Sunshine, wind, and a great atmosphere at the start of the weekend, rain in the middle, and an atmospheric finale: the 136th Travemünde Week was as up and down as the waves on the Baltic Sea. Looking ahead to the closing fireworks display on Sunday evening at 10:45 p.m., the organizers estimate that between 540,000 … Read more
The Travemünde Week came to a gentle end in its 136th edition. At least the wind ensured that the competitors on the five courses did not have to overexert themselves on Saturday. This meant that the final day was a shortened affair for seven classes. Due to a lack of breeze on the Mecklenburg coast, … Read more
Anyone walking across pier B in Passathafen after the race has finished, when the competitors gather for a beer, will quickly notice that many decades of sailing experience are gathered here. Most of the Dyas sailors have been regular guests at Travemünde Week for many years and have fond memories of the event. This includes … Read more
The Travemünde Week is coming to a close with a flurry of activity. While the Variantas with Frank Schönfeldt/Gerd Becker have already crowned their national champions, ten more classes will follow over the next two days on the triangular courses, awarding gold, silver and bronze medals in national and international championships as well as ranking … Read more
Active participants in the sailing competitions and volunteers from the TW crew are lined up side by side in the front row by the sea with their caravans, tents, and motorhomes on the Mövenstein site of the Lübeck Yacht Club. The campers appreciate the location for Travemünde Week. “There but not in the middle of … Read more
After a day focused on the show race for the Volksbank Rotspon Cup and a few races on the Baltic Sea, Travemünde Week is back in full swing. Ten classes were on the water on Thursday across five courses. The fleets ranged from young sailors in the Open Skiff class to World Championship and Olympic … Read more
We couldn’t do it without them. We’re talking about the volunteers who help out at Travemünde Week. Year after year, the team works from dawn to dusk in a wide variety of areas, making a crucial contribution to the sailing event. For most team members, Travemünde Week has been a fixed date in their calendars … Read more
Wednesday, 12 noon on Travemünde Week: Traditionally, this is the day for the politicians’ showdown. Since 2004, Lübeck’s mayor has been challenging a fellow politician to a race in the “Volksbank Rotspon Cup.” This year, the prestigious city duel took place between the heads of the Lübeck and Kiel administrations. Dr. Ulf Kämpfer, mayor of … Read more
After a day with slightly less wind, Travemünde Week is back on track for a packed day of regatta racing. Although the weather forecast predicted another difficult day in the morning, a good sailing breeze eventually set in, allowing the Finns and Corsairs to complete three races to determine their winners. The Topcats even extended … Read more
The Topcats have completed the first races in their international championships at Travemünde Week, with the J/22s, Dyas and H-boats even finishing their entire series. And the Finn dinghies and Corsairs are heading for their final on Tuesday. With Reiner Brockerhoff’s German Open victory in the J/22 and Arndt Fingerhut/Andreas Malcher’s win in the North … Read more
The perfect start to Travemünde Week on Friday evening, with a festive ceremony in glorious sunshine, was followed by sailing days that couldn’t have gone better and a festival programme that attracted around 240,000 visitors to the promenades and stages on the first weekend. Minister President Daniel Günther (right) and Mayor Jan Lindenau (left) opened … Read more
On the second full day of the 136th Travemünde Week regatta, the Bay of Lübeck once again presented ideal conditions for the seven competing classes. However, winds of 15 to 20 knots and rough seas also took their toll. There were some capsizes, seasickness and retirements on the sea course. On the other courses for … Read more
As a long-standing partner of Travemünde Week, boot Düsseldorf invited friends of the trade fair and young enthusiasts to the traditional “Klönschnack” on the four-masted barque ‘Passat’ on Saturday evening. In his speech, Wolfram N. Diener, CEO of Messe Düsseldorf, thanked the volunteers who helped make the 136th Travemünde Week a success and emphasised the … Read more
Where is the wind? Where are the boats? The long-distance regatta at Travemünde Week turned into a real scavenger hunt on sea for the organising team and the crews of 13 yachts that set off for Fehmarn on Friday evening. As darkness fell, a heavy calm descended over the bays of Lübeck and Mecklenburg, forcing … Read more
Since their premiere in 2010, the show races in the Segel Arena Trave have been the daily sporting highlight for guests of Travemünde Week. The races in spectacular classes right in front of the audience on the Travepromenade, the Trave Races, have become the link between sailing and the festival. The Trave Races offer sailing … Read more
In three days, on 18 July, Travemünde Week will officially start off its 136th edition. Along the Trave and beach promenades, in the sailing areas on the Mövenstein and on the Priwall, the event hosts and organisers are preparing for the arrival of almost 800 sailors and hundreds of thousands of visitors. Travemünde Week will … Read more
The organisers of the Travemünde Week present the fresh poster for the TW 2025 (from left): Lutz Kleinfeldt, Anja Kamrath, Lorenz Buchler, Frank Schärffe, Jan Lindenau, Petros Michelidakis, Sascha Osterwalder, Andreas Christiansen, Frauke Klatt, Jens Kath, Marius Berlemann and Ralf Schulte. Photo: segel-bilder.de In half a year, Lübeck’s fifth season will begin: the Travemünde Week. The … Read more
Sustainability is one of the topics at Travemünde Week. By participating in a tree-planting initiative with the Schleswig-Holstein state forestry commission in a wooded area on Taschensee near Haffkrug, the Travemünde Week organisers have implemented a further measure to improve their own impact on nature. Avoiding rubbish, reducing energy consumption and conserving resources have been … Read more
Feature Image: Helge and Christian Sach set a new record with their 22nd victory at the Travemünde Week. Photo: segel-bilder.de The Travemünde Week ended its 135th edition with an outstanding balance of completed races. On the final day, three classes put on another full programme. Sea sailors, Formula 18 athletes and the junior sailors in … Read more
Feature Image: On the penultimate day of the Travemünde Week, there were plenty of championship medals for the successful teams at world and German level. Photo: segel-bilder.de The summer sun shone brightly over the Bay of Lübeck for the winners of the World and German Championships at Travemünde Week. In light winds, Friday’s leaders were … Read more
At the start of the final weekend of the Travemünde Week, the wind may have run out of steam for a moment. But looking back on the regattas and the festival since 19 July, the organisers of the Lübeck Yacht Club, NRV Hamburg and Zurich Yacht Club as well as the marketing agency uba from … Read more
If you look at the entry list for the Javelin class, you won’t need to memorise many different names. In nine of the 20 participating teams, both crew members have the same surname. The Javelin scene is characterised by a particularly large number of family crews. The trend is moving from sibling teams to father-son teams.
Feature photo: The World Championship was decided for the Flying Junior at the TW. The Netherlands dominated the action at the top. Photo: segel-bilder.de The British win the IC Canoe Nations Cup, the Flying Junior World Championship title goes to the Netherlands and the Germans are crowned Euro Cup winners in the Javelin. The Travemünde … Read more
Feature image: Showdown between the Germans and the British: Even before the start, it was all about putting the competing nation in a disadvantaged position. In the end, Alistair Warren in the green IC Canoe took victory for Great Britain. Photo: segel-bilder.de The silver pot stays in England For seven years, the British were allowed … Read more
One of the more exotic teams on the entry list for the Flying Junior World Championships is a team competing for Mexico. But Gentry Yanic and Hermann Mergenthaler not only have their home country in common, they are also both Olympic athletes. They have been sailing Flying Junior together for a year now. The two … Read more
Featured image: After a long wait, the star boats managed to cross the course after all. Photo: segel-bilder.de Five fresh classes for Travemünde Week, but no fresh wind: The second half of the regatta week started with long waiting times for race officers and athletes and high nervous tension. An early finish was not rewarded. … Read more
Motorboat coordinator Florian Dräger is delighted with how well the electric boats work in regattas. Photo: Katrin Heidemann The Travemünde Week focusses on sustainability. This includes the test use of two electric inflatable boats from the Swedish company RIB Unlimited to reduce fuel consumption. The boats are proving their worth as regatta support boats and … Read more
Wind from the west provided a pleasant breeze on the courses on the fifth regatta day of the Travemünde Week. However, with an oscillating direction off the Mecklenburg coast and under the steep coast of Brodten, tactical finesse was required from the crews in order to get round the course cleanly. Although the huge Opti … Read more
The Wednesday of Travemünde Week is not only the centre of the regatta week, but also traditionally offers a social and sailing highlight. Lübeck’s city president Henning Schumann (2nd from right) is delighted with the 6-litre magnum bottle of Rotspon, which he won together with “Sphinx” owner Jochen Frank (right) against MV Minister of Economic … Read more
Swedes take the Dragon Grand Prix Sailing can be brutal: the Dragon Grand Prix at the Travemünde Week was only decided in the last 100 metres of the final seventh race. The Swiss Jan Eckert allowed one boat too many to pass and lost the dress rehearsal for the European Championships just one point behind … Read more
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