carbon footprint via an app,’ says Ramhorst, ‘which can be linked to local compensation measures.’ In addition to the event’s premium
partners Duesseldorf boot and REWE (supermarkets), AUDI AG had already extended its contract before Christmas asmobility partner for two years. ‘Sport and performance are firmly anchored in our DNA, and the topic of sustainability also connects us with KielWeek,’ emphasises Nina Neumann, who is responsible for brand communication and events at Audi. This year, she said, VIP transport in Kiel will once again be by purely electric vehicles. ‘We will revive the Audi Sailing Arena,’ says Neumann, ‘which will show not only the live broadcasts of KielWeek TV on its large LED wall, but will serve as a stage for the award ceremonies and a lotmore infotainment.’ New to the partners family is Sebamed. This German medical skin cleansing and care brand will focus on its sun protection products and is dedicated to promoting young talent at Kiel Week. ‘We are planning a kids camp with various hands-on activities and our own children’s regatta,’ says Daniel Rothoeft, deputy chairman of the management board. After YamahaMotor Europe
signed on at the end of 2022, the Swiss-based global company KWC has also become a sponsor. KWC has produced high-quality bathroom and kitchen faucets formore than 150 years.Water is the connecting element for KielWeek, where there will be at least five tapping points at the sailing venue in Schilksee where active participants and guests can obtain fresh drinking water at any time.
www.kieler-woche.de
Another record ORC World Championship? This is on everyone’s mind as the momentum has been building for the 2023 ORC World Championship held in August: will the event reach or surpass the 151 entries from 15 nations that participated in Kiel at the 2014 edition of this annual event? In early March there were 95 entries from 14 nations, so this is certainly possible by the final entry deadline in July. At ORC World Championships
there are three competitions within one event since the entries are divided into three classes – Class A, B and C – each to be scored to determine World Champions within each. There is no overall winner determined because each class competes on its own courses of specific lengths. And at Kiel there will be a Class D for smaller, slower
Above: the other major event that Kiel is hosting this summer is the ORC Worlds, from 4 to 12 August. Right: the 29er class is already sure to have a big turnout, with largest number of entries for Kiel Week thus far
boats who are welcome to race and be part of the fun but will not be eligible for World Champion trophies. This year the format will be an
interesting and innovative departure from the usual structure at previous Worlds events: after the competition opens with a 36-hour offshore race held in open waters among the islands of southern Denmark, there will be three days consisting of one to three inshore windward/leeward races followed by a short coastal race of 10-30 miles in length, depending on the weather. The final day of racing is the same with two races planned. The significance of this new format is to give greater recognition to the skill sets each team has in navigation, strategy, boat handling, seamanship and selection and change in sails. This is also a recognition that big boat racing is trending more towards this style of racing rather than the windward/leeward format. Besides the usual recognition of
the top three all-amateur crews in a Corinthian Division for each class, the 2023 Worlds will also award trophies to the top teams who have 50 per cent or more female crew onboard in what’s termed the Female Division in each class. A team to watch in this division will be the Tutima team, a legend
in the German offshore sailing scene and whose skipper Kirsten Harmstorf-Schönwitz has gathered her former crew mates together for a reunion of her all-female team. For over a decade the black DK 46 with 16 crew clad in pink were a regular feature of ORC championships throughout the Baltic region, known as much for their uniforms as for their tenacious performance on the race course as well. ‘The World Championship on our
own doorstep is a good occasion to reactivate the Tutima racing yacht,’ says Jörg Delecate, managing director of the watch manufacturer Tutima. The family-owned company has been associated with sailing and Kiel for many years as the official timekeeper of the Kiel Week regattas. ‘The response to our idea has been extremely positive. The internationally-experienced girls’ crew organised by Kirsten is highly motivated and everyone is looking forward to seeing them again on the regatta course.’ There are several recent gold,
silver and bronze ORC World and European champions facing the offshore challenge at the 2023 ORC Worlds, who are bringing all they have to be on the podium again. Are you good enough to be there too?
www.orcworlds2023.com
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