License Sailing.
Recommended age: 14 to 77
Sailing license
Price range: CHF 80.00 through CHF 1,000.00
We offer several à la carte packages to suit your availability. We will do everything we can to meet your expectations and achieve your goals.
Below you will find our different packages.
Then book directly online using our calendar.
See the availability schedule
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Why get your sailing license at the Crans Nautical Club?
Located between Nyon and Geneva, the Club Nautique de Crans (CNC) offers an ideal setting and professional facilities for learning. Whether you are a complete beginner or want to perfect your skills for the exam, our courses are tailored to your pace.
Flexibility and personalized support.
- À la carte courses: Plan your sessions according to your availability via our online platform.
- Duration: 2-hour sessions for optimal progress without excessive fatigue.
- Location: Port of Crans – Terre-Sainte – Vaud.
The SUPRISE: The benchmark sailing boat on Lake Geneva.
- Overall length 7.65 m
- Width (Bau) 2.48 m
- Draft 1.60 m
- Total weight Approx. 1,250 kg
Number of crew members: 1 to 5
Sail Areas
- Upwind sail area Approx. 33.5 m2
- Spinnaker Approx. 45 m2
- Responsiveness and Precision: The Surprise is a "lively" boat that reacts immediately to every sail adjustment and every movement of the tiller. It is the ideal vessel for understanding the finer points of sailing and acquiring the right reflexes.
- Exam Standard: By completing your training on a Surprise, you will learn on the model of boat most commonly used by SAN experts. On exam day, you will be on familiar ground, which significantly reduces stress.
- Versatility: Both safe for beginners and technical for racers, it allows you to progress quickly, from your first harbor maneuvers to perfect mastery of the spinnaker.
- A shared future: As the most common sailboat on Lake Geneva, learning on a Surprise opens the door to future sailing opportunities: it will be very easy to rent one or join crews after obtaining your license.
Details of our practical training.
Our qualified instructors prepare you for all the requirements of the official Department of Motor Vehicles and Navigation (SAN) exam:
- Mastery of essential nautical knots.
- Port maneuvers: docking and undocking.
- Sailing: tacking, jibing, heaving to, holding a course.
- Safety and emergencies: man overboard maneuver, picking up a buoy while sailing...
- Reading the wind and optimizing sail settings according to weather conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions.
It depends on your previous experience, but you should expect to spend around 10 hours of intensive practice to be fully prepared for the expert level.
Where does the exam take place? The practical exam usually takes place from the port of Crans or a nearby port, with an official examiner on board.
L'Examen Pratique se déroule au départ du port de Crans, avec un expert officiel à bord. Nous vous entrainons sur place pour vous familiariser à l'environnement le jour de votre examen pratique.
The solo exam usually lasts one hour. The examiner will ask you to perform all the recommended exercises, usually twice in a row to confirm that you know how to do them. On the day of the exam, we suggest you go out for an hour before the lesson to get into the right frame of mind and navigate in the weather conditions that will prevail during the exam.
You can take the Sailing License exam in French or English. We offer courses accordingly.
In Solo, there is you, the skipper-helmsman, the inspector, and our instructor who plays the role of crew member.
In Duo mode, you and your partner take turns as skipper and crew member. The Inspector and our Instructor are also on board.
For the exam to take place, there must be a minimum wind speed (4-5 knots). We adjust the sail area according to weather conditions. However, as weather forecasting is an inexact science, we must remain flexible in order to find the right time slot to take the exam.
Similarly, during lessons, we can postpone them or perform maneuvers using the engine if the weather conditions are not favorable.
Informations Pratiques & Prérequis.
Le jour de l'examen pratique, assurez-vous de remplir les conditions suivantes :
-
Âge minimum : 14 ans révolus.
-
Examen théorique : Vous devez avoir réussi l'examen théorique de navigation (valable 24 mois).
To prepare for the theory test, we recommend our partner boatdriver.ch
.
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
Related products
Keelboat – Private Lessons
Price range: CHF 100.00 through CHF 900.00
Objective Régate des Châteaux
Original price was: CHF 595.00.CHF 535.50Current price is: CHF 535.50.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.