Helga Cup – short facts
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Date: 6 – 9 June 2024 – TOP 10 Event of the City of Hamburg
- Venue: Lake Alster in Hamburg
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Hosting Club: NRV with organizer Sven Jürgensen
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Entry: by online registration plus wild cards for selected international crews
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 2025 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.
