The German Sailing Federation (, DSV) is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in Germany, recognised by

World Sailing World Sailing is the international sports governing body for sailing (sport), sailing; it is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). History The creation of the International Yac ...

History

In 1888 the German Sailing Association was founded as the first chairman Adolpf Burmester. At the offices of the

Norddeutscher Regatta Verein Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV), approx. meaning "North German Regatta Club", is a yacht club in Germany. This club is based in Uhlenhorst, Hamburg, Germany; the clubhouse is located at Hamburg's Lake Außenalster. Founded in 1868, it is one ...

(North German Regatta Association) in Hamburg met as official founding clubs: Norddeutscher Regatta Verein,

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(Imperial Yacht Club), Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (Wannsee Sailors House Association), Segelclub Rhe (Sailing Club Rhe –

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), Berlin Sailing Club, Berlin Regatta Club, Academic Sailors Club (Berlin), Spandauer Yacht-Club, Berlin Yacht Club, Hamburg Elbsegel Regatta Association, and St Georger Segel Verein (St George Sailing Association –

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). In the year 1933 the DSV was subject to

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. At the same time the Freier Segler Verband (Free Sailors' Association), founded in 1901 by workers was renamed and later wrapped up. 1934 saw the liquidation of the Deutscher Seglerbund (German Sailors' Federation) DSB, by which the DSV became the only sailing association in Germany.

Classes

The following class organisations are affiliated to the German Sailing Federation: * 12 m Sharpie * * * 2.4 Metre * * 20 qm Rennjolle * 22 qm Rennjolle * 29er * * 30 m skerry cruiser *

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5.5 Metre The International 5.5 Metre class was created to yield a racing Keelboat, keel boat that would give a sailing experience similar to that of the 6 Metre, International 6 Metre Class but at a lower cost. The main class regulation restricts a sing ...

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* Albin Express *

Albin Vega The Albin Vega, also called the Vega 27, is a Sweden, Swedish sailboat that was designed by Per Brohäll as Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1965. The design was developed into the longer Singoalla 34 in 1970. Production The de ...

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Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' () is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India C ...

Formula 18 The Formula 18 (F18) class is a non-foiling, restricted development, formula-design sport catamaran class. It was started in the early 1990s and quickly grew getting class recognition by World Sailing, with large racing fleets all over the globe ...

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H-boat The H-Boat is a strict one-design keelboat designed by Finn Hans Groop in 1967, with some minor modifications by Paul Elvstrøm in 1971. The boat gained international status in 1977. Since 1967 over 5000 hulls have been made, making it one of ...

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IF-boat The IF-boat (previously International Folkboat) is a sailboat class based on the Nordic Folkboat design. History IF-boats racing at Lemkenhafen 2015 Following the success of the Nordic Folkboat, in the 1960s the original designer Tord Sundén ...

* ILCA ( 4, 6, and 7) *

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* International 806 *

International A-class catamaran The A-Class Catamaran, often abbreviated to A-Cat, is a development class sailing catamaran for singlehanded racing. Background The class was founded during the late 1950s and was part of the 4-tier IYRU (now World Sailing) approach to divide u ...

International FJ The International FJ is a Dutch sailboat that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a trainer and one design racer, first built in 1956. The boat was initially called the Flying Dutchman Junior (after the Flying Dutchman one ...

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J/22 The J/22 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by Rod Johnstone as a one-design Sailing (sport), racer and first built in 1983.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition' ...

J/24 The J/24 is an international One-Design trailerable keelboat class built by J/Boats and defined by World Sailing. The J/24 was created to fulfill the diverse needs of recreational sailors such as cruising, one design racing, day sailing, and ...

* J/70 *

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Laser 2 The Laser 2, or Laser II, is a sailboat that was designed by New Zealander Frank Bethwaite and Canadian Ian Bruce (sailor), Ian Bruce as a one-design Sailing (sport), racer and first built in 1978. Production The design was built by Bruce's co ...

* Lis ( 6.0,

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Nordic Folkboat The Nordic Folkboat is a sailing boat that was designed by Scandinavian Sailing Federation as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1942. Tord Sundén was hired by the Scandivian Sailing Federation to finalize the plans based on four awarded ent ...

O-Jolle The O-Jolle – (Olympiajolle) – was created as the Monotype class for the 1936 Olympic Games by designer Hellmut Wilhelm E. Stauch (GER, later RSA). The boat is a Bermuda rig and the hull was originally carvel - later GRP and cold mould ...

O'pen Skiff The O'PEN Skiff, or O'pen Skiff, is a sailing dinghy that was designed by Vitali Design of Italy for children's sail training and as a one design racer. It was first built in 2006. The design is a World Sailing international class. The boat ...

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RS Aero The RS Aero is a British sailing dinghy that was designed by Jo Richards as a one-design racer and first built in 2014. Production The design is marketed and distributed by RS Sailing of Romsey, United Kingdom. Design The RS Aero is a singl ...

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Skerry cruiser thumb Skerry cruisers (or Square metre yachts) are yachts, usually wooden, which are constructed according to the Square metre rule. Originating from Sweden, they were historically most popular in the Baltic Sea, though some classes also saw pop ...

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Shark 24 The Shark 24 is a Canadian-designed 24 ft sailing yacht which has earned itself a reputation of extraordinary reliability and longevity among sailors both in North America and Central Europe. Having been designed by George Hinterhoeller back in ...

Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...

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Vaurien The Vaurien is a dinghy designed by Jean-Jacques Herbulot in 1951, and presented in the Boat show in Paris in 1952. It was meant as a reasonable alternative for a boat with a crew of two, as much for its low cost, as for its simplicity to sail. T ...

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X-79 X-79 is a sailboat class designed by Niels Jeppesen and built in about 500 copies. History Niels Jeppesen designed the X-79 to compete in the Sjælland Rundt Sjælland Rundt (lit. Round Zealand Race) is a sailing race around the Danish isla ...

X-99 The X-99 was designed by Niels Jeppesen and built by X-Yachts and first launched in 1985 with 605 built. Oak frame: Hull no 1 -to 259 and hull no 270, 263 and 267 Steel frame introduced 1990 Hull no 260 and onwards except 270, 263, 267 Alu. frame ...

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People

Presidents

* 1888 – Founding President Adolph Burmester * 1912 – Carl Busley * 1928–1932 – William Rakenius – sailing club house on the Wannsee * 1932 – Dr. E. Koebke * 1933 – Kewisch leader of the DSV for the DC circuit, followed by Unfug, then Kewisch again * 1949 – First President GEWES after World War II. 1951 recovery in the ISAF * 1956 – Fischer * 1973–1985 – Kurt Pochhammer * 1985–1993 – Hans-Otto Schumann – Hamburger Segel-Club * 1993–2001 – Hans-Joachim (Hajo) – Fritze North German Regatta Association * 2001–2005 – Dierk Thomsen – Kieler Yacht-Club * 2005 to present – Rolf Bähr – sailing club house on the Wannsee

Yacht clubs

See :Yacht clubs in Germany

Notable sailors

See :German sailors

Olympic sailing

See :Olympic sailors for Germany

Offshore sailing

See :German sailors (sport)

References

External links

German Sailing Federation

German Olympic Sailing Team

ISAF MNA Microsite
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