Sailing a naval cutter at the Kieler Woche 2025
A friend put me in touch with a skipper who needed a crew member for the navy cutter regatta. The Kieler Woche ( https://sailing.kieler-woche.de/ ) is the biggest sailing event with a large number of regattas. One of these regattas is held on the traditional navy cutters. ( https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/marine/aktuelles/marinekutterregatta-5858568 ). It took place for the 136th time from June 20 to 29, 2025 as part of Kiel Week. Never before I sailed on a navy cutter. Navy Cutter are boats and smaller ships described differently derived from the word „cutter“. Navy Cutter are jolly boats of warships, one can row and sail this one. They have 10 to 14 straps for paddling. They are rigged as a ketch with a pre-sail, a lateiner sail as a mainsail and a peeking javelin sail as besan sail, they also have being urgent wisely peeking javelin sails at the two masts.