Segelclub Rhe

The Sailing Club Rhe eV is the oldest German sailing club. It was founded in 1855 in Königsberg in Prussia by the Oberprimaner Ernst Burow and eight friends in Burow's house.

History

They wanted to sail together with a fishing boat that had been given Burow. The Sailing Club Rhe became " the " Konigsberg sailing club. The soon many members sailed at the club and privately owned yachts and operated in winter ice sailing.

At the founding of the German Sailing Association and the Regatta Association East of the Sailing Club Rhe was involved. In this tradition, it is the German Challenger Yacht Club joined in 2005, thereby supporting the first German participation in the America's Cup by the United Internet Team Germany. Since 2007, the sailing club Rhe is a member of the International Council of Yacht Clubs, the worldwide association of traditional sailing clubs.

Today's German sailing license system is derived from the practice of sailing clubs Rhe in the training and selection of boatmen I or II class (comparable C-Schein/Sporthochseeschifferschein or B-Schein/Sportküstenschifferschein ).

After the Second World War, the Sailing Club Rhe of members in Blankenese was continued, where he is now based in the former home of Katrin Springer, adjacent to Axel Springer's former second home country Michaelsen. As with the foundation is still the common sailing on now three club yachts in the center of club life. The Association's internal training begins for children over seven years with Optimist dinghies on the outer Alster continues with various larger boat classes and performs on the training on long sea voyages to the acquisition of the offshore patent Sports offshore ship-appear.

Connected with the club is a native of Königsberg family Scholz, who presented several chairmen of the association with Harry Scholz, whose son Wolfgang Scholz and grandson Peter Klaus Scholz.

Ernst Burow