Segel-Club Salzgitter e.V.
Segel-Club Salzgitter e.V. is a traditional sailing club on Lake Salzgittersee in Salzgitter with around 4,000 square metres of grounds at the harbour. Facilities include a modern clubhouse with bar area, hall and youth room, jetties with 56 water and 36 land berths, a slipway, a club crane for boats up to 1.6 tonnes and a workshop. The programme features Friday youth training, club regattas including the Salzgitter Opti Cup, yardstick racing and courses for the inland and coastal sport boat licences as well as SKS. Founded in 1964 and affiliated to the DSV, the club has about 200 to 220 members and active racing in classes such as Optimist, Europe, OK dinghy and J/70.
History
Segel-Club Salzgitter e.V. was founded in 1964. Four years later the founding members began building the clubhouse and jetties on Lake Salzgittersee. The roughly 4,000 square metre grounds lie at the harbour and are regarded as the first address among the five clubs based there. Lake Salzgittersee originated from 1960 as a gravel pit lake and was completed in 1975 at the planned size of 75 hectares of water. Until the 1980s only a few boat classes were admitted; club regattas then often fielded up to ten boats in a single class. Over time the club opened up and now runs regattas under yardstick scoring so different classes can race together. For decades Michael Klügel has competed successfully across Europe in the Finn Dinghy and OK dinghy. In the last decade the Steenbuck brothers raced Laser in the DSV squad; Nadja Kopp continues international success in the youth national team and at world championships in the Europe class. Club juniors qualified via the German Youth Sailing League on the J/70 for the 2nd German Sailing Bundesliga for the first time. Today the club has about 200 to 220 members, is affiliated to the DSV, the Lower Saxony Sailing Association, the South Lower Saxony racing community and the Salzgitter district sports federation, and offers a modern facility with 56 water and 36 land berths.
Information
Youth section
Active children and youth section with Friday training from 16:00 to 19:00 (CEST), Optimist coaching from about age six, winter theory and participation in regional and national events including the Salzgitter Opti Cup.
Boating license training
Available: 1
Theory in winter until March, practice until end of season; SBF Sea/SKS combo from January Thursdays 18:30