Page 22 - Folk Boat Year Book 2022
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Ahoi! Ahoi!! Ahoi!!!
The Rolling Home Regatta is an annual end of season event which attracts 40+ Nordic
Folkboat entries of the top European sailors from Denmark, Finland, Estonia,
Germany, Sweden, and the UK. It is hosted by the Ahoi Sailing Club, situated on the
River Havel, Lake Wannsee in Berlin.
Our fellow European Nordic Folkboaters and good friends, Simon and Gemma
Osgood, had suggested in previous years that we would enjoy the regatta, so this year
Liesa, Madelaine and I drove the 1500 miles round trip to compete in the event which
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ran from 30-31 October.
The Ahoi Sailing Club fell on the eastern side of the iron curtain post war and was
nationalised by the communists. When the Berlin wall fell, the club’s members won
their club back after a long legal battle, and then sold the original club to fund the
purchase of new land, club house and mooring facilities on the edge of lake Wannsee.
A fabulous history, home, and backdrop for the regatta, with weather more befitting
of late summer than early autumn.
Liesa and Madelaine arrive at the Ahoi Sailing Club on Thursday 28 October.
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