YACHTING CLUB CERN

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In the picture: 3 YCC Yngling hoisting sails in Port Choiseul during an Yngling Course 2020

Due to the brutal progression of the COVID-19 pandemic and following the directives issued by the Swiss and Cantonal authorities, we ask all our members sailing on the Club’s boats to respect the updated protection plan:

CERN Yachting Club protection plan for continuing sailing activities

1. The rules of the host states, and of Swiss Sailing prevail if they are stricter (in that order or precedence). The latest document of the Swiss Federal Office of Sport from 28th October 2020 can be found at this address: https://www.baspo.admin.ch/content/​baspo-internet/fr/aktuell/covid-19-sport.detail.news.html/​baspo-internet/2020/Was-im-Sport-noch-moeglich-ist.html. It details, i.a., that for outdoor sports a mask must be worn or the minimum distance of 1.5m must be kept at all times.
2. Skippers shall also study the press release of the Geneva state council from 29th October 2020 available here:https://www.ge.ch/document/point-presse-du-conseil-etat-du-29-octobre-2020 and keep up-to-date with the evolution of these rules.

Following a stricter application of these rules the following constraints must be followed by club members:

3. The skipper and crew also accept the risk of infection associated with using shared boats and use the YCC boats at the own risque et périls
4. The groups of people sailing together should mix as little as possible; it is highly preferred to have always the same crews sail together, also for private outings
5. The skipper collects the contact details of all participants and makes them available to the YCC Corona Plan Responsible, Luigi Gallerani, on request; these data will have to be kept for 14 days after the outing
6. Except for on the boat, 1.5 m distance must be kept between all participants (this applies to the travel, briefings, rigging, etc.)
7. On the boat, distance between participants must be as much as possible
8. Washing hands or using disinfectant before going on the boat and after leaving the boat.
9. Persons that have covid-symptoms such as cough and fever cannot participate in any activity
10. Even more than in non-pandemic times, members taking out our boats are responsible for repairs and maintenance. They should undertake any repairs and maintenance within the period of their booking. If they cannot do so for any reason, they need to explain why not in the log and if the problem is serious, take the initiative to contact the maintenance team by phone immediately.
11. Assume the boat is contaminated when you use it and act accordingly (including but not limited to, clothes, gloves, etc.)
12. The use of any infrastructure in the CNV building shall be reduced to a minimum
13. Bring your own life vest as much as possible
14. The maximum wind limit is reduced from 5 to 4 Bf (6 Bf to 5 Bf for Surprises and J/xx)
15. For the buvettes and the Moby Dick shop, the rules as for any restaurant / shop apply
16. Avoid anything which puts anyone else, e.g., sauvetage teams or other boats assisting you, unnecessarily at risk
17. Use common sense

Two of our keelboats: Jedi and Mic Mac have just joined their winter quarters were there will have a good rest after an intensive season…

Jedi will hibernate on the parking of Port-Choiseul:

Jedi just got out of water on Wednesday 7th to reach her near winter quarter

Mic Mac has chosen to go back to BA5, where she is used to sleep as in previous wintering.

Mic Mac coming out of water on Friday 16th to reach BA5 her favourite place

Many thanks to all helpers who permitted our keelboats to join their winter quarters.

Photos by Jens

The Event:

We are happy to announce that the YCC is joining with other sailing clubs in Port Choiseul to put on “Les Voiles de Choiseul”, which is a relaxed and friendly regatta-style event where everyone is welcome to join. We hope that as many boats of all different types and sizes (dinghies, catamarans and keelboats) and that as many people including friends, family and children will come and join in the sailing action.

Les Voiles de Choiseul will take place every Wednesday in September. There will be a briefing at 18h00 in front of the crane at la CNV during which we will explain the plan for the evening and where you will need to fill a form in to participate in the event. The starting sequence will be around 18h45.

Each Wednesday a different club will coordinate the running of the event:

• 9 September SPC (Star de Port Choiseul)
• 16 September CNV (Club Nautique de Versoix)
• 23 September DSC (DuPont Sailing Club)
• 30 September YCC (Yachting Club CERN)

To Take Part:

Simply book a boat via the YCC reservation table, invite who you would like to join you as crew, then come to the 18h00 briefing on the day itself. Participation is free of charge. Skippers looking for additional crew and crew looking for a boat to join can use our “Find Skipper or Crew” platform.

As always, Skippers, please record the full names of everyone who crews with you in the Boat Log once you have returned the boat.

COVID-19 Protection Measures:

Finally, for the safety of everyone, please respect the following COVID-19 protection measures:

• Anyone belonging to one of the vulnerable persons categories as defined by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health should abstain from participating in Les Voiles de Choiseul. (cf. the people at especially high risk webpage and Ordinance 2 on Measures to Combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19), article 10b: vulnerable persons are persons older than 65 years and persons suffering notably from the following pathologies: arterial hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, weak immunity linked to a therapy or an illness, cancer.
• Anyone showing symptoms of flu or cold should abstain from coming to Les Voiles de Choiseul. Organisers may turn down anyone showing symptoms.
• Anyone who participates in Les Voiles de Choiseul accepts the risk of infection associated with using shared boats.
• Assume the boat is contaminated when you use it and act accordingly (including but not limited to, clothes, gloves, etc.)
• People have to wash hands before starting rigging the boat and before starting derigging it.
• Except for on the boat, 1.5m distance should be kept between all participants. Where this is not possible, a suitable face mask covering the mouth and nose should be worn.

Happy sailing!

A small post to remember that useful documents or videos with usage information about our boats and many materials inventories can be found in the documentation section of our website.

The section has also been updated with a video an a cheat sheet on usage our new Dynamic 3000 flagship.

LIVE tracker

Updates

07:50 Mamma Mia is going to end the course after 22h of race. Bravo Antoine!!

00h25: In front of Evian, heading west, I suppose by Spi

21h35: Bouveret Mark passed! Bravo!!

21h00: Mamma Mia is sailing East at 4-5knots, almost crossed the french-swiss border again, we can expect Antoine to pass the bouveret mark bouy at around 22h.

16h31: Mamma Mia GPS a reports Speed over Ground of 9.3knots, and Antoine has recovered other few positions. Wind has increased and Bise is getting stronger and stronger. As the group of surprises has passed thonon, they are now probably sailing beam reach!

14h15: Little wind but Antoin is going great and he is in the middle, recovering many positions. Managed to spot him from the Qboat and take him some pictures.

09h32: Very good Start for Mamma mia, that sails among the firsts surprises in this difficult start with very little wind 1-2 bft.

Antoine Bordelais at the Translemanique on YCC Mamma Mia: Antoine going to race this year the Translemanique en Solitaire on YCC Surprise Mamma Mia tomorrow. The Translemanique is the most challenging race of the Leman, it share the course of the Bol d’Or, but every skipper is alone on the boat…. This year, is expected to be quite intense because of the bad weather.

I encourage all members to follow the race and support Antoine, going in front of La Nautique on Sat 29 Aug 2020, start signal is at 09h30 to view the departure, or follow the race online http://www.syztranslemanique.ch/fr-ch and http://www.suiviregate.ch/mapapps.html?reg_id=TLM20

You can already read some of the Antoine’s comments on his blog: https://translem2020.blogspot.com/

or read about the experience of the past edition from the YCC Translemanique skippers, Luigi, Andrin, Alex, Michal, Thierry and Andrea https://yachting.web.cern.ch/yachting/regatta

Have a good wind Mamma Mia, SUI 702.