page_title: Kieler Yacht-Club
section_title: Establishment of Kiel Yacht Club
hierarchical_section_title: Kieler Yacht-Club / Establishment of Kiel Yacht Club
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kieler Yacht-Club English: Kieler Yacht-Club, Kiel, Germany
context_page_description: Kieler Yacht-Club is one of the oldest yacht clubs in Germany. It is located in the harbor city of Kiel.
  This club is well known for some of the yacht racing events it organizes. The main one is the yearly Kieler Woche, which is perhaps the biggest sailing event in the world.
  In 1972, when the Olympic Games were held in Munich, the Olympic sailing competitions took place in the Kiel Bay and this yacht club had a major role in their organization.
context_section_description: In the postwar years Kiel was under British occupation, and regulations imposed by the new rulers made yacht clubs in Kiel no longer operative. British officers ran a "British Kiel Yacht Club", who even revived the Kiel Week regattas in 1946 and 1947, but German citizens were excluded from this military yacht club. 
  In 1948, Kiel Yacht Club was allowed to be established and during the following decades it experienced a steady growth. After its recovery it became again one of the most prestigious yacht clubs of Germany. In 1982 the celebrations for the Kieler Woche's 100th birthday are organized with a large windjammer parade to close the event.
  In 2007 Kiel Yacht Club ran into serious financial difficulties and had to sell its club house to the ThyssenKrupp Company.
caption: Club house
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