Segel-Club Nordstern Spandau e.V.
Segel-Club Nordstern Spandau e.V. is the largest sailing club in Spandau on the Upper Havel and is located on the Rustwiesen meadows in Berlin-Hakenfelde. With around 150 members, two jetties for about 75 boats and a club mess open year-round, the family-friendly club offers an active community life on Lake Tegel and the Havel. Boat hall, allotment cottages and club boats complement youth training, regattas and cruising. Founded in 1920 as Wassersportverein Nordstern, the club looks back on more than a century as a traditional Berlin sailing association.
History
Today's Segel-Club Nordstern Spandau e.V. was founded on 1 August 1920 as Wassersportverein Nordstern (WSVN). From 1915 water-sports enthusiasts met at the restaurant Zum Nordhafen in Spandau; the Bootshaus Oberhavel served as founding venue and early clubhouse. The aim was to promote working-class sailing and youth work. In 1922 the club joined the Freier Segler-Verband; sixteen sailors split off and founded Segel-Club Spandau. After locations at Nordhafen and Wilhelmsruh (1924–1930), the club found its permanent home in 1930 on the Rustwiesen at the Aalemann Canal with clubhouse, boat shed and jetties. Under the Nazi regime the Freier Segler-Verband was dissolved; from 1936 the club was named Segel-Club Nordstern and joined the German Sailing Association. After war, seizure and re-licensing in 1948 came clubhouse extensions, modernisations, national championships and the centenary in 2020. Today SCN is the largest Spandau sailing club on the Upper Havel with around 150 members.
Information
Facilities
Two jetties with power for about 75 boats (3–10 m), year-round club mess with terrace, large boat hall, allotment area with 20 weekend cottages, forest parking and trailer area
Activities
Youth sailing, regattas, cruising, club races, burgee raising, season opening, summer festival, autumn celebration, try-sailing, club boat booking
Youth section
Active youth section from age 7 with Sunday training April–October, Optimists, junior sailing certificate and inland recreational craft licence from age 14
Parking
Yes, forest and trailer parking
Boating license training
Available: 1
Michael Steffenhagen
from age 14 in the youth section