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JOY Motor yacht for charter

A rare addition to the charter market, JOY is a masterful collaboration of two yachting powerhouses; Bannenberg and Rowell for her exquisite exterior lines and Dutch pedigree yard Feadship realised her. Covering five decks, her expansive outdoor space goes unrivalled and adds to her appeal as a luxury charter yacht. Beautiful concave lines and the artistic use of glass creates perfect harmony between the exterior and interior making her an ideal yacht for summertime cruising. Specifically, pockets of air conditioned indoor/outdoor zones known as 'winter gardens' were created to further enhance this feeling of space.

EXQUISITE PEDIGREE. UNRIVALLED DESIGN. INTIMATE NOOKS, GENEROUS SPACES.

• Excellent wellness facilities including a large fully equipped gym with fitness instructor, spa room and on board masseuse
• Beach club/disco
• Large games deck forward
• Carefully selected young and talented crew of 19
• Sun deck BBQ and pool
• Zero speed stabilisers to reduce any rolling motion while at anchor

A rare addition to the charter market, JOY is a masterful collaboration of two yachting powerhouses; Bannenberg and Rowell for her exquisite exterior lines and Dutch pedigree yard Feadship realised her. Covering five decks, her expansive outdoor space goes unrivalled and adds to her appeal as a luxury charter yacht. Beautiful concave lines and the artistic use of glass creates perfect harmony between the exterior and interior making her an ideal yacht for summertime cruising. Specifically, pockets of air conditioned indoor/outdoor zones known as 'winter gardens' were created to further enhance this feeling of space.

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Inside, Studio Indigo was responsible for her vibrant interior that includes an extremely flexible cabin layout sure to sleep 12 guests comfortably. With eight cabins, an elevator servicing three of the five decks plus an array of facilities dedicated to wellness (expect a large gym, spa room and on board masseuse), JOY has quickly established herself as a popular yacht on the charter scene.

With a highly experienced and talented crew of 19, you can be sure that each and every need will be met and exceeded while on board this prestigious yacht.

Tenders & toys

• 1 × Towed tender
• 2 × Tenders
• Inflatable platform
• RYA training centre for jetskis & waverunners
• 2 × Waverunners
• 4 × SeaBobs
• 1 × Jetsurf
• 2 × eFoils
• 4 × Kayaks
• 4 × Stand up paddleboards
• Inflatable tows
• Fishing gear
• Snorkelling gear

Please note that tenders and toys are subject to regular upgrades and changes. Contact a Burgess broker for the latest information.

Fitness equipment

• Basketball court
• Boxing equipment
• Cross trainer
• Free weights
• Kinesis machine
• Personal trainer
• Plyometrics box
• Resistance trainer
• Suspension trainer
• Training bench
• Upright stationary bike
• Beauty salon
• Hammam/Steam room
• Massage room
• On board masseuse

Please note that fitness equipment and wellness facilities are subject to regular upgrades and changes. Contact a Burgess broker for the latest information.

Testimonials

‘I am happy to report that the charter was nothing short of extraordinary. We had an amazing time aboard JOY thanks to captain and crew.’

‘My great thanks to all of the truly excellent crew aboard JOY for a wonderful charter in all respects! The captain was pleasure to work with. Particular thanks to Burgess for making this charter happen.’

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Charter of All Charters

Built by Feadship and exterior designed by Bannenberg & Rowell, 70m Joy epitomises the best of the best. The steel displacement motor yacht comprises five decks of northern European quality where carefully curated pockets of indoor/outdoor zones set a harmonious onboard tone. A luxurious interior by London-based Studio Indigo boasts over 250 finishes and materials, expertly maintained by a young and talented crew of 19. Pair that with a flexible layout, luxurious amenities and a toy collection to rival most others, and Joy presents the charter of all charters.

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Winter: Caribbean, Bahamas

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The High Life

Eat. Sleep. Play. Repeat.

Joy’s sprawling exterior deck areas take in four levels of decadence, not including the alluring lower deck beach club. Dine al fresco in the air conditioned main deck winter garden. Sink into sofas on the bridge deck aft, enjoy coffee on one of two drop down terraces or shoot some hoops on the private basketball court on the owner’s deck forward. Time spent at sea has never felt so life-affirming.

A Centre of Wellness

Scattered across Joy’s decks is a fleet of excellent wellness facilities that elevate the yacht to next level status. A fully-equipped super-sized gym on the bridge deck is accompanied by a personal trainer and Pilates instructor. A treatment room on the lower deck is serviced by two spa therapists. When the adults are relaxing, the kids stay entertained with a PlayStation 4, a large forward games deck for soccer, badminton and volleyball and a host of watersports geared towards all ages.

Sun Deck Jacuzzi

When it’s time to kick back, the sun deck is where it’s at. Oversized sunbeds face forward giving cool blue vibes and views that stretch for miles. Aft of the lounge area is a generous-sized on-deck Jacuzzi ideal for cooling off from the midday sun or enjoying long lingering evenings with a selection of sundowners to hand.

Accommodation

Family First

Cabin arrangement.

Full-Beam Owner’s Deck Master Suite

With king-sized bed, two ensuites, his and her dressing rooms and private office.

Full-Beam Main Deck VIP

With king-sized bed, ensuite, walk-in wardrobe and views to the outdoors.

Main Deck Doubles 1 & 2

Each with queen-sized bed, ensuites and views to the outside.

Owner’s Deck Double 1 & 2

Lower Deck Twin

With two single beds, an ensuite (suitable for nannies or staff).

Zero Compromise

Joie de Vivre

Only a few superyachts provide the comfort and convenience of an onboard cinema. Far fewer offer more than one. Joy’s main deck cinema brings the magic of the silver screen to the outdoors with an integrated screen that descends when required. When the kids take it over with Pixar’s latest animation, the adults descend to the beach club where a full-sized video wall offers a cinematic alternative, or better still, transforms the tranquil space into a throbbing night club.

Ghost Whisperer

Every great yacht charter comprises memorable shore excursions. For guests cruising aboard Joy in the South of France, the yacht’s private, custom-built Ghost Rolls-Royce with a matching white paint job guarantees you arrive at every location in true yachting style.

Ramping Up Recreation

What's in the Toybox

Tenders Inflatable Toys Water Ski Jet Skis Towable Toys Monoski Seabobs Wakeboard

Please note that the tenders and toys on board the yachts are regularly updated. Please contact Y.CO for the most up to date list.

Never Ending Story

In addition to being a certified RYA watersports centre and offering an all-singing beach set up for picnics and barbecues, Joy’s incredible inventory of toys extends to three tenders – including a 16-person 11.3m Wajer – and a host of inflatables and towables. A 10m slide descends from the beach deck, while the Fliteboard and electric surfboard will test and entertain guests of all capabilities.

Performance

Pushing Forward

Pole Position

Built in 2016 by Dutch shipyard Feadship and sleeping 12 guests in seven sumptuous cabins, Joy delivers the charter less ordinary. The highly skilled crew, including two rotational head chefs and a sous chef, inject fun and nutrition into every trip. The yacht’s striking exterior is matched by its performance, further supported by an onboard elevator and zero speed stabilisers guaranteeing comfort at every turn.

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JOY YACHT CHARTER

70m  /  229'8   feadship   2016.

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Cabin Configuration

Special Features:

• Bannenberg & Rowell exterior
• Vast abundance of dedicated outdoor spaces
• Beach club with cinema screen
• Basketball court on foredeck
• Two winter gardens
• Glass-enclosed gym
• Wellness facilities
• Flexible cabin layout

Superyacht Joy promises to deliver an outstanding charter vacation

The 70m/229'8" 'Joy' motor yacht built by the Dutch shipyard Feadship is available for charter for up to 12 guests in 7 cabins. This multi-award winning yacht features interior styling by British designer Studio Indigo.

Built in 2016, Joy is designed for exquisite indoor/outdoor living and boasts voluminous interior and exterior spaces across several decks: ideal for bronzing, lounging or entertaining. She has sensational features such as an elevator and gym.

Guest Accommodation

Joy offers guest accommodation for up to 12 guests in 7 suites comprising a master suite, one VIP cabin, four double cabins and one twin cabin. There are 9 beds in total, including 7 doubles and 2 singles. There are up to nineteen crew members on board to provide outstanding service on your charter.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

On your charter, you'll find plenty to keep you busy and entertained, particularly a gym with all the latest equipment to maintain your fitness routine. Soak up the bubbles in style in the deck jacuzzi.

Whatever your activities on your charter, you'll find some impressive features are seamlessly integrated to help you, particularly an elevator, making any part of the yacht quickly and easily accessible. Whether you want to work, use social media or stream movies on board this yacht, you can with Wi-Fi connectivity plus guests will experience complete comfort while chartering thanks to air conditioning.

Performance & Range

Built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, she offers greater on-board space and is more stable when at anchor thanks to her full-displacement hull. Powered by twin MTU engines, she comfortably cruises at 12 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 16 knots with a range of up to 4,500 nautical miles from her 100,000 litre fuel tanks at cruising speed. An advanced stabilisation system on board reduces the side-to-side roll of the yacht and promises guests exceptional comfort levels at anchor or when underway.

Joy knows a thing or two about fun on the water, with a selection of water toys and accessories for you and your guests to enjoy whilst on charter. Principle among these are towable toys offering fun and adventure. In addition there are wakeboards so guests can show off at speed. Also there are kayaks - a tranquil and relaxing way to pass the time. If that isn't enough Joy also features fishing equipment, scuba diving equipment and snorkelling equipment. Joy features three tenders, but leading the pack is a 8.5m/27'11" Novurania Chase Tender to transport you in style.

Book your next the Caribbean luxury yacht charter aboard Joy this winter. She is already accepting bookings this summer for cruising in the Mediterranean.

Motor yacht Joy is an outstanding pedigree yacht that delivers on all fronts for superlative luxury yacht vacations.

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Amenities & Entertainment

For your relaxation and entertainment Joy has the following facilities, for more details please speak to your yacht charter broker.

Joy is reported to be available to Charter with the following recreation facilities:

• 8.5m  /  27'11 Novurania Chase Tender 300 HP engine
• 6.2m  /  20'4 Pascoe Rescue Boat 180 HP engine
• 2 x 3m  /  9'10 Williams Jet Tender 100 HP engine

For a full list of all available amenities & entertainment facilities, or price to hire additional equipment please contact your broker.

Joy Awards & Nominations

• The ShowBoats Design Awards 2017 Best Exterior Design & Styling – Motor Yacht Above 48m Winner
• The ShowBoats Design Awards 2017 Best Interior Layout & Design – Motor Yacht Above 500GT Finalist
• The World Superyacht Awards 2017 Displacement Motor Yachts Between 500GT and 1,499GT Winner
• International Superyacht Society Awards 2017 Best Power 65m+ Nomination
• Asia Boating Award 2017 Best Custom Built Yacht Finalist
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For a full list of all available amenities & entertainment facilities, or price to hire additional equipment please contact your broker.

'Joy' Charter Rates & Destinations

Summer Season

May - September

€650,000 p/week + expenses Approx $693,500

High Season

€780,000 p/week + expenses Approx $832,000

Cruising Regions

Mediterranean Croatia, France, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro

HOT SPOTS:   Amalfi Coast, Corsica, French Riviera, Ibiza, Sardinia, The Balearics

Winter Season

October - April

$650,000 p/week + expenses

$780,000 p/week + expenses

Caribbean Antigua, Bahamas, Saint Martin, St Barts

HOT SPOTS:   Virgin Islands

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Sleek and unique, the 70m/230ft motor yacht JOY inspired an incredible wave of intrigue following her delivery from Feadship.

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It´s just four weeks since we have bought our sailing yacht. SY OLIVIA is a long wanted and now very warm welcomed new family member. From the first day on it was clear that we´d have to take her to Hamburg where I live because despite the fact that we´ve bought “much ship for the money” there´s still plenty of work to do. So, having her current port of registry on the Schlei – one of the most beautiful spots here in Germany – I´ve planned the transfer cruise well ahead (you may read the article on sailing cruise-planning here ) and I was full of joy when my first day off arrived and we drove some 2 hours to the Schlei the evening before casting off. Ready for the big trip home.

My plan: Bringing the ship to Hamburg in 3 to 5 days.

Just setting sails and away we are … well, not quite so. A multi-day sailing cruise is a complex thing to plan: Apart from the fact that I had prepared a 7 waypoint-timetable, gathered all information on how and when to sail along the Kiel Canal and of course the data on the tidal times on the River Elbe there was much more to be thought of. We would be a party of 4 people on board OLIVIA, 3 adults and an infant. Three full meals a day of which one had to be as easy as nothing to be prepared when underway, enough to drink and the “sweet stuff for the brains” had to be stored on board. Clothing: What would the weather forecast for our cruising time? All that kind of thinking was occupying my head all of the past week.

Now, it is well before 7 o´clock on day 1, I´m standing on deck, breathing the clean, fresh but icy-cold air. Waves of humid fog are taking any views waterside. Still nobody on land to be seen. It´s just a few hours until we cast off. I can´t keep my eyes off the beautiful sight – we have to return here! It would be perfect to have a berth for OLIVIA here at the Schlei during the sailing season, but mooring is strictly limited here, expensive and very scarce. We will see.

We´ve spent a cold but happy first night on board. Even if this morning would be perfect for a long, voluptuous breakfast I have no time at all – there´s still one crew member missing. Since my wife and me are absolute beginners in sailing and OLIVIA is a big 33 feet-cruiser with some 60 square metres of canvas (apart from our son, barely able to walk) I am very lucky and a bit proud having won the company and help of an old friend.

Sailing for the first time? Don´t panic: Pilot on board.

He is the married husband of one of my oldest friends from Kindergarten. A classic seafarer – the perfect companion for our cruise. He has every certification you may think of, the captain´s patent and is a well experienced boatmaster. Ranging from classic regatta sailing in his teenager-time to years at the helm of a classic tall ship, First Officer and Captain on fast ferries in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean and – the most important – his spontaneous “Yes, of course!” without hesitating or thinking it over just when I phoned him. Yeah, he is just the best choice for this job – taking a freshmen crew over 130 miles home safely.

Let´s call him “the Pilot”.

He visited OLIVIA just 4 days prior to sailing. Wanting to get familiar with her, keen on seeing which kind of ship she would be, inspecting her mechanical and technical equipment it was his approach to this trip. When we met on this cold icy morning, he had read nearly everything available on the Fiskars King´s Cruise 33 on the internet. A true pro.

Farewell to the Schlei.

After a brief breakfast at her previous owner´s house boat we prepared the boat, stored everything away, put on our lifevests and the Pilot´s wife helped to cast off the ropes. Freefloating and under engine OLIVIA slowly left her berth. I couldn´t really grasp the whole situation: Have we really set sails on our trip? Unbelievable!

Weather forecast promised some perfect days ahead: Warm, dry and – best for sailing – with a steady, not so strong westerly wind. OLIVIA´s Diesel was running smoothly as we approached Kappeln, our first waypoint. Here a bridge for cars and land traffic blocks every ship. Waterborne traffic has to wait for a quarter to full when the bridge opens up for boats and ships. We were the first to arrive and had some 15 minutes in holding stacks until just in time the bridge slowly opened up.

“Thank you, bridge master”, we finally greated to old man at the control levers as we gave flank speed and steamed toward the Baltic. The Schlei is not a river, many people think so, it´s a firth. A very rare thing in Germany. As far as I know, the one and only real firth we have here. As beautiful as the Schlei may be, it´s a dangerous water as well. It has a very narrow waterway, beyond the tight line of buoys shallows of less than 50 cm and big rocks are grimly awaiting the all too risky sailors to ground their boats or damage their keels.

So I was strictly steering inside the waterway, keeping the green buoys right at my port side. The closer we got to Schleimünde – entry to the open sea – the narrower the waterway got. As we had two or three boats incoming I experienced some swell, having to work hard at the tiller to steer the boat clear from the waves but keeping her on course as well. Passing Schleimünde at around 10 o´clock it was nothing like the blue sea ahead of us – most of the other sailing vessels changed course to their starboard side immediately after leaving the Schlei. We´ve had other plans.

Offshore in the Baltic Sea: A perfect sailing day

“Reduce speed and put her into the wind“, came the Pilot´s order. “Go midship and hoist mainsail at my command.” I responded, grabbed the crank handle and worked my way forward. There was no sea-movement worth calling it this way, but the boat was giving me quite a ride – one hand for the ship. Always! “Ready to set mainsail”, I yelled into the wind. The Pilot nodded, I began shoot. Slowly the canvas came up, first at no counterforce but the more I set the sail, the heavier it got to set the remaining rest. After one or two minutes and an aching arm later the sail was fully set.

Back into the cockpit the Pilot was trimming the sail, pulling the tiller and OLIVIA slowly turned away from the wind, bringing the blowing force along her port side. The sail went bulgy and I could feel her accepting the push from mother nature.

“Ready to set Genoa sail”, another command from the Pilot. I let loose the Furlex return rope and the port side-sheet rope as I pulled the starboard-sheet as hard as I could. The jib furling-system worked so precise and nicely that it took just seconds to uncover all of the big Genoa. Two pulls by the Pilot and the sail was also trimmed – just instantly OLIVIA leaned over to her starboard side and gained speed.

“Stop the engine”. This time it was me giving the command.

As the rumbling of the Volvo Penta-Engine died away it was just the splash of the waves and this very particular sound of material being pushed through the water by the not-quite-so-quiet force of the wind. Wiping away some drops of sweat off my forehead I looked to the Pilot. He smiled: “Look at the sails, Lars.”, he said full of joy, pointing his eyes back up the mast: “They´re standing in the wind all tarted up. It´s sheer pleasure.” I nodded. Looking at my wife and son, I realised there was no place on earth where we rather would be instead being here now. A perfect moment.

Military restricted areas, fairwater buoys und land cover.

Where all of our accompanying boats turned southwards right after clearing Schleimünde we were holding our easterly course steadily. Getting away from land meant two things: We assumed we´d get more and steady winds by clearing the land coverage and second – more important – we would have no trouble negotiating all the shallows near the coastline. After all, our course would put us therefore nearer to the multiple military zones off Eckernförde, Germany´s submarine base and testing ground. But a good chance to exercise navigation by buoys: Restricted areas are clearly marked by yellow buoys and it took us no ten minutes to spot the first, the northernmost buoy marking the no-sail-zone.

We´ve had some commercial traffic astern but it was far off. Looking at the sea around us it was (close to) nothing but just us. OLIVIA was making steady progress and we had some time for contemplation, talk and letting loose our thoughts.

Steady winds at 10 knots: Easy sailing.

The Pilot was right: Just as predicted we managed to catch a steady wind. But as evenly as it was blowing, the cushy it was. We had only about 10 to 14 knots in the mast-top, pushing our boat not faster than 5 knots through the water. Which was welcomed: Remember, we were the freshmen and these conditions just perfect for a first sailing trip on our own. I took my chance to ask every question that came to my mind whilst having the Pilot on board. He, uncomplaining as he was, answered each and every one of them.

I explored every line and rope, tested reactions of the boat by either luffing her or falling off wind. Easy sailing as it was, it was as perfect as it can be for a rookie sailor. The Pilot sat in the cockpit, letting the sun touch his head, dreaming away every now and then. My son closed his eyes as soon as the engine started his work, he barely opened them up until we finally moored in Kiel.

I went down to the pantry, prepared a drink for everyone (non-alc, of course) and after being relieved from helm positioned myself on the foredeck leaning at the mast, letting my thought cast off. The constant blurring of the sea, the beams of the sun, fresh air and light breeze. OLIVIA´s rolling in the slight waves, every now and then a splash of water hitting our freeboard. The hours went by, we passed another buoy and changed course to Kiel Approach – 3 hours into the cruise I was fully disconnected from land, my job, my previous life …

I loved it. I really loved it.

Kiel Approach and so much traffic.

Back to reality. We approached the Kieler Förde, the big horn funneling all the traffic to Kiel or – as we were part of – to the entrance to the Kiel Canal, connection between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. “Steer her right into Kiel Lighthouse”, the Pilot commanded. “Aye.” Holding her sturdily on course. Wind freshed up a bit, but not too much.

“I would eat a broomstick if we could sail all the way right in front of the Holtenau locks!”, the Pilot said, full of joy over this happy sailing day. He was giving the boat compliments all the time for her sailing qualities (which really calmed myself because I feared having bought a piece of junk), her fine sails and most of all her quick response to the slightest increase of wind. “She´s a fine boat”, he asserted me for the tenth time. I was so happy.

Getting way to the big commercial boats I steered her well on the right side of the green buoys. So did many other sailing vessels. “What´s that?”, my wife asked, pointing to a big, big grey shadow on the horizon. It was certainly a ship, but which one? The nearer we´ve got, the clearer the impression, that this may be a sailing vessel too. “Oh my, that´s the famous BLACK PEARL”, the Pilot said. “She´s probably on test trial here and currently being built by HDW.” Yeah, now I could see her very clear: Fully rigged but under engine she was performing some engine tests, as we could hear by listening to her master´s radio conversation with Kiel Control.

Not being able to catch her, we changed course well before reaching Kiel Lighthouse to due south and sailed right into the Förde. Some more traffic, which we kept well away on our port side, the sun was entering her descent. This perfect first cruise day neared end as I hurled in the Genoa and took down the mainsail, under engine we slowly approached the famous Tiessen-Kai where we would spend the night.

Mooring in Holtenau at the famous Tiessen-Kai.

„What a day!“, the Pilot rhapsodized as we neared the quay. “What a fine, perfect day! We sailed all time, no engine! Do you know just how much luck we´ve had?” I nodded. Yeah, could be raining or blowing hard – but this time. “Maybe we were lucky to catch the last few warm nice days of 2015 on our cruise?”, I answered. Could be.

Sailing yachts are allowed to sail the Kiel Canal only during daylight-time, so it was clear that arriving after 4 o´clock P.M. would mean to stay overnight outside the channel. Which was absolutely perfect since the famous Tiessen-Kai is a maritime classic and a must-see. During it´s Golden Ages this quay was a regular destination for small freighters and fishermen, some of Kiel´s most famous ship chandlers had their headquarters along the waterfront. Nowadays it´s a nostalgic place, one or two small restaurants and a famous Tango dancing-bar holding up the name. And yachties of course: A lot of sailing cruises start and end here at Tiessen-Kai.

Just as OLIVIA was moored along the small marina where about 20 yachts could spend the overnight, we got ready to celebrate our first day at sea. “I´ll take you all to the best restaurant”, I promised. We were in a good mood, all the strain and stress of the past days fell off and I was in party-mode.

We´ve managed to sail all the way from the Schlei to Kiel, had favourable winds all the time in a smooth manor. There was virtually no traffic and I was able to apply my knowledge in navigating and steering the boat. The Pilot was of great help – had fun by himself, which is great. It was a pleasure to see OLIVIA flying full canvas – although the wind was of the weaker kind. Feeling her prowling the waves, producing neither sound nor exhaust fumes triggered a deep feeling of satisfaction. This first day brought everything I was seeking in sailing on a yacht: Being outdoors with my family and friends, tasting the salty water on my lips and experiencing “travel” of a different – a special – kind.

Having moored OLIVIA alongside Tiessen-Kai was a great moment for me: This was the first ever cruise in my life with that boat.

After clearing the ship we proceeded. Having invited the whole crew to eat out was a bit hasty since I didn´t check my cash in the first place. We´ve had different plates of fresh fish and big pints of beer. A nice chatter about sailing, weather and what to do the next day let the hours fly by. It grew darker outside and slowly fatigue began to grab us. I was able to pay the restaurant with virtually my last cash money and as we headed back the day was crowned by a fantastic sunset with colours ranging from deep blue to bright pink and rosy tunes. A harbinger for a good second cruise day?

First day done: A résumé.

Wife and son quickly disappeared in the forecastle berth just minutes after we arrived back on board. Me and the Pilot kept on talking a while tomorrow´s plans for the locking into the Kiel Canal and what to expect. “I hope that there won´t be fog too long – If we pass the lock after 11 o´clock we won´t make it through the whole channel in one day.”, the Pilot was calculating. “Then it´s another hour later in the tide of the Elbe which makes it even more complicated for the third day to reach Hamburg in time.” Everything is connected to everything …

“Well, we will see.”, I said, not fully aware of all the implications. Yet. The Pilot wrote an SMS home and we switched off lights, let the day fade away by recapping the pictures of this wonderful, wonderful first cruise day on our fine King´s Cruiser OLIVIA.

When I finally fell asleep I tried to visualize the pictures of this wonderful day. I dreamt of sailing boats, the kraken and Cape Horn, slept a nearly sleepless night, listening to the squeeking and clanking of the masts and rigging in the wind … the ever so slowly but steady rolling of our boat … the smell of salty water and Diesel fumes.

Wonderful …

Upcoming Article: Day 2: Sailing the Kiel Canal.

In which the author will get to experience the race of 40 yachts into the Holtenau lock and a speedy regatta under engine and full throttle through Kiel Canal to reach Elbe River/North Sea and a perfect solitary place called Gieselaukanal. Stay tuned for another day on board SY OLIVIA on her transfer to Hamburg.

This is how our first day under sail began, unfolded and ended. We´ve had everything a rookie sailor can think of and wish for. I got to know OLIVIA ever more under sail and was happy to have the Pilot with all his passion, his vast experience and his joy on board. Seeing this seafarer who he has seen the whole world and has steered every kind of ship one could think of having so much fun with OLIVIA makes my heart warming up and me happy. So I dreamt away, couldn´t wait see the sun come up again tomorrow. Ready for stage 2.

What was your first ever cruise on your own sailing yacht like? I´m looking forward to your comments & thoughts.

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This North German city has a unique atmosphere. If you like spending time outdoors, Kiel is the best place for you. But Kiel has more to offer you than just the sea. Kiel is an important base for the German navy and is known for its international sailing event - Kieler Woche, which takes place once a year and includes an extensive program full of concerts and various presentations. During the festival, you can also taste regional specialties, a fish specialty known as the Kieler Sprotten.

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Seagulls fly high - a gentle breeze blows, bringing fresh sea air into the city. This North German city has a unique atmosphere. If you enjoy spending time outdoors, Kiel is the best place for you. But Kiel can offer you more than just the sea.

Kiel is Germany's northernmost city. Located right on the Baltic Sea, it serves as the last stop on one of the busiest man-made waterways in the world - the Kiel Canal. Kiel is an important naval base in Germany and is known for its international sailing event, "Kieler Woche".

Kieler Woche is held once a year and includes an extensive support program full of concerts and various presentations . During the festival, you can also try regional specialties, a fish specialty known as "Kieler Sprotten".

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On board with Bill Joy, owner of 58m sailing yacht Ethereal

“A boat is a finite universe and we have to live with our resources,” says the computer software pioneer Bill Joy, as he talks fuel cells, decarbonising energy and designing and building his Royal Huisman ketch with Marilyn Mower

Bill Joy never set out to change the world – but that’s exactly what this unassuming Midwesterner did in the late 1970s when he turned the world of software development on its head. Armed with an electrical engineering degree from the University of Michigan, he was accepted to graduate programmes at Caltech and the University of California at Berkeley. Despite Caltech offering a teaching fellowship, he chose free-wheeling Berkeley and that made all the difference. “Reagan was the governor of  California  then and there had been massive budget cuts to education in the state. The campus computer facilities were decimated,” he recalls. “It was like a forest fire; everything is gone and then new green shoots start coming up.”

One of those new green shoots was Berkeley’s Computer Systems Research Group, which had managed to attract some money undertaking contract work for government agencies and corporations. One such contract given to Joy was to work with third-party software to run programs for an arm of the US Defense Department. Joy refused, saying he didn’t trust the third party’s code. Rather than risk a program failure, he went home and rewrote it. Hauled in to explain why he didn’t follow instructions, and asked how he thought he could rejig the software that keeps millions of bits of data moving in the right direction, he replied: “It’s simple – you read the protocol and write the language.” In a stroke, he had solved a significant instability problem and set the world of coding on a new course.

Forty years later, he remains every bit the soft- spoken pragmatist. Already a legend in software after his work at Berkeley, he was invited to join startup Sun Microsystems in the early 1980s to invent a smaller, simpler workstation and the enabling microprocessor that would take computing out of the realm of universities and governments and put it into industries. Soon, as a full partner, he led a team that invented Java, one of the most popular programming languages. This boosted Sun Microsystems into the stratosphere and put Joy into contact with other entrepreneurs such as Bruce Katz, the man behind the famous Rockport shoe brand of Massachusetts and owner of the 43.5-metre Royal Huisman sailing yacht Juliet . Their chance meeting during a business conference led first to a friendship and then directly to Joy building 58-metre sailing yacht Ethereal .

“It was sailing with Bruce aboard his Juliet ; such a great experience. I actually met Bruce before he built Juliet . He had a lifelong dream of building [his own boat to sail around the world] and because we both like design, we talked a lot about it. I inherited that dream,” says Joy.

After 21 years at Sun Microsystems, Joy made a huge career shift, becoming a venture capitalist with the Silicon Valley firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) in 2005. He put his analytical ability into identifying and investing in disruptive early-stage “green” technologies, notably wind, solar, energy storage and semiconductor technologies for mobile devices. The late Tom Perkins, an avid sailor, nurtured Joy’s nascent interest in sailing while former US vice president Al Gore, a KPCB senior partner, influenced him to build the most efficient, eco-friendly yacht possible.

When the time came to fulfil his sailing dream, Joy wanted the same team that created Juliet : Ron Holland as naval architect with the late Pieter Beeldsnijder for the interior and Royal Huisman to build it. “I really wanted to do a project with Pieter,” says Joy. “Bruce’s description of working with him was just so great.” Beeldsnijder and Joy hit it off. “It was such a pleasure to watch him work. He was very much an old-school person. He wouldn’t sit at a computer, he would sketch with pencil. He could freehand perspective drawings. He was a wizard and he could make you understand how things were going to feel. He was such a joy to be around. His effervescent happiness in doing the design was infectious,” Joy recalls.

While Katz’s project was driven by emotion, Joy approached the build of his family-focused yacht with the mind of an engineer. “I’m not a sailor; I don’t sail the boat. I’m an engineer,” he admits. He and wife Shannon wanted everyone involved with the project to think outside of the box. Every system was challenged and optimised. At one point, Royal Huisman set up five tents in the yard as workshops so that the scientists, engineers and technicians the Joys brought into the project could be developing on site in immediate proximity to each other. The yacht, launched in 2009, was a living laboratory, with efficiency woven into every corner and system on board.

Ethereal features the first true hybrid solution installed on a yacht, with its 500kWh lithium-iron phosphate battery bank (chosen for its safety) resting under the corridor to the aft cabins. It is a system that still works as planned and some of the batteries, charged and discharged thousands of times, are original. In the boat’s 10-year survey completed last year, no changes were made to the propulsion or the batteries, which can either be used for silent operation of the vessel, a generator-free night at anchor or for peak shaving.

The boat’s energy grid is remarkably flexible and can charge batteries three ways – from shaft generators when the props are freewheeling under sail, turning under power of the main engines or via one of three relatively small gensets. Reducing the production of heat of everything from light bulbs and air conditioning to glass in portlights and deck hatches that reflects outdoor heat combined with substantial insulation means the boat’s hotel load is much less than others its size and volume.

“A boat is a finite universe and we have to live with our resources. We have to be conscious of how much power we can generate, how much water we can make and how much food we can carry in our self-contained world,” Joy notes firmly.

Living within limits is a key philosophy for both husband and wife. Shannon is a producer of documentary films such as Chasing Coral, Ghost Fleet, Mission Blue and her latest, Anote’s Ark . She’s also on the board of Mission Blue, Oceans 5, Wild Aid and EarthSense Foundation. Ethereal , Joy tells me, has been on many dive trips while videographers and scientists worked on the films. “Most of our sailing has been in the South Pacific , Palau and Raja Ampat , Melanesia, Micronesia, Indonesia , Polynesia – all the ‘nesias’ – and Tahiti . I like the diving and Shannon is working on a lot of conservation issues in those areas.”

It evidently irritates him that governments and corporations don’t seem to have grasped the urgency of the world’s environmental challenges. “People hear that CO2 is going up so many parts per year and it seems like they still have time. The funny thing is, there are tipping points. There is a point at which things are barely in balance and then you add a stressor and the forest that has become drier every year for 10 years because of climate change suddenly becomes a massive fire. The polluted water run-off in Florida becomes a catastrophic amount of red tide and blue- green algae. People ask ‘what happened?’, and it probably wasn’t very much, but there was a tipping point. The systems have lost their resilience. Along comes a stressor and they have nothing left to give,” he says.

He won’t be drawn on politics, stating plainly: “Biology and chemistry have no politics. We have assumed we could stay colouring within the margins by putting little restrictions on things but the cumulative overpressure is quite large. It offends a few people a lot if you try to stop it and it offends a lot of people a little if you don’t, until it becomes a catastrophe, at which point your choices may be limited.”

Today sees Joy still actively engaged in the investment sector, acting as principal and chief scientist of Water Street Capital, based in Jacksonville, Florida , in between his stints on board Ethereal , on which he spends around three months a year. The firm’s investment model is less quick-hit and more agent of change. Not surprisingly, Joy is focused on batteries and reformulating the energy grid. He has personally led financing for Ionic Materials, developer of a solid polymer to replace the liquid electrolyte in rechargeable batteries. “A lot of the materials you would like to use in a battery because they have good voltage potential and are light and cheap tend to not be materials that work well with a liquid [electrolyte],” he explains.

“For example, sulphur is something you would love to use in a battery. It’s light and almost free but when you put it with a liquid you get reactions creating all sorts of impurities that cause it to fail. If you use a polymer electrolyte, then you don’t have these reactions and you aren’t restricted on materials... we open up the whole periodic table. It could make radically better batteries. You don’t have to mine the deep ocean or the Congo for materials like cobalt and nickel. You could completely eliminate toxic lead acid batteries.”

After nearly two hours in Ethereal’s beautiful deck saloon, we’ve covered topics as diverse as fuel cells, decarbonising energy, a meat replacement made mostly out of peas, and why he’s still dubious about artificial intelligence and . We haven’t quite solved all the world’s problems, but I walk off the passarelle knowing there is a good man on the case.

First published in the May 2019 issue of BOAT International

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YES: Kiel Week for the Next Generation

Wolfgang Weber

Norddeutscher Regatta Verein

April 27, 2023

A preview of Kiel Week (June 17-25) will take place at the big dinghy and skiff kick-off at the Young Europeans Sailing (YES), in Kiel-Schilksee May 27-29, 2023. This event is organized by the Kiel Yacht Club and the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV).

In the classes 29er, 420, Europe, Pirat, and the ILCA classes 4, 6 (women and men), and 7 men, approximately 600 active sailors with 400 boats are expected to compete. In addition, the International German Junior Championships (IDJoM) will be sailed in the ILCA 6/w and ILCA 7/m disciplines.

“We are delighted that the German Sailing Federation has again awarded this extra predicate to the YES this year,” said organization manager Dirk Ramhorst, who is looking forward to a full Kiel program in 2023.

Over three days, the best German junior sailors will compete in seven disciplines alongside athletes from Denmark, Latvia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. In addition to the titles of YES Champion, the ILCA 6 and 29er (both female and male) as well as the 420er (female and additionally male or mixed), the events of this week will decide who will represent Germany at the Youth Worlds in July off The Hague (Netherlands).

The largest fleet is the ILCA (formerly Laser class), which is divided into four disciplines: ILCA 4, ILCA 6 male and female and ILCA 7. It is not only the quantity, but the high quality at the start that shows the importance of the junior event on the part of the organizers. Julia Büsselberg (Kiel) and Hannah Anderssohn (Rostock), two of the top sailors from Germany and who are already looking towards the 2024 Olympic Games in Marseille (France), will be at the start.

In the ILCA 6/m class, the reigning German champion Christoph Wurm (Augsburger Segler-Club) has already registered. He is joined by last year’s second and third in ILCA 4, Tom Struve and Leif Lüders (KYC), who are switching to ILCA 6.

The high-flyers in the 29er, Anton and Johann Sach (LYC), are looking to defend their title. In 2021, the boys from Zarnekau won Kiel Week, the National Championship and the German Youth Championship in their first attempt and were named Immac Young Sailors of the Year. Off Kiel, the Sach brothers will again face local heroes Per Christoffer and Carl Frederik Schwall of KYC, last year’s fourth-place finishers.

The duel between the Sach brothers and the Schwall brothers has happened before. In the 1990s, the two pairs of brothers delivered exciting competitions in the Tornado.In addition to the ILCA fleets and the 29ers, 420s, Europe and Pirates are announced for the YES.

YES Schedule :

Friday, May 26:          Registration 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 27:      registration 8 to 11 a.m., 1st start at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 28:        further races Monday, May 29:       more races, last start opportunity at 2 p.m.

Prize giving ceremony, at 4 p.m. (scheduled) at the marina plaza, or in case of bad weather in the Vaasa Hall.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three-point finishers in each class, with additional challenge prizes in each class. Two races are necessary for the classification of the regatta series. Four races are necessary for the Junior Championship. After three races the worst race will not be counted. The strike in the qualifying race can be replaced by a worse score in the final group. The U19 division is an extract from the overall class ranking and applies only to competitors born in 2005 or later.

Scheduled races: 29er: eleven races 420er, Europe, ILCA 4, ILCA 6/w, ILCA 6/m and ILCA 7/m: eight races each.

Published on June 7th, 2022 | by Assoc Editor

Kiel Week is back and feels right

Published on June 7th, 2022 by Assoc Editor -->

After the two September editions of 2020 and 2021, which brought the Kiel Week Regatta a lot of international recognition in the grip of the pandemic, the traditional date at the end of June feels right again. Head of Organization Dirk Ramhorst: “We live from the proximity to the many guests and want to enjoy the new, old freedom with them.”

This also includes the summer festival in the city center, which was sorely missed twice. The regatta at the Schilksee Olympic Center is emerging stronger. A separate opening ceremony on event area and, for the first time, the hosting of the welcome evening of the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein are proof of the high status of the sailing sport also among politicians.

The period between two Kiel Weeks has never been shorter than from 2021 to 22 – a challenge for the entire organizing team. The number of participants proved once again that Kiel is on the wish list of many crews from Germany and abroad, whether with or without World Cup status in the Olympic disciplines. Some classes are experiencing a run. “This is a maximum recognition for the performance and commitment of the volunteers,” said Ramhorst, who also senses as DSV Vice President: “Kiel remains a milestone on the way to the Olympic Games.”

When a red line appears in the Manage2Sail registration system, the capacity limit has been reached. For the 49ers, the maximum number of participants in both classes was raised significantly, so great was the rush for the Olympic skiffs. Nearly 100 men’s crews covet admission to Kiel Week.

“We’ve also increased to three racing courses for the dinghies,” explains Principal Race Officer Fabian Bach, “because there were quickly 75 on the list for the women’s 49erFX as well.” Just as with the Nacra 17 catamarans, which have been increased to 40, the subsequent European Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, are exerting a pull.

For the German silver medalists from Japan last year, the first appearance after the victory in Enoshima will also be a very special one emotionally. “Yes, it will be our last regatta together in the 49erFX,” revealed Susann Beucke from Strande at the pre-event press conference in the Komodoresaal of the Kieler Yacht Club.

After careful consideration with helm Tina Lutz, the decision was made against another Olympic campaign. Beucke will from now on dedicate herself to offshore sailing, and will announce details of her Figaro project on Tuesday during Kiel Week. Lutz has gained a professional foothold in human resources management for a major Swiss corporation in Austria.

“We had a wonderful time together with many highs and leave the lows behind,” said Susann Beucke four days before her 31st birthday, “when it’s at its best, you should set off for new shores.” Those who know her have faith that she will one day win a world race. But before that, they both want to “enjoy our favorite regatta to the fullest.” At Kiel Week, Lutz/Beucke will compete once again in their Olympic boat.

They will be recognizable by transparent sails, because the South-North combination is already not making the switch to the new FX rig with black sails. Says Beucke, “That’s why we have no expectations in terms of sport, we just want to have fun.” At the class premiere in 2013, Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke, who once met at a press conference at Kiel Week, won just as they did in 2016 and most recently two years ago, so they are returning as defending champions.

The 49er Vice World Champions Tim Fischer and Fabian Graf will start for the Kiel Week co-organizers Norddeutscher Regatta Verein and Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee. The Kiel duo dominated the world elite at the World Championships in November in the Sultanate of Oman before robbing themselves of the gold medal with an early start in the final.

On their home turf, it comes to revenge with the world champions Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken from the Netherlands. “Whether we’re the hunter or the hunted doesn’t matter to us at all,” says the helmsman, “we’re not putting ourselves under any pressure at all.”

Relaxation with an intelligent sailing style is the recipe for success, just don’t tense up. In their seventh year together in the boat, Fischer/Graf have learned from past mistakes when they overperformed. This season, Tim Fischer is focusing on his master’s thesis in business administration at the University of Kiel, while his crewmate is now a sports soldier. Together with Jakob Meggendorfer and Andreas Spranger from the Bavarian Yacht Club and Max Stingele and Linov Scheel from the Kieler Yacht Club, they form a strong training team under coach Max Groy.

And where are the two-time bronze medalists from the 2016 and 21 Olympics? “We won’t be back until the World Championships in the fall,” explains Thomas Plößel. After completing his studies as a mechanical engineer, he works at the Reckmann company on roller furling systems for large yachts. Helmsman Erik Heil is continuing his medical studies.

After winning their first medal in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, the two had already impressively demonstrated that a longer break from training and competition need not mean an interruption in their success story.

Heil/Plößl will come to Schilksee anyway. They will open the Kiel Week Regatta 2022 on Saturday (June 18) together with Lutz/Beucke as well as Paul Kohlhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer (Nacra 17) and the Kieler double leader Ulf Kämpfer/Hans-Werner Tovar (Lord Mayor/City President). “At 1300 hrs. parallel to the first races on the triangular courses, we will give a joint start signal on the event stage,” explains Dirk Ramhorst.

Kohlhoff/Stuhlemmer have also set their sights high on the foiling twin hull boat on their own doorstep. For the team from the north, it was already clear immediately after the Olympic bronze medal: “We’re going full throttle until 2024. World Championship bronze, also in Oman, was the first strong sign. Meanwhile, there is also a new focus at the ambitious helmsman. In May, Paul Kohlhoff became a father for the first time and now also enjoys “every free minute that we’re not on the water.”

On the final day of the Medal Races (June 26), he will celebrate his 27th birthday, and with his current foreshearer, perhaps even the third overall victory after 2015 and 16 (then with Carolina Werner). However, the competition will be tough. Italian rivals Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti are in the mix, as are John Gimson and Anna Burnet from Great Britain and Argentina’s sailing legend Santiago Lange with Victoria Travascio.

Kiel Week sees a premiere return in the 470 dinghy. It features the second mixed discipline after the Nacras at the Olympic sailing events. Anastasiya Winkel, Olympic sixth on Luise Wanser’s boat, now trims aboard her husband Malte. The Ukrainian-born sailor has been braving a double burden since the start of the war, as she is heavily involved in helping refugees. “Among them are some sailors, some of whom have come with their families,” the 28-year-old reports. The Kieler Yacht Club and the Norddeutsche Regatta Verein also help with training opportunities.

In addition, Anastasiya Winkel keeps in daily contact with her mother and 90-year-old grandmother, who can no longer leave Old Shevsk due to old age. The industrial city is located in the Luhansk region only about 50 kilometers from the embattled metropolis of Sjewjerodonezk. Of what used to be more than 100,000 inhabitants, only about a third are still there. Winkel: “So far, at least, my home has not been bombed. I sincerely hope it stays that way.”

Given these circumstances, it is difficult to concentrate on competitive sports. A 20-day training camp in Marseille provided a welcome change before Kiel Week. Anastasiya Winkel’s Olympic coxswain Luise Wanser (Hamburg), who was one of the few women to remain at the tiller in the new discipline, was also there, now with Philipp Autenrieth in the trapeze.

“Exchange and comparison within the national team and with other countries are the only way to establish ourselves among the world’s best,” says Malte Winkel, “so we’ll play with our cards on the table as long as we can.” The Winkels won one of the training regattas in the south of France and gained self-confidence on the way to their dream of representing the German colors “in Paris” the year after next.

“Due to Tokyo 2021, we are basically just at the beginning of the Olympics, which have been shortened by one year, but we are already intensively preparing,” said DSV Sports Director Nadine Stegenwalner, who would like to fill all ten sailing disciplines and sees “the potential for it everywhere.” However, the qualification of nations will already be a higher hurdle than before, because the total number of athletes in sailing has been further reduced by the IOC.

In the international boat classes, the 11th ACO Musto Skiff World Championship and the Nordic Folkboat Gold Cup stand out this year with around 50 starters each. Of the single-handed sailors, Iver Ahlmann has a double home game. The 2011 European Championship runner-up comes as the 2020 Kiel Week winner and managing partner of the Büdelsdorf-based ACO Group, a leading international company for drainage technology and wastewater treatment.

After ten years of ACO Musto Skiff World Championships, the company is also a sponsor of Kiel Week. “Our claim has recently been ‘we care for water’, which fits very well with sailing,” explains Iver Ahlmann, “and sustainability, which is also emphasized by Kiel Week, has always been ideal for our values.”

In sporting terms, he will probably have to bake smaller rolls, fears the KiWo defending champion. “My preparation was more like damage limitation,” says the 39-year-old, house building and the fourth child have demanded other priorities. Ahlmann names Britain’s Jamie Hilton, Dan Vincent and Robbie Wilson alongside sailing pro Peter Greenhalgh and South African Andy Tarboton, international class president, as World Cup favorites. In light winds, he himself, weighing only 68 kilograms, could perhaps put individual exclamation marks.

In addition, the 29ers are once again calling for the Euro Cup in Kiel. With around 150 youth skiffs, they provide the largest field of participants at Kiel Week. After the sensational win in 2021, the junior team of the year comes from the East Holstein village of Zarnekau. Helmsman Anton Sach with his brother Johann is one of last year’s youngest ever winners as a 14-year-old.

The top talents also won the YES regatta (Young Europeans Sailing) of the KYC at Whitsun as a dress rehearsal in a superior manner and are thus entitled to claim the only German starting place at the Youth Worlds, the youth world championships in the Netherlands (July 8 to 15).

With already more than 160 registrations also the offshore sailing registers a stately popularity. The opener on Saturday morning (June 18) to Eckernförde, which from now on is only traditionally called Aalregatta, enjoys the greatest popularity. At the Kiel Cup (Monday to Wednesday) the organization goes new ways and opens the classical short races also for yachts of the Yardstick rating; a comparison calculation with ORC inclusive.

In addition to the daily up-and-downs, middle distances around fixed sea marks will also be held. The Senatspreis on Thursday and Friday has again been explicitly tailored to two-person crews (double-handed), while the Silbernes Band one day later will go around the northern tip of Langeland overnight.

Racing days Kiel Week 2022

Part 1 – Saturday, June 18 to Tuesday, June 21 2.4mR, 29er Euro Cup, Contender, Europe, Flying Dutchman (FD), ILCA 4, ILCA 6, Gold Cup Nordische Folkeboote, OK-Jollen & Waszp (international classes)

Part 2 – Wednesday, June 22 to Sunday, June 26 11. ACO Musto Skiff World Championhsip ILCA 7, ILCA 6 (Frauen), 49er, 49er FX, 470er Mixed, Nacra 17 Mixed & iQFoil (olympische Disziplinen) 420er, J/24 & J/70 (international classes / starting Thursday, 23 June) Offshore – Saturday, June 18 to Saturday, June 25 Aalregatta Kiel-Eckernförde (Saturday, 18 June) Aalregatta Eckernförde-Kiel (Sunday, 19 June) Kiel-Cup (Monday, 20 June until Wednesday 22 June) Senatspreis (Thursday, 23 June) Silbernes Band (Friday, 24 June until Saturday, 25 June)

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Sailing The Kiel Canal

Last summer we transited the Kiel Canal from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea on Wolf . At first, it might seem scary and overwhelming to go through the Canal together with huge cargo vessels that also pass through, but in reality, it really isn’t that complicated, and pretty much everyone can do it on a sailboat. In this guide, I want to tell my experience crossing the canal and give some tips on what to look out for. Have fun reading!

About The Canal

The Kiel canal connects the Baltic Sea in the north-east of Europe with the North Sea. It was built from 1887 to 1895 by 8 900 workers that all together moved around 80 million square meters of earth. The canal has a length of 98 km and is one of the most used inland waterways worldwide, used by large cargo vessels but also private boats and yachts.

Transiting The Canal On A Sailboat

It really doesn’t matter from what side you are approaching the Canal, it works the same way. We did it from Kiel, the city on the Baltic Sea side to Brunsbüttel on the North Sea side and this article is written from this perspective, but as already said, it works pretty much the same the other way around. First, you approach the locks and wait in the waiting area until they open. Once you are in the canal it usually takes around 10 hours to get to the locks on the other side. You can either start early in the morning and do the whole canal in one day, or stay overnight halfway, moor there, or drop the anchor and do the other half of the canal the next day.

Approaching The Locks

As said, approaching the locks works the same way on both sides of the canal, just the waiting areas are different. The day before we sailed into the Kiel Fjord coming from the Baltic Sea and spent the night in the sport boat marina in Kiel. We got up early at 5.30 am and after a quick breakfast, we motored towards the waiting area in front of the locks while enjoying a beautiful sunrise atmosphere. Fog may lay over the Fjord in the morning, but in our case that wasn’t a problem and it was absolutely stunning to watch the silhouettes of large cargo vessels appear and disappear.

The only downside of the fog is that pleasure crafts are not allowed into the canal until the fog cleared. We had to wait around 2 hours and used that time for a second breakfast. The waiting area is pretty large with a pier to moor but it is not allowed to drop the anchor, in that case, you have to drift around which isn’t a problem as long as there is no wind. There are 2 waiting jetties, one for sail and motorboats and the other for larger vessels. In our case the jetty for larger vessels was empty and we had no problem mooring there, but it can also be impossible to find a spot there.

Communication

There are 4 different VHF channels for different areas of the canal. It is best not to ask the staff about opening times or when you are allowed to go into the lock unless necessary. If every crew would do that there would be a mess pretty fast. A good way to follow what’s going on is to listen to the respective channels in each area of the canal and watch the light signals which will be explained in a bit.

• VHF channel 12 (call “Kiel Canal 4”) for lock operations at the Kiel-Holtenau locks
• VHF channel 3 (call “Kiel Canal 3”) for the first half of the canal from the Holtenau locks to Breiholz
• VHF channel 2 (call “Kiel Canal 2”) for the second half of the canal from Breiholz to Brunsbüttel
• VHF channel 13 (call “Kiel Canal 1”) for the locks in Brunsbüttel on the North Sea side

Paying is easy at the Kiel Canal. The payment machine is located at the pier for pleasure crafts. You can just moor there, pay the cheap fee of 18€ and head off again. There is also a jetty inside the canal just behind the Kiel-Holtenau locks, but it is way more chill to just pay before heading into the canal.

Light Signals

The indicators, which tell if you are allowed to go into the locks are located between the locks in Kiel, and between the locks and on the west side of the locks in Brunsbüttel. There are a few different signal types that can appear, but the only one you need to know is an interrupted light which means sport boats are allowed to enter the lock.

Kiel-Holtenau Locks

In our case, since we had to wait for the fog inside the canal to clear to be allowed in, other sailing yachts also arrived, so when the signals allowed us to go in, there was pretty much happening at once. But all went smoothly and despite the huge amount of yachts motoring into the lock, everyone looked after each other and everything went very organized.

Inside the lock you moor alongside or in between other boats. That needs a bit of care while maneuvering and you should always be ready to take the mooring lines from another boat. Usually cargo vessels moor on the left side of the lock and pleasure crafts on the right side, but in our case since there was a huge amount of boats, one cargo ship also moored on the right side. After around 10 minutes everything is over, the lock doors into the canal open and you are free to go.

Transiting the Canal

Motoring through the canal is pretty self-explanatory and will take you around 10 hours when going at 5 kts. It is not allowed to go under sail, but it is allowed to motor sail. Practically nobody will do that, but if you want, you can. As a pleasure craft, you should stick to the right side of the canal and let cargo ships overtake you further in the middle. There is one building worth seeing which is the transporter bridge roughly halfway when passing Rendsburg. The ferry, which crosses the canal hovers a few meters over ground held up by ropes and was first put into operation in 1913. Since then there were a few collisions with vessels and it was put out of order for some time.

Mooring over Night

There is one possibility to moor overnight right at halfway of the canal at the Gieselau locks. After taking the right exit (there is a sign at the shore) and motoring up the exit you can moor in front of the Gieselau locks. Another one is in the little marina right next to the locks in Brunsbüttel. The marina has very limited space. When we arrived at dawn we had to moor alongside another yacht right at the start of a huge thunderstorm.

For pleasure craft it is not allowed to go at night. The only exception is the area at the Brunsbüttel locks. Since the marina is inside the canal it is possible to go through the lock all night.

Allowed times for pleasure crafts are:

• 01.01 to 15.01. 07:30 – 17:00
• 16.01 to 31.01. 07:30 – 17:30
• 01.02 to 15.02. 07:00 – 18:00
• 16.02 to 28.02. 06:30 – 18:30
• 01.04 to 15.04. 04:30 – 20:00
• 16.04 to 30.04. 04:00 – 20:30
• 01.05 to 15.05. 03:30 – 21:00
• 16.05 to 31.05. 03:00 – 21:30
• 01.06 to 30.06. 02:30 – 22:00
• 01.07 to 15.07. 02:30 – 22:00
• 16.07 to 31.07. 03:00 – 21:30
• 01.08 to 15.08. 03:30 – 21:00
• 16.08 to 31.08. 04:00 – 30:30
• 01.09 to 15.09. 04:30 – 20:00
• 16.09 to 30.09. 05:00 – 19:30
• 01.10 to 15.10. 05:30 – 19:00
• 16.10 to 31.10. 06:00 – 18:30
• 01.11 to 15.11. 06.30 – 17:30
• 16.11 to 30.11. 07:00 – 17:00
• 01.12 to 31.12. 07:30 – 17:00

The Brunsbüttel Locks

The locks in Brunsbüttel on the North Sea side work the same as they do in Kiel. The only thing to pay attention to is to lower the fenders to the water level since the sideways in the locks are very low. Next to the lock doors that open into the Elbe River, there is a sign that shows the current strength and direction at the moment in the Elbe River. When there is a lot of current there can be choppy water outside the locks and you should be prepared.

The waiting area in Brunsbüttel to leave the canal is located on the left side of the locks, viewed from inside the canal with an opportunity to moor. The outside waiting area in the Elbe River to enter the canal is on the east side of the lock complex.

When motoring out the lock you should be careful when it’s sinking tide because the Elbe River can have very strong tidal streams up to 3.5 kts resulting in choppy waters and dangers while passing the lock exit. A sign is located on the top right of the lock that indicates how strong and in what direction the tide is going.

Transiting the Kiel Canal on a sailboat isn’t difficult and with a bit of preparation stress-free. Watching the big cargo vessels drive by just a few meters next to you is also a rare and spectacular experience. But make sure you have enough to drink onboard, especially in summer, as motoring for 10 hours without the chance of taking a break can get hot in the cockpit.

The official guide from the canal authority can be found here .

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