Lübecker Yacht-Club e.V.
The Lübecker Yacht-Club e.V. (LYC) has been one of Germany's leading sailing clubs since 1898, with more than 800 members and three locations in Lübeck and Travemünde. At the clubhouse on the Wakenitz river, there is space for around 100 dinghies, the youth section and fleets of 12-foot dinghies and H-boats; in Travemünde, berths are available at Leuchtenfeld, Passathafen and Mövenstein with a catamaran and dinghy centre. The club promotes youth training, taster courses, regatta sailing up to the German Sailing League and offshore sailing on the training ship MEU. As founder and co-organiser of the Travemünder Woche, held since 1889, the LYC has a lasting influence on the international regatta scene on Lübeck Bay.
History
The Lübecker Yacht-Club was founded on 30 August 1898 to organise the Travemünder Woche – an event that has been held since 1889 and has grown into one of the world's largest sailing events. For more than 125 years, the LYC has looked back on a rich history of sailing and, with more than 800 members, ranks among Germany's leading sailing clubs. The clubhouse in Lübeck has been located on the Stadtwakenitz since 1920 and has since been rebuilt; the grounds accommodate around 100 dinghies, the youth section, the nostalgic 12-foot dinghy fleet and the H-boat fleet Lübeck. The building houses the club office as well as the offices of Travemünder Woche gGmbH and LYC Marketing GmbH. With the Leuchtenfeld clubhouse in Travemünde, the LYC maintains a second clubhouse built in 1865 as a lifeboat station and extensively renovated after years of use as a regatta station; it has been available to members since summer 2017. At Leuchtenfeld, the sports harbour offers around 70 berths, with a further roughly 180 in Passathafen behind the four-masted barque PASSAT restored in 1998. The seaside resort at Mövenstein in Travemünde, built in 1925 by Lübeck's city architect F.W. Vierck, is the third location; in 1994 the LYC acquired the 15,000 sqm site. It houses the catamaran and dinghy centre with 300 berths and a purpose-built slipway giving access to the Baltic Sea. The club is home to the revived 12-foot dinghy class Fleet North, is a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Sailing Association and the German Sailing Association, and a founding member of the German Sailing League. In addition to the Travemünder Woche, the LYC organises many other regatta formats and offers more than 800 sailors a sporting and social home on the Wakenitz, Trave and Baltic Sea.
Information
Facilities
Three locations: Wakenitz clubhouse in Lübeck with space for around 100 dinghies, youth section, 12-foot dinghy and H-boat fleets, office and restaurant; Leuchtenfeld clubhouse in Travemünde with sports harbour (around 70 berths) and Passathafen (around 180 berths); Mövenstein in Travemünde as catamaran and dinghy centre with 300 berths and slipway to the Baltic Sea. Also training ship MEU, LYC fashion store and gastronomy.
Activities
Regatta sailing and German Sailing League, Travemünder Woche, youth training and taster courses, voluntary social year in sailing, offshore sailing on MEU, traditional regattas such as opening and closing sails, Eisarsch regatta and LYC Youth Cup, cultural events and club festivals.
Youth section
Active youth section with training plans at Wakenitz and Mövenstein, taster courses, voluntary social year, training ship MEU, LYC Youth Cup and child protection concept
Guest berths
Yes, visiting yachts welcome in Travemünde
Boating license training
Available: 1
Board members
Additional officials
Regatta calendar
https://www.lyc.de/aktuelles/termine/index.html
2026-07-06 Taster course II 06.-09.07.2026
2026-08-01 Club bucket
2026-08-03 Taster course III 03.-06.08.2026
2026-08-08 Mövenstein summer regatta
2026-08-10 Summer festival at Mövenstein
2026-08-10 Taster day during summer festival 2026
2026-08-22 Club bucket
2026-09-19 LYC Youth Cup 2026
2026-09-26 Club bucket
2026-09-27 Closing sail Baltic Sea 2026
2026-10-10 Closing sail and Sailing Kids Cup at Wakenitz
2026-10-24 Autumn work session 1/2 at Mövenstein
2026-10-30 Youth assembly and youth festival
2026-11-12 Autumn members' meeting
2026-11-21 Autumn work session 2/2 at Mövenstein
2026-12-05 58th Eisarsch regatta