Silkeborg Sejlklub
Silkeborg Sejlklub is a welcoming sailing club on the Silkeborg Lakes in Denmark, with its own marina and clubhouse at Hattenæs 2C. Members use berths for keelboats and dinghy spaces ashore, plus club boats and trailers available for hire. Juniors start in the Optimist section, while adults join the sailing school with practical and theory courses leading to the recreational sailing certificate. Weekly keelboat training, the Wednesday cup and several annual regattas shape the programme, complemented by a Dansk Sejlunion J/70 league team.
History
Silkeborg Sejlklub has grown over decades at Hattenæs into an active club on the Silkeborg Lakes. Under long-serving chairman Frank Nielsen (1986–1994 and 2002–2010, 16 years in total) the neighbouring Kongsholm plot was purchased and a new jetty built; in the same period a large H-boat fleet developed with annual events. Before 2002, Poul Fisker led construction of the new clubhouse; Nielsen then returned as chair when no other candidate stood. Ejlert Andersen joined the board in 2005 and later served as secretary and vice-chair. Today the club runs a marina with over 110 berths, Optimist youth sailing, a sailing school, club-boat hire and a busy regatta and league programme including a J/70 team.
Information
Facilities
Own marina with berths for keelboats and dinghy spaces ashore (about 110–117 places in three categories), clubhouse with changing facilities, club boats (including H-boats and L23) and boat trailers for member hire; sauna booking and shared Brosamarbejde jetties in the lake system with partner clubs.
Activities
Optimist youth sailing, adult sailing school with basic and skipper courses, weekly keelboat training and Wednesday cup, several annual regattas (Tower Trophy, One-Two, night race, club championship, distance race), Dansk Sejlunion J/70 league and club events such as flag-raising and cruises.
Youth section
Active Optimist youth from about age 7, training Monday and Wednesday in the April–October season, dinghy hire and joint regattas with other clubs.
Guest berths
Yes, Brosamarbejde jetties
Boating license training
Available: 1
Hanne Krohn Gervin
Two seasons of practice plus theory course