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Club boats occupy slips adjacent to private boats in the protected harbor, creating a colorful idyllic sailing setting. Bathed in the warm light of the evening sun, this is among the most beautiful settings on the Wannsee. As many club members do not own boats, the friendly practice of taking others on board as crew members is a frequent occurrence. During the sailing season, a large number of regattas take place and many members also sail in regattas sponsored by other clubs. Traditional and close contact is still maintained with the British and French yacht clubs.

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American International Yacht Club Berlin e.V.

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The roots of the American International Yacht Club Berlin (AIYCB) can be traced back to the arrival of the United States Constabulary Forces in Germany in the Fall of 1945. Sailing on the beautiful Wannsee Lake soon became a popular form of recreation for soldiers stationed in Berlin. Although exact dates are unknown, sometime in the Spring of 1946, with the acquisition of a few sailboats, the U.S

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News from the Helm – April 2019

Posted by The Editors | Dogwatch

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Last month, we ran a letter from Hal Shanafield, his response to the question of renting vs. owning a sailboat. He referred to his experience at a yacht club and we erroneously printed the wrong name of the club. I’ll let Hal set the record straight:

“You inserted the word “International” into the name of the yacht club I mentioned. The club I wrote about was the American Yacht Club Berlin. It was formed in 1968 and was the successor to the Berlin American Yacht Club, which was formed soon after the American occupation of Berlin began in 1945. The BAYC was defunct well before the AYCB was formed. The AYCB was fundamentally a military club, although we did have a small percentage of members from other countries. When the occupation ended in 1994, the AYCB also ended its existence. Sometime later, the yacht club with the word International in its name was formed, although I don’t know much about that. It’s a little confusing, I admit, but I thought I should set the record straight.

“I noticed that you truncated my original comment, as is your right, of course, as editor. I guess I was being a little too naughty for a family magazine. I enjoy reading Good Old Boat and The Dogwatch , and look forward to each issue. I think you and your staff are doing a great job of putting out a sailing magazine for the rest of us.”

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Do you have a great photo of an aid to navigation? We want to see it. If we print it in the magazine, we’ll send you a Good Old Boat hat or shirt, your choice. And it doesn’t have to be a buoy, but certainly can be. The better the photo, or the more unique the aid or photo, the better your chances. Send your photo to [email protected]

NEW LASER BUILDER NEEDED

“We’re disappointed to see such a long and productive relationship come to an end, but we had to move ahead in order to protect the level of competition and the investment for the 14,000 members of the International Laser Class and the more than 50,000 sailors around the world who regularly sail the Laser dinghy,” said Class President Tracy Usher. With its UK-based manufacturing facility, LPE was the ILCA-approved builder that produced boats for most of Europe, Asia and the Americas until earlier this week, when Usher says the class terminated the LCMA with respect to LPE after the builder’s refusal to allow inspection of the boats being built in their manufacturing facility as required by that contract.

“The very heart of our class is the ability for any sailor to race any other on an equal playing field, and the only way we can guarantee that level of parity is by ensuring that all builders are producing the boat in strict accordance with the Laser Construction Manual,” explained Usher, who said that LPE has unequivocally denied the class their right to access to LPE’s factory. “It’s the same for every class of one-design racing boat: if we can’t be sure that they are all the same, we have no class left,” said Usher, who said that LPE left the class “no option.”

Fortunately for sailors around the world, there are already two other manufacturers of class-legal boats, one in Japan and another in Australia. The Laser class was established in 1972. We recently reported that Olympic organizers were considering eliminating competition in Laser boats.

NAUTICAL TRIVIA

Get this: we learned that there is a Duffel, Belgium, and that’s where the ubiquitous duffle (or duffel) bag gets its name. Apparently, Duffel was once the fount of the coarse, thick, woolen cloth originally used for sturdy coverings aboard ships, the scraps of which sailors used to make bags to carry personal gear, both on aboard and ashore. Now you know.

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Deutsch-Britischer Yacht Club

Welcome aboard, history dbyc.

The DBYC’s chequered history is closely linked to the history of allied West Berlin. The club started life in 1947 – just two years after the defeat of Nazi Germany and some fifteen years before the construction of the Berlin Wall, with the founding of the United Forces Sailing Club and the United Services Yacht Club on the club’s present site. During the 1948 Soviet blockade of West Berlin, when for eleven months the entire western sector of the city was sustained almost wholly by an Allied military air lift, the present DBYC club site played a pivotal role. It served as a fuelling point for Royal Air Force to supply Berlin with fuel. Sunderland flying boats — delivering among other items, coal, salt and baking powder from Hamburg — landed just in front of the present club site on the Havel river.

1952 saw the founding of the Berlin British Yacht Club which catered almost exclusively to British military personnel and their families.  It was not until 1970 that German citizens were permitted to join the club.

The first East German citizen took part in the club’s Grand Slam regatta for the Laser OK- dinghy and Europe classes on the 10th and 11th of November 1989, just two days after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequent German reunification in 1990, rendered the Allies’ military presence in Berlin unnecessary. Their withdrawal was imminent. On November 6, 1991, the club prepared for the inevitable and founded the current DBYC – Deutsch-Britischer Yacht Club with a commitment to uphold the best traditions of German-British sailing and understanding.

The DBYC was officially opened on October 1, 1992. It is an important part of the Berlin sailing scene. Rosemary Spencer, the then head of the Berlin branch of the British embassy to Germany agreed to become an active honorary member and patroness of the club setting a seal on Anglo-German friendship for posterity. On July 2, 1994, the DBYC bade its British BBYC forerunner and its many Allied friends  farewell with a big party. But the DBYC entered stormy waters in 2001 when the new owners of the site, The Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Property Office (BIMA) demanded a rent increase of more than 400 percent for the land lease. The club is not able to meet the BIMA’s extraordinary financial demands. The price demanded for direct purchase of the site is also way beyond the DBYC’s means. The dispute goes to court. In 2006 after several years of legal wrangling, an agreement is reached by both sides at Berlin’s federal state court, which appears to put the DBYC on a manageable and stable financial footing.

Yet hopes of a secure future are suddenly dashed in 2010 when the BIMA announces that it intends to cancel its lease contract at the end of the year. The DBYC appeals against the BIMA’s decision to both the Federal Chancellery and the Ministry of Finance. Finally in January 2011, both sides agree on a new and affordable lease agreement which allows the club to survive on a sustainable basis. For his efforts in securing the new lease agreement, DBYC member and former club president Professor Frank Judis, was made  honorary club president for life.

Founding of the United Forces Sailing Club and the British United Services Yacht Club. An Inter-Services Sailing Club already existed.

During the Soviet land blockade of the city and the Allied airlift, Berlin is supplied with fuel from the club premises by the British Airforce. For this purpose, a pipeline was laid from RAF Gatow military airfield to the port of the club grounds.

During the Air Lift, sailing activities are moved to a new and temporary club site at the Stoessensee bridge on the Havel river near Spandau. The name of the new club is British Stoessensee Yacth club. After the end of the Soviet blockade in June 1949, British sailing activity returns to the current DBYC site in Kladow. The Stoessensee see club becomes the British Army Canoe Club.

A name plate in the DBYC shows that the club was then called Allied Forces Sailing Club.

To mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a Coronation Cup regatta is held  at the Stoessensee club indicating that the British Forces sailing went on a two club sites. Later the same year, all sailing activities are moved to the current DBYC site at Kladow and the club is renamed British Berlin Yacht Club

The first Inter Services Regatta is held between competing crews from the British, French and American yacht clubs.

The Inter Services Cup Regatta is renamed Tripartite Regatta and held three times a year with each participating club staging the event in turn. In 1993 the hitherto successful Tripartite series is suspended for nine years as the Allies withdraw from Berlin.

The club premises, then a corrugated iron hut, are demolished to make way for a new clubhouse  – since modified but still standing.

The first German citizens are admitted as members. The old jetties used to refuel RAF sea planes during the Air Lift are demolished to make way for large jetties to meet the club’s growing membership.

The club boatman Ernst Beelitz is killed by a bomb planted on the club’s premises by the so-called June 2. Leftist terrorist gang. He dies after mistakenly detonating the explosive device. The then Rear Commodore of the club, represented by Lt Col B. Steward, the BBYC club manager, creates the Beelitz Trophy in his honour.

New buildings are added to the club. Windsurfing and waterskiing are added to the activities offered.

The Berlin City government provides the BBYC with ten Zugvogel class sailing dinghies. The boats enable the club to start Zugvogel class racing on a regular basis including Frostbite series winter racing.

The club reopens after extensive renovation in August.

November 9. Fall of the Berlin Wall. The first East German citizen took part in the club’s Grand Slam regatta for the Laser OK- dinghy and Europe classes on the 10th and 11th of November 1989, just two days later.

During the Gulf War the club remains closed for security reasons from January 15 until March 23. On November 6, the DBYC is founded with a commitment to uphold the best traditions of German-British sailing and understanding.

The BBYC celebrates its 40th anniversary.

The BBYC hosts the, for the time being,  “last” Tripartite Regatta involving participants from all three allied sailing clubs in Berlin.

On July 2, and with a big party, the club takes leave of the British Berlin Yacht Club  and many of  its allied friends.

The 50th anniversary of the BBYC/DBYC is marked with a summer party. The Tripartite regatta is revived after an interval of nine years. For reasons of cost and logistics – participating boats from the French sailing club in Tegel have to be towed to the DBYC – the event is held in club rotation only once a year.

But the DBYC entered stormy waters in 2001 when the new owners of the site, The Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Property Office (BIMA) demanded a rent increase of more than 400 percent for the land lease. The club is not able to meet the BIMA’s extraordinary financial demands. The price demanded for direct purchase of the site is also way beyond the DBYC’s means. The dispute goes to court. In 2006 after several years of legal wrangling, an agreement is reached by both sides at Berlin’s federal state court, which appears to put the DBYC on a manageable and stable financial footing.

The DBYC hosts the Berlin Segler-Verband ( Berlin Sailing Association)  end of season event.

The DBYC hosts the annual International championship for the German Zugvogel class. On September 3, the DBYC celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding.

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AIYCB – Youth Program 2022

This year (2022) we are trying to get a full season of training in, the Corona restrictions seem to be lifting and we are hopeful to be able to train at all 16 planned sessions. The registration will be open any day now, see the link below. Thank you for registering in time so that we will be able to accommodate all interesting youth members (it is first come, first serve).

We would like to acquaint young people with all the different aspects of sailing: The water, the wind, the weather, which can best be done by the practical handling of a boat. This does not only involve having fun but also assuming responsibility:  By learning how to look after the material, by cooperating in a team and by taking on responsibility not only for oneself but also for the group.

The classes are given by certified trainers, this year again by Gerd and Katharina, special thank you to them for re-joining this year! Daniel will be the Jugendwart from this season on, thank you, too. First session will probably be on Friday, April 29 th , 4pm.

Classes will always run on Fridays at that time, a full calendar will be handed out at the first session, taking the Berlin school vacation into account, the dates are already in the event schedule on this webpage.

Kids-Sailing Class (Opti): ideal for first time sailors aged 7-14, focus will be on boat care and rigging, safety, and basic sailing skills using Optimist Dinghies Requests: Minimum age 7 years , swimming badge (min. Seepferdchen)

Teens-Sailing Class (Jollen): ideal for first time & advanced sailors aged 12 – 17. Teens will use the club boats (Laser & 420er). Refines the skills learned in Opti with a focus on safety, boat care, boat handling. (Preparation for DSV Jüngsten Segelschein – youth yachting permit). Requests: Minimum age 12 years, youth swimming badge (min. Jugendschwimmabzeichen Bronze) demonstrated ability to rig and launch a boat and the ability to sail with limited assistance. At the end of the course, the classes will serve the boats (to fit sails, maintenance the equipment).

Gear: Sailers of both classes need a life jacket of their own, a waterproof jacket and pants. Teens need a wetsuit or drysuit (the same surfers or divers use). The boats are provided by the AIYCB.

The Fees: There is a 120,- € fee for the full year course. It includes the use of the club boats. Non-Members need a Youth-Membership for 92 €/ year. Sign-up form   >>> here <<< Family-Members must have balanced their 30 € fee. Please notice that the fees have to be paid, before the first class starts!  There will be no exceptions, refunds or discounts.

You are interested in joining next year? You have further questions? Don’t hesitate to contact: [email protected]

Please always check the youth-section on our website for the latest news and information !

Autumn 2021 Youth Training – Video by Alexander

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   Unsere Jugendlichen bei der NYS-Regatta 2016 in Heiligenhafen

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