surprise Mic Mac sailing the Spinnaker

Key required: Y for Yngling - SU for Surprise, J70, J80, GS for GibSea

We have a large number of modern keel-boats, some of them very small and open deck like the Yngling, and are the most user boat in the club, because they are easy to handle and can be very recreational or are perfect for learning. Surprises, are multi-purpose classical boat design, and are most used sailing boat in the Leman lake.
J80 and J70 , are modern keel-boat designed mainly for performance sport and racing. They have like our dinghy a Gennaker instead of a Spinnaker, and they have a surfing hull profile. The space of the cabin is minimal, and most of the deck is available for a crew that need to fast maneuver.
TheGibsea is a classical cabin boat designed for the sea, for general purpose comfort sailing and cruising. Yngling and Surprise and J70 are boat of class C, (max 6bft 2meter waves) Gibsea and J80 are class B boat (max 8bft, 4meter waves).

Model	Name	Cap	Registration	Length [m]	Beam [m]	Draft [m]	year built	Engine [HP]	Sail Area [m²]	Sail N^o	N^o SRS (ACVL)	SRS Coefficient (ACVL)	FFV Rating	FFV coeff.	YCC Rating (Yardstick)
Yngling usage documentation	Vas Y	4	GE-1603	6.35	1.73	1.05	1974	-	15.00	SUI 499	1790	0.877 SRS/ACVL cert (2018)	1020	0.9794	1057
	J'Y Vais	3	GE-17830	6.34	1.71	1.05	2002	-	14.00	SUI 100	1791	0.877 SRS/ACVL cert (2018)
	Y-me ?	3	GE-17866	6.34	1.71	1.05	2003	-	14.00	SUI 452	1792	0.877 SRS/ACVL cert (2018)
	Janisico^[1]	4	GE-4787	6.35	1.73	1.05	1973	-	15.00	Z 57		0.877
	Y knot?	4	GE-7195	6.35	1.73	1.05	1972	-	14.00			0.877
Surprise usage documentation	Mic Mac^[1]	C6	GE-14297	7.65	2.48	1.60	1982	4	25.00	SUI 230	395	1.000 SRS/ACVL cert Jauge cert	925	1.0811	970
Surprise usage documentation	Mamma Mia	C6 D10	GE-19209	7.65	2.48	1.60	2009	4	25.00	SUI 702	982	1.000 SRS/ACVL cert Jauge cert	925	1.0811	970
J80 usage documentation	Jedi	8	GE-20406	8.00	2.49	1.50	2014	4	34.50 (Jib)	SUI 1523	1788	1.003 (Jib only, please!) SRS/ACVL cert	899	1.1123	922?
J70 usage documentation	Padawan	C6	GE-21579	6.93	2.25	1.45	2018	2.3	26.40 (Jib)	SUI 1375	2314	0.987 SRS/ACVL cert Measurement cert	906	1.1038	TBD
J70 usage documentation	Joda	C6	GE-23484	6.93	2.25	1.45	2024	2.3	26.40 (Jib)	SUI 1851		0.987 SRS/ACVL cert	906	1.1038	TBD
Dynamic 3000 usage documentation	MissR	8	GE-22276	10.40	2.50	1.65	1990	9	53.00	SUI 543		1.072	823	1.2151	TBD
Gib Sea 264	Gipsy^[1]	6	GE-52923	7.80	2.92	2.00 (0.80 lifted)	1996	12	30.00				1002	0.9980	1057

^[1] Boat held in co-ownership.

Motor and Service boats

YCC Qboat assisting a Dinghy Training session

Keys required:

M for the Boston Whaler ResQ (a.k.a the Q-boat) and the infatable Bombard Mother Duck II
R for the inflatable Zodiac Baby Duck (a.k.a the Rib).

Motor boats are NOT for private outings, are only used for safety and instructor teaching during the courses.
Our Q-Boats have a 80HP, repectively a 50HP, engines, so a motorboat license is mandatory.
The inflatable RIB has an engine of 8HP, so license is required if you are French resident only, and it is Class C.

Motor boats usage documentation

Model	Name	Cap	Registration	Length [m]	Beam [m]	year built	Engine [HP]
Boston Whaler Montauk 17 usage documentation	ResQ (a.k.a the Q-boat)	C7	GE-19285	5.00	1.91	1995	YamahaF100LB – 80HP/73.5kW
Bombard Explorer 550 NEO NR usage documentation	Mother Duck II	C14	GE-23137	5.50	2.18	2023	HONDA BF50DK4 – 50HP/36.8kW
Zodiac Cadet360 Alu usage documentation	Baby Duck (a.k.a. the Rib)	C6	GE-21825	3.63	1.67	2019	Yamaha F8FMHS – 8HP/5.9kW

Material owned by the club

Most of our material belongs to the boats and relative maintenance. Most of the material is it Stored in CERN BA5. We mention here some equipment that is of highly interest for members.

Sail inventory

We own a large collection of sails, for daily use and for regatta. See Keelboat Sail Inventory link in YCC shared documents.

YCC boat trailers

To transfer boats between winter storage space or to the Chantier Naval, we have some boat trailer: Boat, motor and trailer inventory link in YCC shared documents.

YCC Regatta Buoys

We have a lot of large and floatable regatta bouys List to come

Floating PMR Walkie Talkie Radio

To ensure safe communication during courses, regattas and also to private outings, Luigi Gallerani proposed in to buy 6 floating waterproof radios license free, and let them available during the sailing season in Versoix at the reservation computer kiosk. What we currently own:

6x SWITEL WTF 800 Scuba, Battery Model BP38/40 replaced on all unit in Jan 2019 - WTF800 User Manual PDF
3x original battery charger, each hosting 2 radios

PMR radio has 8 channel, and WTF800 uses sub-tones to create 40 communication channel. YCC Club Radio uses
Channel 4 Sub-tone 4. We encourage all the members, especially in high wind conditions, to keep the radio with them and instruct someone on the ground on how to use it. For any question please ask Luigi Gallerani. THOSE RADIO are not MARINE VHF and can't listen on Emergency CHF Channel 16, they can only be used for internal club communication.

Binoculars

Since 2019 we have 2 binoculars, one BRESSER 7x50 marine floating waterproof for navigation to be kept on board of SU or J80 and one OLYMPUS 10x50 for observation from the ground, to be kept in the computer box.
Marine binocular traditionally have no more than 7x magnification, as the oscillations of the boat makes impractical a higher one without stabilization, are fully waterproof and can float, and have an integrated compass to make azimuth, and a graduated reference system to make approximate distance measurements. Terrestrial binocular, instead, can have higher magnification. However, magnification is not the only important parameter, luminosity and field of view really matter. High luminosity is granted by a large aperture of the frontal lens, using of multi-coated lenses and prisms to reduce internal reflection, and a large aperture of the exit pupil of the eyepiece, (matching the maximum pupil of human eye around 5mm). Field of view is granted by an high quality optical design with low aberrations and distortion, such that image in the corner is sharp and fully usable. (cheap binoculars have a very narrow field of view). Both binocular at YCC have a Porro Prism design with multi-coated lenses and eyepieces, a large aperture (50mm) to ensure good view even during night and low light conditions.
BRESSER Nautical 7x50 WD Compass Binoculars The BRESSER Nautical 7x50 has a water resistant and robust rubber armour as well as a gas purged optical tubes. They therefore are the ideal binocular for maritime use on board. The gas purged filling of the Nautical binoculars prevents water and moisture from entering the binocular by creating an interior pressure capsule. The fully coated optics allow a bright and sharp image to be replicated even when the weather conditions have turned bad. Waterproof and fog-proof housing with nitrogen gas filling. Robust, rubber armoured binocular body. Illuminated compass and Reticle. Individual eyepiece focusing.

OLYMPUS 10x50 DPS I Type Porro prism series, Eye interval adjustment range 60 - 70mm, Lens configuration 5 elements / 3 groups, Magnification 10x, Objective lens diameter 50mm, Exit pupil diameter 5mm, Actual field of view 6.5°, Apparent field of view 65°, Field of view at 100m 11.4m, Relative brightness 25, Eye relief 12mm Closest focal point 6m, Dimensions 191 x 178 x 63mm (fully extended) Weight 855g

Note: Binoculars are very dedicated objects, they only works if they are perfectly calibrated and aligned, so threat them with a lot of respect and care, and remember, they absolutely do not tolerate mechanical shocks.

Dismissed boats

Model	Name	Cap	Old Registration	Length [m]	Beam [m]	Draft [m]	years	Engine	Sail Area [m²]	Sail N^o	FFV Rating	FFV Coeff.	YCC Rating (Yardstick)
Laser 2	Beauty	2	GE-16296	4.41	1.42		?-2015		11.5		1060	0.9434	1035
Laser 2	Charm	2	GE-16297	4.41	1.42		?-2015		11.5		1060	0.9434	1035
Jeanneau Aquila	Brabant	8	GE-10212	8.25	2.90	1.3	1978-2018	7.9	27.00		1021	0.9794
Edel II	Edel	4	GE-2452	5.57	2.10		1973-2019		14.00		1206	0.8292
Yamaha 340S	Yam	4	GE 19315	3.36	1.74		2010-2018	8
Bic 245 Sportyak	Bic	3	Not Required	2.45	1.20		2016-2018	max 3
RS400	Rolling Stone	2	GE-18041	4.52	2.00		2004-2023		14.76		930	1.0753	943
RS500	Rising Star	2	GE-18686	4.34	1.58		2008-2023		13.1		Mylar=960 Dacron=980	Mylar=1.0417 Dacron=1.0204	Mylar=973 Dacron=985
Topper Xenon	HiggX	2	GE-18545	4.50	2.00		2007-2023		12.00	SUI 71	1080	0.9259	1079
Tornado	Tornado	3	GE-51118	6.05	3.05		1990-2023		15	SUI 153	697 (classic) 635 (Big rig - Spi) 655 (24m2 Spi)	1.4225 (classic) 1.5748 (Big rig - Spi) 1.5291 (24m2 Spi)	644

Last modified: December 2024 by FM