Aalborg Sejlklub – Aalborg Marina

Aalborg Sejlklub is the largest sailing club in the North Jutland region and operates Marina Fjordparken on the Limfjord in western Aalborg. The club offers watersports for members and guest sailors with a clubhouse, harbour office, pontoons, crane facilities, mast crane and departments ranging from Optimist youth sailing and Wednesday racing to the sailing school. The programme includes youth training on two evenings per week, weekly Wednesday regattas, summer camp, sailing school courses and social events such as the Friday bar and Midsummer's Eve celebrations. Founded in 1899, the club is among the oldest sailing clubs in Aalborg and moved to Marina Fjordparken in 1985; today it brings together active, passive, youth and guest members in one of Denmark's busiest harbours.

Aalborg, Dänemark

History

On the evening of 9 September 1899, several boat owners in Aalborg met to discuss the terms for a match race planned for the next day. They felt matters would be better organised with an association behind the event, and shortly before midnight they founded Aalborg Sejlklub, appointing translator C. Rasmussen as chairman. Although Aalborg Sejlklub is the oldest existing sailing club in Aalborg, it was not the first: seven years earlier the Sejlforeningen Freya was formed, which only existed briefly, but whose initiators in 1892 and 1899 were partly the same people. The club was based in the northern part of Vestre Bådehavn with the Jungshoved wheelhouse as clubhouse and also in Skudehavnen. In 1985 Aalborg Sejlklub moved to the newly built Marina Fjordparken on Skydebanevej in western Aalborg. Between 1983 and 1985 the club had berths in all three harbour sections and set up temporary facilities in the marina before taking over the completed site in 1985. Membership has grown steadily over the years and includes active, passive, junior, honorary and guest members as well as youth members. Today Aalborg Sejlklub is regarded as the region's largest sailing club with diverse departments for youth, racing, sailing school, cruising and club social life.

Information

Facilities

Clubhouse with bar and Friday bar, guest section open around the clock, sailors' kitchen with washing machine and tumble dryer, showers and toilets, barbecue area, harbour office, mast crane and travel lift up to 12 tonnes, hardstanding areas, boat halls and dinghy houses, diesel and petrol at the guest pontoon, free Wi-Fi, crab-catching pool and playground, rental of SUP boards, kayaks and bicycles via Aalborg Outdoor.

Activities

Wednesday match racing, CUP Sparekassen Danmark, sailing school summer courses in the school boat Mille, Optimist youth training, organised cruise and long-distance sailing, sportsboat sailing in J/70, Friday bar and communal meals, youth summer camp, competence, VHF/SRC and yacht skipper courses, Midsummer's Eve event, flag raising and annual general meeting.

Youth section

Active youth department with twice-weekly Optimist training, summer camp, winter swimming and capsize practice, participation in beginner regattas and parent involvement in dinghy preparation and pier watch.

Guest berths

Yes, guest berths per price list

Board members

Name
Role
Contact
Steen Frederiksen
1. Vorsitzender
Henrik Lynge Ottesen
2. Vorsitzender
Henning Bæk
Kassenwart
Flemming Andersen
Hafenwart

Additional officials

Name
Role
Contact
Jesper Bach Christensen
Jugendtrainer
Kirsten Ahlgren
Ausbildungswart
Henrik Ottesen
Regattawart
Paw Nordstrøm Larsen
Hafenwart

Regatta calendar

Training times

Type
Day
Time
Youth training Optimist
Tuesday
17:00-19:00
Youth training Optimist
Thursday
17:00-19:00
Wednesday match racing
Wednesday
18:00

Membership fee

Category
Amount
Period
Enrolment fee
1,550.00 DKK
One-time
Active members
1,200.00 DKK
Annual
Youth members (up to 25) and students
800.00 DKK
Annual
Krabbeklubben (ages 3-7)
175.00 DKK
Annual
Mini-Optimist (ages 6-7)
400.00 DKK
Annual
Youth under active family member
200.00 DKK
Annual
Handicap members
800.00 DKK
Annual
Passive members
500.00 DKK
Annual

Opening hours

Location
Days
Time
Harbour office
Mon
17:00-18:30
Harbour office
Tue-Thu
11:00-12:00
Clubhouse guest section
Mon-Sun
00:00-24:00