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2021-08-09T03:41:10.355Z


The “Youth Week” of the sailing department at FC Seeshaupt aims to bring children and young people closer to sailing. The rush to the participant places is always great. The range of boat classes on which training was carried out was larger than usual this year.


The “Youth Week” of the sailing department at FC Seeshaupt aims to bring children and young people closer to sailing.

The rush to the participant places is always great.

The range of boat classes on which training was carried out was larger than usual this year.

Seeshaupt - It's still a long way to the jetty for the small Opti boat, but the trainer has long since recognized the danger.

"You're too fast," comes the sound of the motorboat.

“Jibe again.” The young sailor turns away, drives in a circle and tries again to land.

“Luff up,” the coach calls out as the boat approaches the jetty.

But this time it doesn't fit either, the pace is too fast.

A third attempt is necessary - then it is done and the maneuver completed according to the regulations.

Now it can go to lunch break.

The trainers at the “youth week” of the sailing department at FC Seeshaupt (FCSS) attach great importance to the details.

After all, the boys and girls between the ages of eight and 14 should learn what sailing is all about.

Sometimes a movement has to be repeated several times for this - but then it fits.

The places at the FCSS youth week were full again

The four-day FCSS offer at the beginning of the summer vacation was a real hit again this year.

24 places were available, significantly more children and young people had expressed interest.

“We had to cancel some external parties.

We are trying to accommodate them in the coming year, ”says Thomas Peter.

He is the youth warden in the FCSS and as such is responsible for the organization of the “youth week”.

The effort is considerable, but it is worth it.

Two participants who completed the course as guests last year are now trying their hand at regattas.

The club had a total of 13 new members this year, a large number of whom were recruited from the “Youth Week”.

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Sailing in formation: The photo shows a group of Opti boats on their way to their home port.

The trainer (in the motorboat) has everything in view.

© Paul Hopp

The course is aimed at beginners and advanced learners alike.

A total of five trainers take care of the youngsters.

Five or six sailors are the maximum that a coach can adequately look after on the water.

They are escorted in motor boats - some of them have to be borrowed from other clubs.

This year there are two companions from SVOS (sailing club Oberland Seeshaupt).

“In Seeshaupter Bucht, you help each other,” says Peter, looking at the neighbors.

Depending on their ability, the participants are divided into groups.

The boys and girls spend a lot of time on the water, but theory is also part of the program.

Which knots are important?

What is the meaning of the flags?

What applies to regattas?

Who has to give way to whom?

These and other things are taught to the young sailors.

At the end, the participants have the opportunity to take the youth sailing certificate test.

This is proof that “someone has basic sailing skills,” explains Peter.

There is no handbrake.

FCSS youth warden Thomas Peter on the peculiarity of steering a sailing ship and mooring it on a jetty.

So that the children have a good time, the youth warden, together with various helpers from the club, does a lot of work. There is lunch every day, and at the end everyone gets a t-shirt. A special event initiated by Peter is the “Thick Ship Afternoon”: Boat owners make their keel ships available so that the children can get to know this type of ship and how to sail with it. This year, according to the youth warden, catamarans were also available for the first time. Speaking of boats: This year the FCSS has expanded its range of “Youth Week”. The participants trained not only with the Opti and the laser (both one-man boats), but also with the 420 and 470. Both are dinghies with two sailors (bow and helmsman) in action.Compared to the small one-man boats, "it's a different kind of sailing," says Peter.

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Lessons on the water: Finn Kenter (in the motorboat) gives tips to the crew in the 470 boat.

© Paul Hopp

One of the people who let the boys in on the secrets of the 420 and 470 is Finn Kenter.

The 20-year-old regularly competes in major, even international, regattas.

He recently took tenth place in the Danish championship with the H-boat.

On the coming weekend he will compete in a 1st Bundesliga competition in the team of the Bodensee-Yacht-Club Überlingen in Berlin.

The student took extra time for the “youth week”.

He brought Philipp Frieß with him from his H-boat crew.

“Both have a didactic streak,” praises youth warden Peter - so they are good at imparting knowledge to the youngsters.

With the FCSS "I feel connected and so I can give something back to the club," says Kenter.

Sail to the left, right of way.

A "donkey bridge" for an evasive rule when the courses of two boats cross with the sails on different sides. 

While he is getting out of the motorboat onto the jetty, his protégés are joining forces to bring the 420 ship ashore.

Before that, he had practiced trapeze and spinnaker sailing with them on the water.

“It has nothing to do with regatta sailing,” says Kentner with a smile.

But it doesn't have to be with the course.

"It's about explaining the basic principle." He was completely satisfied with his students that morning: "They are great."

Source: merkur

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