Warnemünde Week: a sailing festival full of highlights and Olympic dreams!

Warnemünde Week: a sailing festival full of highlights and Olympic dreams!

Warnemünde, Deutschland - The 87th Warnemünde Week, which ended on Sunday, July 14, 2025, not only brought exciting competitions, but also an impressive variety of international participants to Warnemünde. A total of 580 boats and around 800 athletes from 38 nations were found, who fought for victory. NDR reports on additional competitions such as the Ilca-Europe-Cup and the European Championship of the OK-JORLE made.

Sports director Peter Ramcke looked back with satisfaction at the mixed but eventful days in which the stormy winds became the challenge of the sailors. "This is part of sailing," he explained optimistically. Mona Küppers, President of the German Sailor Association (DSV), praised the newly created infrastructure in Warnemünde and emphasized that Germany offers good options for Olympic sailing competitions, both here and in Kiel.

top -class competitions and international flair

The redesigned competitions were particularly popular. Among other things, over 100 reports were received for the European OK championship championship, and around 300 participants took part in the Ilca European Cup, where many talents tried for a good placement. The triple world champion André Budzien from the Schwerin Yacht Club was considered a favorite and described the field of participants as really strong, with hardly missing top sides from the international scene. DSV emphasizes the Olympic ambitions of many athletes, including athletes of the German Sailing Teams.

Special highlight was the annual long -distance regatta around Bornholm, where 46 yachts started. The course led around the Danish island and presented the participants with an exciting challenge.

a successful supporting program

But there was something going on not only on the water. Matthias Fromm, tourism director for Rostock and Warnemünde, presented a successful country program. The Glasheher beach concerts, which attracted a total of 5000 visitors, were among the new highlights. This shows that the Warnemünde week is more than just a sailing event, it will also meet a cultural meeting.

The next opportunity for such events come soon - from July 4th to 12th, 2026, the 88th Warnemünde Week will be celebrated, which will also be an anniversary for the 100th birthday of the event. "It's nice to see how this event has grown," said Ramcke.

The event traditionally ended with a dragon boat race and a thank you party that was dedicated to three long -time organizers. However, this weekend there was also less gratifying news, including a burning saddle trailer and a nationwide day of action for crisis prevention in Rostock.

With regard to the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, the German sailors can prepare for exciting competitions, which can be found on the pages of the German Sailing Team . The enthusiasm for sailing is clearly noticeable in Warnemünde, and the city has once again demonstrated its strengths this week.