You are always in control of the situation
You are sitting at number 83. Warnemünder Woche in the front row and have an overview of all the sailing action. You always know exactly when what is happening and where. They are where everything comes together when it comes to the races. We're talking about Peter Becher and Gode Sevecke. They are together at the sailing competitions Warnemünder Woche responsible for “the situation”.
“The race leaders are written in green, the respective boat classes in red and the courses in black. An anchor marks the position of the starting and destination ships,” says Peter Becher, pointing to a flipchart in front of the long desk in the situation tent at the end of the central pier. All relevant information about the races is noted. “Everything that is important is hanging on the wall here, stored in our heads or on our laptop,” adds Gode Sevecke.
The retired teacher has been with the school since 1993 Warnemünder Woche in use. First he worked as a referee, but now he is in the position for the fifth time together with Peter Becher. As a former head of the jury, Sevecke focuses primarily on regatta-related matters. Sevecke and Becher complement each other well in terms of expertise. Peter Becher is a former captain and trained deep-sea fisherman. He is responsible for the seamanship areas. “Peter is responsible for the weather and all the radio nonsense,” says Gode Sevecke, describing Becher’s tasks.
More precisely, after the morning video briefing by the German Weather Service, Peter Becher continues to monitor the weather throughout the day and passes the information on to the race directors via radio. Chief race director Peter Ramcke also noticed how well Becher and Sevecke complement each other professionally: “The two of them are a real dream team.” The two retirees remain as a team during the Warnemünder Woche The times of starts and finishes, the course distribution, the wind, the allocation of the race directors and the individual classes are in view. They also monitor the district radio center's channel 73 to keep an eye on shipping traffic. They also ensure that all radios for the race directors and their crew are always charged.
In short: you are always in control of the situation and know exactly what is happening where and pass on the information. But Peter Becher and Gode Sevecke don't see themselves as one thing: as controllers - more as a connection to the race management.
