Helga Cup 2023

8 – 11 June 2023

The „Helga Cup“ 2018 on the Alster Lake in Hamburg has been a sailing event for „every woman“ addressing sailing women from all over Europe regardless of their sailing background and capacity/performance.  In 2019 the Helga Cup was be much bigger. As a TOP 10 Event and partner of „Hamburg Active City“, we have the support of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. In 2019 and 2021 we managed to show the people of Hamburg and the rest of the world how attractive sailing can be when implemented right in the centre of a big city … Let’s do this again in 2023

Helga Cup – short facts

  • Date: 8 – 11 June 2022 – TOP 10 Event of the City of Hamburg

  • Venue: Lake Alster in Hamburg
  • Hosting Club: NRV  with organizer Sven Jürgensen

  • Particpants: Helga Cup 2022 – max. 81 Crews with approx. 340 female sailors

  • Entry: by online registration plus wild cards for selected international crews

Schedule:

Thursday, 08.06.2023 

14:00 -20.00 hrs Check In 

18:30 hrs Pre Opening at HSC Hamburger Segel-Club (An der Alster 47, 20099 Hamburg) 
Registration required!

Friday, 09.06.2022 

08:00 – 10:00 hrs Check In

10:30 hrs Skippersmeeting

12:00 hrs races

„Helga-Cup“ races till 19:30 hrs

20:00 hrs opening with Senator Andy Grote

Saturday, 10.06.2022

09:30 hrs races „Helga Cup“

11:00 hrs races Helga Opti Cup

19:30 hrs Dinner

Sunday, 11.06.2022 

09:30 hrs races „Helga Cup“

10:30 hrs races „Helga Opti Cup“

13:30 hrs finals „Helga Opti Cup“

14:30/15:00 hrs finals „Helga Cup“

16:00 hrs award ceremony with council of state Christoph Holstein and DSV President Mona Küppers

Schedule

Helga Cup – Join the biggest regatta for female sailors worldwide!

You can download our teaser paper with all informations in english here.


The venue

The regattas/races will be sailed on the Alster Lake. Just like last year the City as a background and the Alster Lake as the sailing waters have successfully been used since 2018.
The Alster Lake is located right in the city centre of Hamburg and attracts large numbers of spectators. Hardly any other place offers such a wonderful opportunity to present sailing in the middle of a big city. Hamburg’s latest landmark the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall and St. Michaels´ Church spire can be seen in the background. Passing Alster excursion boats let tourists realise that something is going on here – sailing in the middle of the city.


NRV – the sailing club

Just like last year Norddeutscher Regatta Verein is once more the hosting club of Helga Cup. As mentioned before the Alster Lake in the centre of the City of Hamburg are the prime sailing waters of the NRV. The Club is one of the oldest and at the same time most successful sailing clubs in Germany.


The boats

Boats and sails will be provided by the NRV. There is no need for the participants to bring their own equipment. Thanks to the commitment of Mittelmann’s Werft, the exclusive sales partner for Germany and Denmark of J-boats. We expect to have a total of 81 crews at the starting line. The large number of registrations received at this time is already overwhelming.


Regatta format

Short races of between 10 and 12 minutes each will be sailed during this years´ Helga Cup. This is a format easy to follow and understand also for non-sailors.

Each position in the race is awarded points – the better the position the more points are credited. At the end the crews with the most points will participate in the final race to determine the winner.

In order to eliminate deviations in the boats every two to three races the crews will change boats. When not racing the crews can retire to the club house to recuperate or can participate in on-shore events.  


Crews – beginners as well as pros

The interest to participate in the Helga Cup 2021 was extremely big. We welcomed more than 60 registrations by female teams from all over the world. Crews from the USA, Switzerland, Denmark, Austria and Sweden have already confirmed their participation. Also in 2022 we will have beginners, cruising sailors, sailors from the German National Sailing team, students and senior yachtswomen participating in this years´ „Helga Cup“.

Until December 7th 2022 we had offered preferential conditions for registration to the crews who had participated in las years´ Helga Cup.

„Sporting Hamburg“ and the boating magazine „Yacht“ have nominated teams of female readers. Both magazines will have crews at the start of the „Helga Cup“.  
All in all a total of 81 crews can participate, making the NRV and the Alster Lake brim to the rim – „completely sold out!“ – so to speak.

Registration J70

The entry fee for the Helga Cup 2022 is 390,00 € for 4 female sailors - each additional crew member 100,00 €.
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Note: The Helga Cup is sailed with 4 crew members, another team member can be there as a floater or backup
You get at least 10 pictures of the water plus team photos on land, costs: € 100.00 per team
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Registration S/V14

The entry fee is € 190.00. Sailing will be on Far East SV 14 boats.
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