About Warnemünde

Warnemünde is a small city on the Baltic sea near the much larger city of Rostock. It is a charming small city with a neat waterfront area and a rich history. Warnemünde and Rostock were part of the Hanseatic league of cities which were powerful trading partners. In more recent history, Warnemünde and Rostock were part of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and were important sea ports for that state. Warnemünde is located at 54 degrees North Latitude and 12 degrees East Longitude. It can be very cold here in the wintertime, and the summer weather can also be quite cool. The Baltic Sea is consistently chilly (it is, after all, the Baltic Sea!) There is a relatively straight coastline at Warnemünde and this means that if it is sunny there is a very good thermal here. Warnemünde is famous for being about the best place for sailing in all of Germany. It is also famous for really big waves which build up during long periods of northeasterly breeye because the northeast fetch down the Baltic is quite long. One of the best things about sailing in Warnnemünde is that the sailing club is right at the mouth of the harbour and so there is not a long sail out to the racing area. In addition, the sailing club has a lot of real estate which makes it really easy for a lot of boats to get into and out of the water quickly. This is a great feature.

















Two views of the canal just next to the sailing club in Warnemünde.
















Two views of the sailing club in Warnemünde.

The Warnemünde sailing club is very well organized. They did a great job running the preworlds and administering the measurement. Measurement proceeded so well that they were actually finished 2 hours early. That is a real accomplishment for measurement of 350 boats! The race committee also did a great job during the preworlds setting courses up on time and running smooth races. Running a race committee for such a large fleet is an intimidating task!