Gaou Bénat yacht club
Who are we?
The Yacht Club du Gaou Bénat (YCGB) was founded in 1966. At that time the members lent themselves their dinghies. Three young members who had done the Glénans were giving private or group classes. The board of directors organized the regattas and security in a festive atmosphere.
During the 1990s, the operation of the club was based on the goodwill of volunteers and on an exchange of good practices.
In 2011, the purchase of the Gaou Bénat back-beach site by the owners of the subdivision turned the tables.
In 2013, two young people from the Domain proposed to re-found the club with the help of a few more experienced owners and the support of the general meeting of the subdivision. The club becomes an autonomous association that develops a perfectly regulated Sailing School
YCGB membership is reserved for residents of the subdivision (owners or tenants) for their direct family and guests.
The YCGB is located on the back beach of Gaou Bénat and takes advantage, for navigation, of the wonderful setting of the Bay of Gaou Bénat, bounded to the north and south by the points of the Ris and the Esquillette and to the east by the islet of the Antgue. In the distance, about 12 km away, the Golden Islands offer magnificent raids.
The club aims for a high level of quality and safety and, for this, it has affiliated in its first year (2014) with the French Sailing Federation (FFV).
The main objective of the association is to teach the practice of sailing to the children and teenagers of the Domain and to make them aware of the pleasures and dangers of the sea, in optimal conditions (small number of trainees per boat, supports compliance with ffV rules for the number of media per monitor, etc.
The association is thus, above all, a Sailing School with a resolutely educational and sporting ambition, designed to promote the values of effort, competition, respect for others and the environment.
The secondary objective of the association is to provide teenagers and adults with dinghies, catamarans, paddles, kayaks.
Finally, the constant aim of the activities is to create a "Club" atmosphere through end-of-training snacks for young people and cocktails at the end of regattas for the elders.
Even before being mere competitions, regattas are organized to create conviviality and create new friendships.
Since the rebirth of the club, in 2014, the fleet of navigation supports has not stopped growing and improving.
With 15 Optimist, 11 Laser, 10 Catamarans, 9 paddles, a dozen kayaks, a few dinghies and 3 safety boats, the fleet has almost reached maturity.
Frequent renewals of sails, fittings and engines have kept this set at a good level of quality and safety.
In 2019, the club takes a new step by becoming more "professional", more technical and even more qualitative, thanks to the support of a new management team with great experience detached from the Yacht Club of Toulon.