For the first time, the RS Games were held outside the UK. Over the nine days of racing at the 137th Travemünde Week, twelve RS classes comprising 619 boats took to the regatta courses. 945 sailors from 29 nations across three continents competed for European and World Championship titles. “The RS Games as part of … Read more
A rainy send-off, but with a full sailing programme once again: Travemünde Week delivered once more on the tenth day of racing. Nineteen races were on the programme for the eight classes, which celebrated the conclusion of the event on Sunday. And all the races were completed swiftly, so that by early afternoon the competitors … Read more
Travemünde Week celebrated a major home victory on its penultimate day. The Folkboat Gold Cup – the one-kilogramme trophy – remains in Germany. The Kiel team, with Ulf Kipcke at the helm and Kathrin and Gero Martens in the bow, secured the unofficial world championship title in this class with a third-place finish in the … Read more
It was only in 2021 that German sailor Melanie Höveler learnt to sail on Lake Garda. Five years later, the 53-year-old is competing at the forefront of the RS 21 class Eurocup during the 137th Travemünde Week as skipper of an Italian crew. Her boat is called RS Enterprise, a nod to the new adventure … Read more
Top day again at Travemünde Week 2026: the 13 classes scheduled for the day were sent out onto the course early in the morning; the races got off to a brisk start and were completed swiftly. And by early afternoon, the boats were back in harbour. There, however, the jury still had plenty to do. … Read more
Summer is back at Travemünde Week. The regatta week kicked off its second half with a perfect day – and first thing in the morning, the volunteers had a good reason to celebrate: it was the birthday of Frank Schärffe, Managing Director of Travemünde Week gGmbH, and to mark the occasion, hundreds of voices joined … Read more
At the halfway point of Travemünde Week, the focus of fans and visitors turned to the Volksbank Rotspon Cup, the match race between Lübeck’s mayor, Jan Lindenau, and State Parliament President Kristina Herbst. But alongside this exhibition race on the River Trave, racing was also taking place on the courses in the Baltic Sea – in challenging conditions.
Regattabüro • Travemünder Woche • Am Leuchtenfeld 4 • D- 23570 Travemünde
