“I had never been on a boat”

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On board, sailors! Good weather, beautiful sea for the Southern Cross III in this Thursday October 24, 2024 in the morning. The excitement is at its peak.

The boat from the Cherbourg association Voiles écarlates is about to take a group of teenage girls from Cergy-Pontoise, in Paris regionfor a short stroll in the harbor of Cherbourg (Manche). It changes Bateaux Mouches on the Seine.

Led by police officers

L’association chaired by Gérard Bourdet recently reoriented its activity towards the child protection.

In this case, the young girls embarked Thursday on the former Dundee lobster boat with the beautiful blue hull are part of the Departmental youth leisure center of the city of Val-d'Oise.

A Cdlj has the particularity of being led by qualified, Youth and Sport approved police officers. As part of the prevention of delinquency, we welcome young people aged 10 to 18 from the majority of priority neighborhoods. This center, open on Wednesdays, during holidays and after-school time, works well since we currently have 80 registered.

For €30 per yearof the children and adolescents can thus participate all year round in sporting and cultural activities provided that you also participate in educational workshops.

“It’s give and take,” continues the policemanwho has known Voiles écarlates and its president for around fifteen years.

Stayed in Tatihou

Apart from activities on the premises of the center, exterior exits per day and stays can sometimes be organized.

This was the case this week for a group of fourteen young people. Housed at Newbiethey were present in the Cotentin Monday to Friday.

Among the activities of the week, there was a visit to the Airborne Museum of Sainte-Mère-Église, waste collection on Tatihou beach, a visit to the Cité de la Mer…

And the famous sea trip on the Southern Cross IIIperformed by the boys one day before the girls. “I liked it because the water is beautiful, those who drive (sic) the boat are very nice, and we had a great picnic,” says Brian, 12 years old. “It was great, I had never been on a boat at sea. Everyone was able to go to the helm, that's what I liked best,” says Nino, a boy of the same age.

Among the group from Val-d'Oise, Founé, a slender 20-year-old girl, does not seem at all clumsy at first glance. football.

“The Departmental Leisure Center also offers training for young people from the neighborhoodsand Founé is currently preparing a BP JEPS (professional certificate for youth, popular education and sport). I made her my assistant during this stay in Cotentin,” smiles Cédric Jean.

“Some would say that it is expensive to take young people, like that, on a trip. But how much would it cost Company what if we let them down? »

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