1. Yachting Club CERN YCC Courses 2012 Luca Canali e-mail: Luca.Canali@cern.chLuca.Canali@cern.ch http://cern.ch/ycc

2. Courses in 2012 YCC Courses 2012

3. Lottery CoursePrerequisite 1 st choice applicants 2 nd choice applicants Places available Dinghy (D)None734318 Dinghy CNV+YCC (CN) None9148 Yngling (Y)None596618 Competent Crew (CC) None28258 Advanced dinghy (ED) D1066 Advanced Catamaran (EC) D or Y10176 Surprise (SU)Y + any other1469 Cabin keel-boat (GS)Y + any other1095 Total-21318678 YCC Courses 2012

4. Notes on 2012 courses Lottery overbooked, as usual –We have limited number of teachers –Level 1 courses very popular –SU and C very popular too since a few years YCC+CNV dinghy course –Continue positive experience Students are often absent/ have busy schedule –Puts strain on course organisation Low passing rates this year for 2 nd level courses –In particular ED, EC and SU YCC Courses 2012

5. Questionnaire New in 2012 –Introduced by Michel Chevalier for Y course, extended to other courses. 22 completed responses Notable feedback (although partial sample): –“courses meet expectations” –Average students sailing time: 1 or 2 outings per week –Students would like to have a few more course outings –More structure to the course Some students felt lack of uniform teaching method –More information at registration time on the needed time commitment for the course YCC Courses 2012

6. Sailing Tests Results YCC Courses 2012 WEWDEDCECYCCSURMGSTotal 2012--261332854412591 2011--32455187111746109 2010--19211183175-3197 20091-2996-2887-3999 20084–1834-30-6-5777 20071122073-28-5-818102 20061231431-20-7-2365

7. Many thanks to the teachers! CourseCoordinatorTeachers Dinghies (D) and (ED) Jan Fiete Grosse- Oetringhaus Paul Smith, Jan Fiete Grosse-Oetringhaus, Alex Cerri, Luca Canali, Jamie Boyd, Thierry Boileau, Jens Spanggaard, Jenny Macgregor, Claus Schmitzer, Maarten Schokker, Alessandro Thea, Nina Ingenkamp, Massimo Paladin, Luigi Gallerani, Alexander Kasterine, Ricardo Morais Silva Goncalo, Vincent Cobham, Andrea Messina, Giacinto Piquadio, David Porret, Slawosz Uznanski, Giovanni Zevi Della Porta. Yngling (Y) Michel Chevallier Marcel Arditi, Michel Chevallier, Michel Cornevin, Dejan Dincic, Jonathan Duplissy, Tim Hancox, Tatiana Klioutchnikova, Yvonne Rogers, Maarten Schokker, Jean Vasic, Rob Veenhof, Helen Morris, Rachid Mazini. Competent Crew (CC) Yvonne RogersYvonne Rogers, Tim Hancox, Maarten Schokker Catamaran (EC) Gonzalo Penacoba John Fullerton, Gonzalo Penacoba, Hugues Richard, Ricardo Morais Silva Goncalo Surprise (SU) Torsten LaydaTorsten Layda, Paul Aspell, Remy Andrean, Rob Veenhof Gib Sea (GS) Sascha Schmeling Sascha Schmeling with the help of Gijs De Rijk Theory Courses Michel Cornevin, Paul Smith, Sebastian Łopieński, Rob Veenhof. YCC Courses 2012

8. Acknowledgements Q-boat drivers and to the maintenance volunteers Many thanks to the students –for making teaching fun and rewarding! –for understanding this is a volunteer-based effort YCC Courses 2012