2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 P RESENTATION
September 2015 Sailing Passion A.S.B.L is an apolitcal and secular nonproft organizaton incorporated under Luxembourg law. Its mission is to promote nautcal actvites with a partcular interest in sailing yachts. Sailing Passion works in close collaboraton with a variety of schools and educatonal establishments as well as organizatons supportng underprivileged, ill, or handicapped children, in order to foster integraton and combat social exclusion. Teens have there the possibility to gain the necessary experience to manœuvre such sailing boats. Lou Rey – President Info@sailingpassion.lu 2/13 Tel : +352 661 29 01 65
September 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS SCHOOLS' CUP PRESENTATION.......................4 PRESENTATION OF THE COMMITTEE...........4 Mission....................................................................5 Educational objectives......................................5 Educational project............................................5 Ashore beforehand ......................................5 Ashore during the event ............................5 At sea during the event ..............................5 Crews.......................................................................5 Where......................................................................6 When........................................................................6 REGISTRATION PROCEDURE.............................6 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS..............6 RULES...........................................................................6 PROGRAMME*..........................................................7 MANNING OF THE SAILING VESSELS.............7 INSURANCE AND LIABILITIES...........................7 LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO SEND BACK...........7 FAIRPLAY CUP..........................................................7 TRANSPORTATION.................................................8 PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY..................................8 PARTICIPATION FEES ..........................................8 EXTRACT FROM « L'ESSENTIEL »....................9 EXTRACT FROM «LE JEUDI»............................11 CREATE YOUR TEAM..........................................13 Info@sailingpassion.lu 3/13 Tel : +352 661 29 01 65
September 2015 SCHOOLS' CUP PRESENTATION Hoping to follow in the footsteps of "Siggy's Cup", which has enjoyed great success since 2007, the "School's Cup" frst took of in 2013. This sailing event is intended for the youth of Luxembourg and the Greater Region and will eventually extend to the youth from all 27 countries of the European Community. Sailing has been chosen as an ideal vector through which the humanist ideals of tolerance, respect, self-awareness, courage, and humility can be promoted. These values will be (re)discovered through nautcal actvites and events. This sailing competton is open to teenagers and young adults; whether in school, an apprentceship, a reinserton programme or those with special needs (Alan, Krank Kanner, Ligue HMC). This project supports children of all backgrounds, including those with social or physical disabilites. In this way it fosters beter understanding of diferent realites and encourages social integraton. This event, under the patronage of the Ministry of Educaton, sponsored by the Maritme Afairs and the Commercial Chamber, through its Commercial School, Luxembourg enables young people between the ages of 14 to 19 to discover the values of sailing through a full week of racing, in habitable sailboats of approximately 40 feet, and does not require prior experience. PRESENTATION OF THE COMMITTEE A well established team supervising some 100 partcipants. Info@sailingpassion.lu 4/13 Tel : +352 661 29 01 65
September 2015 Mission will be encouraged, but not obliged, to: This experience, far from being a passive sailing ride, is an actvity where the partcipants themselves take an actve role in operatng the vessels in a Ashore beforehand new discipline and in an unknown, sometmes even hostle environment pool together their intellect and / or physical abilites and recognize which requires the crew to frst accept their limits, before being able to overcome them. It is in this perspectve that the actvity creates a real that it pays more to play as a team than playing solo; learning experience and responds to specifc training objectves. Onboard, the situaton requires actve and rapid communicaton as well as the establish a budget to cover the costs; development of methods for efcient collaboraton, in search of maximum performance as a team. implement a communicaton strategy to seek fnancial partners and to contact the local media; Each partcipant onboard will be delegated a specifc role. It is therefore not a passive cruise experience but an actvity where every individual nominate among the crew and for each boat a "journalist" and / or "photographer" who will make daily updates to the website for their assumes a defned responsibility (helmsman, sail trimmer…). To fulfll his or respectve school before, during and afer the event; her responsibilites, each member of the crew must be aware of the role of his fellow teammates in order to interact in a coherent synchronized manner. set up a team who will be responsible for managing the content of t he website created for the occasion; Educational objectives itnerary of the course may be used by a maths teacher at any stage. Indeed, topics such as longitudes and lattudes, degrees, and cardinal Individual responsibility: accountability and performance in achieving his or positons can be easier to learn on a nautcal chart using a concrete her specifc task, recogniton of personal physical limits, composure and real-life example. It will also be the perfect opportunity to learn how to measure the speed of a ship in knots relatve to the wind or to control of one’s emotons. incorporate lessons on the various internatonal measurements into Collectve responsibility: the individual’s own success is interlinked to that the mathematcs programme; of the team. geography classes could incorporate a study of the region travelled; Awareness and respect of personal limits and those of others: mentally (in terms of understanding), emotonally (in terms of stress management, history classes as well; anxiety ...) and physically (in terms of endurance, resilience ...). natural science classes could include an analysis and study of the Obligaton to learn through hands-on experience (learning by doing) or fauna and fora. through the practce of kinesiology. Tolerance: acceptance of one’s errors and those of others. Learning from Ashore during the event mistakes is an integral part of this project and of one’s personal development in general. The team ashore could also play an important “navigator” role. This team could then, under the guidance of an instructor or teacher, Respect for the decisions and actons of group members. analyze the weather conditons and transmit this informaton to the team at sea. Info and photos taken that are sent to communicate the Bravery and modesty in the face of the forces of nature, in a hostle natural team’s fndings could serve as teaching material in diferent classes. environment. The difculty to control and manage the environment requires adaptaton. At sea during the event and under the leadership of the skipper Competton is a tool for personal development that leads to a beter understanding of oneself. The main sailing actvity is intended to be an experience of initaton, training, and taking ownership by beginners (or non beginners alike) in the Afer each round the choice of useful behaviors and the rejecton of actvites onboard the yachts. Rather than being a passive ride, it is an inadequate ones will form the basis for defning a code of conduct which actvity where the partcipants themselves take the actve role in operatng will serve to liberate each individual in the full expression of his or her the vessels. In additon, they will be called to: talents. This code must be elaborated along with the procedures, roles, objectves and strategy. decode both electronic and paper marine charts; take into account movement parameters (boat/wind/tme); Educational project orient themselves using a compass ; respect the itnerary and the tme alloted; The “Schools’ cup” is an educatonal tool for schools eager to deliver an partcipate in meal preparaton, in cleaning responsibilites and in educaton open to the realites of the world. setng up a system of internal organizaton specifc to each crew. Specifcally designed to promote motvaton, teamwork and synchronizaton within three areas of development: collectve, interpersonal and individual. Crews It involves the gradual progression from a group of individuals into a fully Each team will be composed of either 6 or 7 students of the same school functoning team and ofers a truly rewarding experience for the future of under the command of a responsible skipper and a co-skipper. Both will these high school students. ideally be teachers, members of the school community (psychologist, nurse, secretary, manager...) or parents. Indeed, to carry out this project, the students, under the supervision of an adult spokesperson of their school (teacher, guidance counselor, parent), Info@sailingpassion.lu 5/13 Tel : +352 661 29 01 65
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