(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.
Some
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.”
More
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
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