Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga Training

J/70s training/ sailing on Hamburg Lake Alster (Hamburg, Germany)- Throughout the months of March and April, several of the clubs participating in the 2015 Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga are training together on their J/70s to get ready for the start of yet another fun and exciting sailing season where teams have the opportunity to sail in up to seven events from May to the Finals in October.  The primary training venue is the gorgeous Alster Lake in the middle of Hamburg with Norddeutscher Regatta Verein sailing club hosting the teams and running the regatta simulations.

J/70s sailing on Lake Alster, Hamburg, GermanySome of the teams participating in these “warm-ups” were Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (with Peter Kaehl, Sven Jurgensen and Marc-Daniel Mahlman) and Blankeneser Segel-Club (Hamburg), Duisburger Segel-Club (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Flensburger Segel-Club (Schleswig-Holstein), Seglervereinigung Itzehoe (Schleswig-Holstein), Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (Berlin), Segel-und Motorboot Club Überlingen (Baden-Württemberg) and Berliner Yacht-Club (Berlin).

Sven Jurgensen reported that, “The first day was rather gray and it was raining heavily. However, it was just great to see other DSB League teams coming together for common training programs.  In fact, for many clubs, it has been quite intensive training as they are also going through a process of team and crew selections.”

J/70 sailing in Munich, GermanyMore and more DSB League clubs have been training their teams in other parts of Germany, too. Last weekend several teams from the Munich were trained on their club J/70s.  Munich Yacht Club (MYC) in collaboration with teams from the Bavarian Yacht Club (BYC) had a great practice on their lake. "This is excellent that we have entered a training partnership with the BYC, because the races with five boats are very exciting and close to DSBL-mode," said team manager Michael Liebl from Munich YC. This coming weekend you will be certain to find them back out there working on speed, boat-handling and tactics!

This year’s DSBL schedule has been published and for those who wish to see what the excitement is all about in Germany, be sure to head over to one of these venues over the course of their season.  Most of the events will be sailed in J/70s, including all Champions League Level 1 and the Finale in Hamburg.
  • May 1-3-   Tutzing/ Starnberger See
  • Jun 5-7-   Kiel / Innenförde
  • Jul 4-6-   Warnemünde / Ostsee
  • Jul 18-20- Travemünde / Ostsee
  • Aug 21-23- Berlin / Wannsee
  • Sep 25-27- Überlingen / Bodensee
  • Oct 29-31- Hamburg / Außenalster- the Grand Finale
Sailing photo credits- Sven Jurgensen and C. Herrbold   For more J/70 Deutsche Segel Bundesliga sailing information