Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven

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WYC
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Club stand
Full name Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven eV
Founded November 9, 1906 in Bremerhaven
Association headquarters Borriesstrasse 52a, Bremerhaven
Chairman Walter Peters
Members approx. 350
Club facilities Fishing port, Bremerhaven
Homepage wyc-bhv.org

The Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven eV (WYC) is a sailing club based in Bremerhaven . He is a member of the German Sailing Association and the Sports Federation of Bremen .

history

The Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven eV was founded in 1906 as the Weser Yacht Club - Unterweser department . In 1948 the various departments (Unterweser, Bremen, Vegesack, Oldenburg) became independent associations.

After several moves, the WYC has its domicile in the main canal in the heart of Bremerhaven- Geestemünde . 180 sailing yachts are currently berthed here.

In 2006 the club was awarded the Federal President's sports badge.

Sporting successes

Diva in the outdoor area of ​​the German Maritime Museum , 2016

In 1985, the club's ocean-going racing yacht Diva (together with the Outsider and the Rubin G VIII ) won the Admiral's Cup ; one of the most important sailing competitions for offshore yachts at the time. The diva was owned by Friederich Dieckell and Peter Westphal-Langloh, while Berend Beilken was the skipper .

The Diva has been exhibited in the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven since 1992 .

Regattas

Red sand regatta

Since 1968, the WYC has organized the Rotesand Regatta two weeks before Pentecost every year . The regatta track is around 55 nm long and runs from Bremerhaven around the Roter Sand lighthouse and back up the Weser to Bremerhaven. The Rotesand Regatta has developed over the years into one of the most important sailing regattas on the Weser. For the 50th anniversary of the regatta on May 5, 2018, over 80 yachts had registered.

North Sea Week

In 1920 Hermann Huss (Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven), Alex Theye (Weser Yacht Club Bremen) and J. Wortmann ( North German Regatta Association ) met to advertise a joint regatta to Heligoland . The aim was to get young people used to the high seas again. 27 yachts registered for the first race in 1922 from Bremerhaven to Cuxhaven. This meeting later became the North Sea Week , which is now organized annually by the North Sea Week regatta community.

environmental Protection

The Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven is actively committed to environmental protection. In 2020 he was awarded the Blue Flag , a seal of quality for marinas, for the 14th time for his commitment to environmental protection.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Board of Directors. In: https://wyc-bhv.org/ . Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven eV, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Centenary clubs receive the sports badge of the Federal President during the conference of sports ministers in Bremen. Press release. The Senator for the Interior, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, September 22, 2006, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Laudation: Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven e. V. (Bremen). (PDF, 1.5 MB) In: Awarding of the Federal President's sports badge. German Olympic Sports Confederation, September 21, 2006, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ DIVA. German Maritime Museum Leibniz Institute for Maritime History, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Blue flag. Excellent marinas, accessed on August 14, 2020 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 4 "  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 12"  E