Sailing (magazine)

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description Interest magazine
publishing company SVG Service Verlag GmbH & Co. KG
Headquarters Bad Schwartau
First edition 1973
Frequency of publication per month
Editor-in-chief Kai Köckeritz
Web link segeln-magazin.de

The magazine segeln - Fahrtensegeln is a monthly trade magazine from SVG Service Verlag in Bad Schwartau . The editorial office is in Hamburg .

Sailing with a paid circulation of copies (source: IVW 2/2020) one of the most widely read sailing magazines in the German market.

The magazine, which has been published since 1973, covers most topics related to sailing and is particularly aimed at cruising sailors . According to the publisher, male readers of higher ages and incomes are particularly well represented in the readership. More than half of the circulation sold is obtained from subscribers.

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The cover stories of sailing have a wide range and move focus to practical topics of sailing travel and Yachttechnik (select: "dream trips" Market Overview to Mass boat , "Family yachts for beginners", "plan your voyage North and Baltic Seas," "Refit: To save Your old boat ”,“ Holland Special ”).

Each issue includes articles in the areas of reporting (including about sailing areas , regattas , blue water sailing ), seamanship and yacht charter . The travel and area reports cover international sea areas as well as inland areas and are often aimed at family crews.

In the test and technology department , segeln presents new sailing yachts and equipment in detailed reports and comparative tests . The focus of the boat tests is on medium-sized sailing yachts between 27 and 45 feet in length from series production.

Other fixed categories are:

  • People & Stories
  • Seamanship & sailing practice
  • Boats & boat practice
  • Technology & equipment
  • Charter & Travel

The magazine is devoted to special topics in irregular special editions.

The magazine is also the official newsletter of the Kreuzer Yacht Club Deutschland e. V. , a supraregional association of cruising sailors. segeln is delivered with every 2nd issue to all 16,000 members of the German High Seas Sports Association HANSA (DHH) , Germany's largest training center for sailors.

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