After a welcome barbecue at the Henningsen & Steckmest shipyard in Kappeln on the Schlei, the participants travelled together from the start in Schleimünde to Kiel on Friday in midsummer weather. After a further evening event in a hall at the Rathje shipyard, on Saturday we went to the start in front of the Kiellinie and after the signal in several groups onto the course of the classic regatta.
The rendezvous of the classics ended with a prize-giving ceremony and garden party at the Kiel Yacht Club, but on Sunday there were still up-and-downs on the fjord for the twelve-man fleet.
YACHT photographer Nico Krauss was there with his camera and captured this year's rendezvous in spectacular pictures.
Lasse Johannsen
Deputy Editor in Chief YACHT
Born in Kiel, grew up on the water and on board, trained as a sailor in the club and sailing on the North and Baltic Seas. After school, navy and legal training, he worked as a trainee at YACHT from 2007-2009 in the Panorama department, which he now heads. He is also responsible for the special edition of YACHT classic, has published several books with Delius-Klasing and is deputy editor-in-chief of YACHT. Johannsen is an enthusiastic cruising sailor on his own keel and an active supporter of the German classic boat scene.
