Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee
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Yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to sailing and yachting.-Description:Yacht Clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there are some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations...
in Germany
Germany
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after Segelclub RHE
Segelclub RHE
Segelclub RHE , is the oldest yacht club in Germany. It was established in 1855 in Königsberg, East Prussia.Segelclub RHE began when Ernst Burow, then a high school student, got a fishing boat as a present and needed a few friends to sail it...
. It is located on the shores of the Greater Wannsee
Wannsee
Wannsee is a locality in the southwestern Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany. It is the westernmost locality of Berlin. In the quarter there are two lakes, the larger Großer Wannsee and the Kleiner Wannsee , are located on the river Havel and are separated only by the Wannsee bridge...
lake, southwest of Berlin
Berlin
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The club has mooring space for 250 yachts. It organizes yearly regatta
Regatta
A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas...
series with both domestic and international participation.
Together with the Yacht Club of Kiel, the Norddeutscher Regattaverein and the Hamburger Sailing Club
Hamburger Sailing Club
The Hamburger Segel-Club , is one of the oldest and most active sailing clubs in Germany. This club is located by the shores of the Alster, in the heart of the harbor city of Hamburg and is one of the organizers of the Kiel Week together with the Yacht Club of Kiel, the Verein Seglerhaus am...
, the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee organizes the Kiel Week
Kiel Week
Kiel Week is an annual sailing event in Kiel, Germany. It is the largest sailing event in the world, and also one of the largest Volksfest in Europe.- Procedure :...
. Taking place in the Bay of Kiel
Bay of Kiel
The Bay of Kiel is a bay in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany and the islands of Denmark. It is connected with the Bay of Mecklenburg in the east, the Little Belt in the northwest, and the Great Belt in the North....
, this annual event is one of the largest and most prestigious sailing regattas in the world.
Members of the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee have won Olympic, World and European competitions. The Olympic section of the club consists of six teams.
History
The club was established in October 1867 on a small wooden shack by river HavelHavel
The Havel is a river in north-eastern Germany, flowing through the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a right tributary of the Elbe river and in length...
with fourteen members and eight boats. In 1877 it moved to its present location at the edge of the Wannsee lake. The first club house was built in 1881.
Soon this yacht club acquired prestige and even German Crown Prince William sailed his yacht on the lake. A larger, roomier club house in Tudor style was built in 1910. This building is now a protected monument.
The Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee is one of the main members of the International Council of Yacht Clubs
International Council of Yacht Clubs
The International Council of Yacht Clubs is an international organization that operates at the level of Commodores of yacht clubs through a Commodores’ Forum....
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