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Wasserfahren

Wasserfahren is a Swiss boat sport using the weidling. Drivers move the flat boat with pole and standing oar on river sections through courses, buoys, hanging poles, raft lane and precise landing.

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Classification

Category Water sport

Family Water Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Swiss boat sport with weidling, pole, standing oar and river course.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like calm precision, strength, balance and river-club life.

Cost Usually moderate through a club because weidling, pole and oar are provided; membership, swimming ability and practice times matter most. Club fee, training, races, clothing, travel and possible youth/active fees. Swiss Wasserfahren club on Rhine, Aare, Limmat, Reuss or another training river. The core elements are weidling, pole, standing oar, river course…

First progress Basic manoeuvres become clearer after several practices; fast courses need much river feel.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

Wasserfahren club
weidling
pole
oar
swimming ability
water-level/safety rules

First steps

find a club
attend a trial session
learn the weidling
practise setting the pole
train landing and buoys slowly

Swiss Wasserfahren federation, Rhine/Aare/Limmat/Reuss club, trial day or youth practice.

Start only with club, supervision, water-level check, swimming ability and clear river/weather rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, team, water, einzeln, wasser, wasserfahren, water-sport, wassersport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Move the weidling with pole and oar through the course as fast and cleanly as possible.

Teilnehmer

Individual or pair racing; categories by federation/schedule.

Teamgröße

solo or two in the weidling.

Spielfeld

River course with bank, buoy, hanging-pole, raft-lane and landing sections.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Run time plus time penalties.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

weidling
pole
oar
oar rest/cross
safety equipment by club

Wichtige Regelpunkte

buoy/hanging-pole touch
wrong route
landing error
safety breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Schweizer Wasserfahrverband (SWV)

Was ist Wasserfahren? Rhein-Club Basel 1883 · club-guide · high
Wasserfahren Limmat-Club Baden · club-guide · medium
SWV - Schweizer Wasserfahrverband Schweizer Wasserfahrverband · federation-guide · high
Sportgeraet: Weidling, Ruder und Stachel Wassersportverein Aarau · equipment-guide · medium