Events supported by boot - an overview -- boot Düsseldorf

Every year in January, boot Düsseldorf, the leading international water sports trade fair, plays host to numerous exhibitors and visitors from all over the world.

In addition, boot Düssseldorf supports a variety of projects and events in various water sports activities - sailing, canoeing, SUP or the Ocean Film Tour - throughout the year.

Supported Regatta Series & Leagues

Super Sail Tour

The Super Sail Tour is a series of events in which sailors get their money's worth and spectators can experience the fascination of sailing. Whether off Sylt or Scharbeutz, Grömitz or Kellenhusen, the most attractive holiday resorts on the North and Baltic Sea provide appropriate settings for challenging events, in which boot Düsseldorf is involved with two crews of its own.

German Sailing League

What started as a revolutionary regatta concept in sailing a few years ago has developed into a permanent fixture for sailing fans: the German Sailing League! On several weekends during the boating season, sailing teams from the best yacht clubs in Germany compete on J/70 boats in a series of fleet races and determine the champion of German clubs.

Supported Projects & Campaigns

Project "Paddling is Fun!"

Paddling in a canoe is fun / Foto: pixaby

With the support of boot Düsseldorf, "Paddling is Fun!" offers those interested a first introduction to canoeing. Holidaymakers at the coast and lakes all over Germany can experience paddling at first hand. In July and August the project crew is touring up and down the country with kayaks, canoes and SUP boards to get people out on the water on the campaign days.

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International OCEAN FILM TOUR

Since 2015 boot Düsseldorf has been offering the International OCEAN FILM TOUR a forum in the Water Pixel World. In daily screenings, a best-of selection of previous ocean adventures and water sports films is presented. In talks with the film tour team, visitors have the opportunity to get the latest information about the upcoming tour.

More about the Ocean Film Tour!

Supported Regatta Events

Kiel Week

As a long-time partner of Kiel Week, boot Düsseldorf organizes the daily weather briefings for sailors by weather expert Meeno Schrader during the nine days of racing. For regatta sailors from all over the world, the boot Düsseldorf Lounge in the race village in Kiel-Schilksee is the first meeting point every morning.

All about Kiel Week

Travemünde Week

World, European and German sailing championships accompanied by a festival with pyrotechnics, a gourmet mile and a family play and fun event: Travemünde Week has all of it! Every year in July, around one million visitors come to the Trave estuary - boot Düsseldorf has been a part of it for many years.

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MAIOR Regatta

May Offshore Regatta at Kiel / Foto: © Maior / www.segel-bilder.de

The first must-attend event in the regatta calendar of many offshore crews is the May Offshore Regatta on the first weekend of May.

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North Sea Week

At Whitsun, Helgoland is completely taken over by sailors as it is the venue for the most demanding offshore regatta on the North Sea.

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Rhine week

Since 1922, Rhine Week, one of the most important river regattas in Europe, has been organized on boot Düsseldorf's home waters, the River Rhine.

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Round Lake Constance

boot Düsseldorf provides the weather briefing for over 400 yacht crews at the so-called "Rund Um" long-distance regatta on Lake Constance.

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Helga Cup

It is everywoman's sailing regatta! The Helga Cup on Hamburg's Außenalster is the biggest regatta for all-female crews in Europe. #thinkHelga!

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Essen Sailing Week

Every year at the beginning of September, Essen Sailing Week gets underway on Lake Baldeney, boot Düsseldorf providing the trophies.

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German Freestyle Battle

The German Freestyle Battles are a series of contests in the "New School" of windsurfing, "Freestyle". In this discipline competing surfers present breathtaking tricks on shallow water mostly without waves. In 2019 boot Düsseldorf will be a partner of this event series for the first time!

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boot Düsseldorf & Promotion of Young Talents

Young Europeans Sailing

Every year at Whitsun, around 650 young sailors from more than ten nations demonstrate their skills in the junior boat classes at Young Europeans Sailing in Kiel sponsored by boot Düsseldorf.

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Golden Opti

Since 2018 boot Düsseldorf has been supporting one of the biggest ranking regattas in the Optimist A-Class in Germany. Every year around 350 young sailors compete on the Kiel Fjord.

All about the Golden Opti

Media Cup - Getting the media on board

Sailing is a fantastic sport with great pictures and emotions. No doubt about it. The Norddeutsche Regattaverein in the media city of Hamburg is doing a lot to ensure that sailing gets more publicity. That's why it has been organising the Media Cup on the Alster since 2017 in order to get more media people on board for this task. Now boot Düsseldorf is also a partner!

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Grand finale of a terrific week

Medal Races were the highlight of the 125th Kieler Woche