Shock for boat owners: Lippe marina in 2025 closes forever!

Shock for boat owners: Lippe marina in 2025 closes forever!

A difficult blow for water sports lovers: The Lippe marina near Hohwacht and Behrensdorf will finally be closed on March 31, 2025. Franz Graf von Waldersee, the owner of the marina, has already delivered over 200 boat gifts. For many of them, this news came as a surprise after they got their boats out of the water last October. The count justifies the decision with enormous repair costs caused by damage to the bank attachment by the ship drilling worm. "This slips away, everything collapses," quotes the water sports magazine float the count.

risk of collapse and repairable costs

The wooden dalbs on which the harbor moles are founded are dilapidated. The costs for the required repairs exceed what the owner can manage. While the Graf expresses his grief about the loss of his life's work, the mayors of Hohwacht and Behrensdorf, Karsten Kruse and Hans-Rudolf Osbahr, press their regret at the request of the Kieler Nachrichten Port operation could maintain.

An additional problem for the port is the shallow at the port entrance. The "Wolttera", the sea rescue boat of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecking, has been stuck since the end of November because the shipping has progressed. Access for the boat has now been blocked, which means that the rescue unit is no longer operational. Fortunately, there have been no emergencies that required use, since the surrounding stations could continue to cover the water. The fate of the marina and the sea rescue service remains uncertain in view of the closure.