2025 Oct.

The time has come – ELSA is on her way!

2025 Sep.

Last big trip before shipping After a hull inspection at Lake Ammersee and an equipment inspection in Brunnen, Switzerland, we had actually planned to go training on the Baltic Sea/Denmark. Because of bad weather and storms, this was moved to Croatia instead. From Rabac, we wanted to row around the islands of Cres and Losinj. […]

2025 June

Sønderborg/Als via the island of Ærø, back through the Als Fjord and the sound to Sønderborg. Sunday, June 29, 2025: No chance to slip and row with *Elsa 2* – wind was too strong. So everything was postponed to Monday. Slipping went smoothly, and the journey began with tailwind toward the island of Ærø. The […]

2025 June

All you can row 2025 All You Can Row” (AYCR) is an annual long-distance rowing tour on the Rhine, organized by the Karlsruher Rheinklub Alemannia. The 13th edition took place on Saturday, June 21, 2025. The starting signal was given early in the morning at 5:22 AM, and participants rowed until sunset at 9:35 PM. The goal […]

2025 May

Circumnavigation of Cres May 2025 https://www.haenselundgretel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/VID-20250511-WA0002.mp4 Unser Flug ging Samstag 30.11.24 von Stuttgart aus nach Teneriffa und von dort aus mit einem Mietwagen weiter zur Fähre nach La Gomera, wo wir dann nach einer stürmischen Überfahrt unser kleines Ferienhaus in Lepe am Abend bezogen. Da wir als Futurerower erst am 03.12.24 vor Ort sein sollten […]

2024 December

World’s Toughest Row 2024 – Atlantic Race Start: December 11, 2024 We were there… …this time, still as spectators. https://www.haenselundgretel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/WTR-Start-2024-HuG_480p.mp4 Our flight departed on Saturday, November 30, 2024, from Stuttgart to Tenerife. From there, we continued by rental car to the ferry to La Gomera, where we arrived at our small vacation home in Lepe […]

2024 October

…and always training sessions on the Neckar…

2024 Sep, 21th

24 hours of rowing on the Neckar in Heilbronn Organized by the Ruderschwaben Heilbronn, we were happy to accept the event as additional training. https://www.haenselundgretel.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20240921_24h-Rudern-HN.mp4

2024 Sep, 1st & 2nd week

Training in Kiel at the Olympic Center and Marina Sonderborg in Denmark , with a big THX for their support and help!

2024 June, 22th

All you can row 2024 On Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 5:23 a.m. the time had come: Over 100 rowing enthusiasts from all over Germany put their first strokes into the water and only stopped when either their strength waned or the sun went down again at 9:35 p.m. – and we with our ELSA2 […]