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# German Yachtclubs (r)

## Deutsche Segel- und Motorboot Clubstander (r)

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- Segler-Verein Rahnsdorf e.V.
- Freie Segler Rathenow
- Rathenower Segler-Club
- Ratzeburger Segler-Verein
- Ratzeburger Yacht- und Motorbootclub
- Segelgemeinschaft Rauchfangswerder (Berlin)
- Segelsportgemeinschaft Reichenbach im Vogtland
- Seglervereinigung Reiherstieg von 1926 e.V. (Hamburg)
- Berliner Segler-Club "Rhe" e.V.
- Segelclub "Rhe" (Hamburg)
- Segelclub Rheingau
- Rheinischer Motor-Yacht-Club
- Segel-Club Ribnitz (Ribnitz-Damgarten)
- Segler-Vereinigung Rohrdommel (Hüde)
- Mecklenburgischer Yachtclub Rostock e.V.
- See- und Segelsportverein Rostock
- Rostocker Segelverein Citybootshafen
- Rostocker Yacht-Club
- SV Rot-Gelb Hamburg von 1926 e.V.
- Ruhrorter Yachtclub e.V. (Duisburg)
- Klub am Rupenhorn (Berlin)
- Segelgemeinschaft Rupenhorn (Berlin)
- Ruppiner Wassersport-Club
- Segler-Verein "Turbine" Rostock e.V.

See also:

- Yacht Club Burgees (Germany)
- Germany

## Segler-Verein Rahnsdorf e.V.

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 12 Jan 2021

The club was established in 1926. The white pennant was parted by a red-white-red saltire, its centre superimposed by a red annulet with red inscription "R".
Sources: Willy Rothkamm and Willy Ternick: "30 Jahre Freier Segler-Verband 1901 - 1931", Berlin 1931, p.142 and Eike Stiller: "Der Segelsport in der Arbeitersportbewegung - Zur Geschichte des "Freien Segler Verbandes" (FSV) 1901 - 1933", front cover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Jan 2021

## Freie Segler Rathenow

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 5 Jan 2021

The club was established in 1930. The pennant was red cotised white-red. Shifted to hoist was a white disc.
Source: Willy Rothkamm and Willy Ternick: "30 Jahre Freier Segler-Verband 1901 - 1931", Berlin 1931, p.151
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2021

## Rathenower Segler-Club

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 13 Jan 2021

The white pennant was parted by an off centred black cross, the point of intersecrion of crossbars was superimposed by a white disc fimbriated black and charged with a red eagle, having a white inescutcheon upon his breast, charged with a red initial "R". The old city arms displayed the red eagle of Brandenburg but without cloverstems.
DSB Almanac 1925, flag chart no.3, row 2, column 4
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jan 2021

## Ratzeburger Segler-Verein

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 14 Dec 2020

It is a white pennant, parted by an off-centred black cross fimbriated golden-yellow.
Source: yacht club website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2020

## Ratzeburger Yacht- und Motorbootclub

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 16 Dec 2020

It is a blue pennant with a white edge. Shifted to the hoist there are two white sails of different sizes. Shifted to the flyend are white capital letters "RYMC".
Source: I spotted this car sticker on 2 January 2007 in Hamburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Nov 2008

found here: Dozens more on this Schleswig-Holstein yachting website (which may contain other unknowns), clubs searcheable geographically or alphabetically.
Jan Mertens, 11 Nov 2008

## Segelgemeinschaft Rauchfangswerder

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 25 Jan 2021

The club is based in Berlin. The pennant is white with a red bordure, issuant from hoist is a red isosceles triangle.
Source: Gunnar Staack: "Flaggen auf Berliner Gewässern", published in "Flaggenkurier No.25", pp.34-40, flag chart 9, row 6 column 4
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2021

## Segelsportgemeinschaft Reichenbach im Vogtland

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Rob Raeside, 3 Apr 2026

The pennant his orizontally parted of blue and red.
Source: club webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2026

pennant horizontally parted of blue and red

## Seglervereinigung Reiherstieg von 1926 e.V.

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 30 Dec 2020

The green pennant is divided by a white off-centred cross, on its centre was a red disc.
Source: Willy Rothkamm and Willy Ternick: "30 Jahre Freier Segler-Verband 1901 - 1931", Berlin 1931, p.147
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Dec 2020

## Berliner Segler-Club "Rhe" e.V.

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 18 Dec 2020

The club was established in 1924 and based in Berlin-Köpenick. The white pennant was divided by two black stripes in bend, the left one from upper hoist with double width.
Source: DBS Almanac 1925, flag chart III row 2 column 1
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2020

## Segelclub "Rhe" e.V.

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2020 | image by Ivan Sache, 22 May 2002 |  |

The ensign was a black-white-red horizontal tricolour (see left image above) like the German flag 1871-1918, with shield, as high as two stripes, silver a black throughout off-centred cross towards the hoist a with asilver escutcheon charged with a black eagle. The shield is referring to Eastern Prussia. Its capital had been KönigsbergThe burgee (see right image above) is white with a black off-centred (Scandinavian cross). This is the oldest German yacht club, founded in 1855. This Königsberg sailing club 'migrated' to Hamburg after WW2.
Sources: Flaggenbuch 1905, part IV, p.3, row 4 columns 5, Norie and Hobbs 1971, image 313 and yacht club website.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 Nov 2001, Ivan Sache, 22 May 2002 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2020

## Segelclub Rheingau e.V.

image by Ivan Sache, 22 May 2002

Blue pennant with a broad white Scandinavian cross and a red anchor fouled in white in the middle of the cross.
Source: yacht club website.
Ivan Sache, 22 May 2002

## Rheinischer Motor-Yacht-Club

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 12 Dec 2020

The pennant was quartered of black (lower fly), white (upper fly and lower hoist) and red (upper hoist) charged with three coronets white in fess. That regional club was probably based in Köln, as the coronets are taken from its city arms.
Source: Braunbecks Sport Lexikon, published by Braunbeck-Gutenberg-AG, Berlin 1910
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2020

## Segel-Club Ribnitz

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 18 Dec 2020

The pennant is parted of blue (hoist) and red (fly) by a broad yellow chevron pointing to hoist. Blue, yellow and red are the historical colours of Mecklenburg.
Source: DBS Almanac 1925, flag chart III row 4 column 1
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2020

## Segler-Vereinigung Rohrdommel

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Rob Raeside, 3 Apr 2026

It is a blue flag with white edges. A white name giving bittern (Latin: Botaurus stellaris / German: Rohrdommel) is superimposing a white anchor in bend. At top of the blue field white inscription "SVRH". The club is based in Hüde upon Dümmersee.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2026

## See- und Segelsportverein Rostock

image by Ivan Sache, 1 Jul 2002

See- und Segelsportverein Rostock (Mecklenburg-Westpomerania) - Blue flag with a yellow fouled anchor and three yellow stars placed horizontally.
Source: Club website.
Ivan Sache, 1 Jul 2002

## Rostocker Segelverein Citybootshafen e.V.

image by Ivan Sache, 12 May 2002

Pennant divided by a white Scandinavian cross, hoist quarters blue, fly quarters red, a white anchor in the canton. The municipal colours of Rostock are blue, white and red.
Source: yacht club website.
Ivan Sache, 12 May 2002

## Rostocker Yacht-Club

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 29 Dec 2020

The club was established in 1905 as next door neighbour of Mecklenburgischer Yacht-Club. In 1939 it was incorporated into the Mecklenburg Branch of Yachtclub von Deutschland (YvD). In 1955 it was transformed into the sailing secrion of SC "Empor" Rostock. In 1990 the club was re-established again as Rostocker Yacht-Club.
Source: yacht club website
The pennant is white parted by an off-centred red cross, the canton is yellow, charged with a black griffin passant.
Source: this website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Dec 2020

## SV Rot-Gelb Hamburg von 1926 e.V.

### sailing department

#### Hamburg base

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2011

It is a white pennant with a shield shifted to the hoist. The shield is divided per bend sinister into red with a yellow scallop upon the dexter chief and plain yellow cotized red and yellow.
Source: website of Hamburger Yachthafen
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2011
Please note that this flag had been reported 2008 and it is meanwhile replaced by the flag of Harburg base (see below)

#### Harburg base

It is a yellow triangular pennant divided by a red cross shifted to the hoist. The intersection point of crossbars is superimposed by a blue diamond containing a yellow compass rose. It is the pennant of former club
SV Rot-Gelb von 1950 e.V. Harburg.
Source: spotted this as a car sticker on 27 March 2007 in HH-Borgfelde, for further information click club's website.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Sep 2008

## Ruhrorter Yachtclub e.V.

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 12 Jan 2021

The club was established as Kanusport Ruhrort in 1920. The club is based in Duisburg-Ruhrort. The white pennant has a green bordure and is parted by a green saltire, in centre superimposed by the arms of Ruhrort (parted per pale; at dexter parted per fess, above Gules an escarbuncle Or, beneath Or parted by a fess chequered of Gules and Argent; at sinister Vert a bend wavy Argent). The bend wavy is representing the name giving Ruhr River. The escarbuncle displays the arms of the Dukes of Kleve, the Markian fess those of the Counts of Mark. The shield is flanked by red intials: "R" (hoist), "Y" (top), "C" (fly) and intertwined "DR" (bottom, probably meaning Duisburg-Ruhrort).
Source: club webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Jan 2021

## Klub am Rupenhorn e.V.

image by Ivan Sache, 9 May 2002

Red pennant with a black Scandinavian cross fimbriated white and black (2:1:1).
Source: yacht club website.
Ivan Sache, 9 May 2002

## Segelgemeinschaft Rupenhorn

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 25 Jan 2021

The pennant is white with a black bordure at top and bottom, fimbriated white. Shifted to hoist is a suit of spades.
Source: Gunnar Staack: "Flaggen auf Berliner Gewässern", published in "Flaggenkurier No.25", pp.34-40, flag chart 9, row 6 column 5
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2021

## Ruppiner Wassersport-Club

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 18 Dec 2020

The pennant was parted by a white lozenge issuant from fly with black inscription "R.W.C." into black above and red beneath.
Source: DBS Almanac 1925, flag chart III row 4 column 4
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2020

## Segler-Verein "Turbine" Rostock e.V.

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 29 Dec 2020

The pennant is white with blue bordures at top and bottom edges, alongside the hoist is a vertical blue inscription "SVTR". Shifted to the hoist is a red flash as a symbol of electric power.
Source: this website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Dec 2020

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