Segelclub Mainspitze e.V.
Segelclub Mainspitze e.V. is a non-profit sailing club in Ginsheim-Gustavsburg on the Rhine opposite Mainz. The pier lies in a quiet side section of the Gustavsburg industrial harbour at Rhine kilometre 496, with direct access to the Rhine and the current-free Acker basin. The historic sandstone clubhouse stands on roughly 20,000 square metres of grounds with dinghy meadow, slipway, two jetties, boat storage and a hoist. The club offers youth training, free taster sailing, regattas and courses for the inland and sea pleasure craft licences. Since its founding in 1963, the club has combined cruising and racing with active youth and inclusion programmes.
History
Segelclub Mainspitze e.V. (SCM) was founded on 11 September 1963 by eleven sailors and entered in the register of associations at the Groß-Gerau local court on 2 September 1964 under number 434. The non-profit club is based in 65462 Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, district Gustavsburg. The founders wanted not only to cruise locally but also to race against neighbouring clubs, which required membership of a DSV club. SCM belongs to the German Sailing Association and the Hessen Sports Federation (membership number H 002). The clubhouse is a concave two-storey sandstone building with a green roof, built around 1843 as a redoubt of the old Fort Mainspitze and used as troop quarters. Today members use it for social gatherings; the caretaker family lives on the first floor. The grounds cover about 20,000 square metres with storage for keelboats and dinghies, a covered work area, hoist and winter storage. The pier in Harbour IV celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019. SCM has grown into a club with many cruising and racing sailors active on the North and Baltic Seas, the IJsselmeer, the Mediterranean and in national and international regattas. Special emphasis is placed on youth work with regular training and on inclusion: since 2018 there has been a lively partnership with Special Olympics Rhineland-Palatinate, and the club is listed as a best-practice example on the DSV inclusion page. The monthly members' meeting is held on the first Thursday of each month.
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Facilities
Historic clubhouse (Fort Mainspitze redoubt, around 1843) with green roof, approx. 20,000 sqm grounds, dinghy meadow with slipway and two jetties, pier in Gustavsburg Harbour IV with power and drinking water, storage for keelboats and dinghies, covered work area, hoist, winter storage for dinghies, club car park.
Activities
Youth training, free taster sailing (May–October), regattas (dinghy races, Johannis regatta, autumn championship), pleasure craft licence courses inland and sea, radio courses UBI and SRC, inclusion with Special Olympics RLP, season opening and closing sails, St Nicholas regatta, club festivals, monthly meeting, cruising on the Rhine and beyond.
Youth section
Active youth section with Saturday training from 13:00 on the dinghy meadow, Optimists and club dinghies, holiday taster courses, regatta participation and youth officer Hans-Martin Reuter plus coach Michael Klöppinger.
Parking
Yes, club car park available
Guest berths
Yes, by arrangement with harbour master
Boating license training
Available: 1
Bernd Langer
First half of the year, starting in February, theory and practice