Ocean sailing evening: SKWB calls for entries of exciting voyages for the ocean prizes

The award recognises team voyages on the high seas, but also on the North Sea and Baltic Sea, which are distinguished by good preparation and careful seamanship.

Informal application by Friday, 8 September

Applications will be accepted - informally - until Friday, 8 September. It is important to provide information on who was travelling with whom in which sea area. The prize committee will coordinate further details directly with the entrants.

If you have any questions, the chairman of the prize committee, Jan Helms from SKWB, can be contacted by telephone on 0175/18 678 11 or by e-mail ( hochseeseglerpreise@skwb.de ) are available for information.

Honoured on 4 November in Bremen City Hall

The presentation of the Franz Perlia Youth Prize, the Tanja Cup, the Silver Globe or the Golden Compass will take place on Saturday, 4 November 2023, as part of the traditional sailing evening of the sailing comradeship in Bremen City Hall.

Which prize for what? The award criteria at a glance

First awarded in 1937, theGolden Compass is the oldest German offshore sailing prize. It is awarded for special sailing achievements on the North Sea, Atlantic or other oceans. TheSilver globe goes to skippers of crew vessels for outstanding voyages on the open sea. Otherwise, the award criteria for this prize are deliberately kept open.

The Tanja Cupalso known as the Magnus Müller Memorial Prize, was established in 1951 by Ernst Burmester, the owner of the Burmester shipyard on the Lesum at the time, and friends in memory of his son-in-law Magnus Müller, who died in an accident in the same year, as a travelling prize for outstanding sailing and nautical achievements. The competition was deliberately kept general and not tailored to a specific type of voyage. "Tanja" was the name of the yacht sailed by Magnus Müller.

For theFranz Perlia Seafaring Prize for Young PeopleThe aim is to recognise the best voyage of a youth crew in terms of seamanship, sailing, navigation and camaraderie. This can also be accompanied by adults.

TheRolf Schmidt Memorial Prize was again awarded this year by the Schmidt family for the best yacht in ORCi and ORCc I and II (International and Club) in the following races: as part of the Nordseewoche Rund Helgoland and Helgoländer Acht, Pantaenius Rund Skagen and as part of the Kieler Woche for the Kiel-Eckernförde and Eckernförde-Kiel races.

Finally, the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen annually awards theKey pricefor top performance in ocean racing. The prize is awarded to the best ocean-going yacht flying the German flag for an outstanding performance in regattas starting or finishing abroad in the opinion of the prize committee. The prize committee consists of the Senator for Science and Ports of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the chairman of the Bremen State Sports Association, the chairman of the Bremen Sailing Association and the sailing master and chairman of the sailing association "Das Wappen von Bremen".

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