The 36th edition of the International Optimist Team Race (OTC) will take place at Lake Wannsee, Berlin, Germany from October 17th (registration) to 20th (finals and price giving ceremony) 2024.
Teams should be nominated in agreement with the respective national authorities and are usually limited to one team per country except for the PYC host team, the USA, and the team of Puerto Rico as defending champions from last year.
The total number of participating teams is limited to 16. If you are planning to participate, but do not have the final team data yet, you can send an informal application via e-mail to Stefan Weger to reserve a starting spot for your team without providing all the detailed information or use the simple registration option of the online registration form.
For all participating sailors we offer accommodation with families of the PYC from Thursday to Sunday. If you want to opt for this possibility, please provide us with the data of the sailors as early as possible, so that we can establish the contact with the guest families.
A list of accommodation options near the venue can be found with commercial providers such as Booking.com.
Entry fees are 400,00 € for a team of 4 sailors and 500,00 € for a team of 5 sailors. For registration and payment of entry fees until the September 16, 2024, reduced rates of 320,00 € for a team of 4 sailors and 400,00 € for a team of 5 sailors apply.
The entry fee shall be paid to the bank account of ‘Potsdamer Yacht Club e.V.’ at
Beneficiary: Potsdamer Yacht Club e.V.
Name of bank: Berliner Volksbank
IBAN: DE33100900002007014026
SWIFT Code (BIC): BEVODEBB
Reference: OTC 2024, [Country], [Team Name]
Charter optimists can be booked directly with Winner optimist or Newblue.
Charter for ribs will be 110.00 EUR/day (gasoline 2.00 EUR/l and deposit of 200.00 EUR). Please indicate wishes for charter ribs in the registration form.
Deadline for registration is October, 17th, 2024.
For final registration either use the detailed online registration form or alternatively load down the pdf-registration form provided below and send it to Stefan Weger at Potsdamer Yacht Club.
For additional assistance – especially for visa and administrative support – please do not hesitate to contact us.
We look forward to seeing you in Berlin.