When summer comes, the lakes around the city fill with kids in life jackets. These are holiday camps that put them on the water, mostly learning to sail, with a coach close by. Open each one for the ages, the dates, and what the camp expects kids to know before they arrive.
A week of sailing on the Wannsee for beginners. Each kid gets their own Optimist, the small one-person dinghy most sailors start in, and learns the main maneuvers and the key sailing knots. Groups often sail across the Wannsee and along the Havel, stopping for ice cream or fruit on the way. Kids need a Seepferdchen swim badge, and a Freischwimmer is better. Pack water shoes and rain gear.
A week of dinghy sailing on the Wannsee, run from the Wassersportcenter Berlin beach. Beginners learn to rig and steer a small boat, and kids who already sail build on their skills. When there's too much or too little wind, the group switches to beach games, knot practice or a swim. It suits kids who can follow instructions in German.
A holiday week on the water at Segelschule Weber's watersports center on the Stößensee, a bay of the Havel in Spandau. Teens learn to sail dinghies, two to a boat, and the theory class for the official inland boating license (Sportbootführerschein Binnen) is included, so the week can end with the practical exam. Suits teens who swim confidently and want a real qualification out of their summer.
A week on the Baltic coast in Schleswig-Holstein, where kids learn to sail a catamaran, taught by the Nordwind Wassersport sailing school. Lessons cover launching and landing, tacking, righting a capsized boat and knots, and kids who pass the final test earn the VDWS beginner sailing certificate. Off the water there is beach volleyball, paddleboards, a low ropes course and campfire evenings. Beginners and kids who already sail are welcome.
When summer comes, the lakes around the city fill with kids in life jackets. These are holiday camps that put them on the water, mostly learning to sail, with a coach close by. Open each one for the ages, the dates, and what the camp expects kids to know before they arrive.
A week of sailing on the Wannsee for beginners. Each kid gets their own Optimist, the small one-person dinghy most sailors start in, and learns the main maneuvers and the key sailing knots. Groups often sail across the Wannsee and along the Havel, stopping for ice cream or fruit on the way. Kids need a Seepferdchen swim badge, and a Freischwimmer is better. Pack water shoes and rain gear.
A week of dinghy sailing on the Wannsee, run from the Wassersportcenter Berlin beach. Beginners learn to rig and steer a small boat, and kids who already sail build on their skills. When there's too much or too little wind, the group switches to beach games, knot practice or a swim. It suits kids who can follow instructions in German.
A holiday week on the water at Segelschule Weber's watersports center on the Stößensee, a bay of the Havel in Spandau. Teens learn to sail dinghies, two to a boat, and the theory class for the official inland boating license (Sportbootführerschein Binnen) is included, so the week can end with the practical exam. Suits teens who swim confidently and want a real qualification out of their summer.
A week on the Baltic coast in Schleswig-Holstein, where kids learn to sail a catamaran, taught by the Nordwind Wassersport sailing school. Lessons cover launching and landing, tacking, righting a capsized boat and knots, and kids who pass the final test earn the VDWS beginner sailing certificate. Off the water there is beach volleyball, paddleboards, a low ropes course and campfire evenings. Beginners and kids who already sail are welcome.
