Roland Gäbler

Roland Gäbler (born 9 October 1964 in Bremen) is a German sailor and member in the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein[1] as well as in the Kieler Yacht-Club.

With 23 years Roland Gäbler switched the racing class to catamaran and sailed a Tornado, together with his Laser training partner Hans-Jürgen Pfohe.

Both competed in the Kiel Week[2] and qualified straightaway for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, however they won no medal.

[4] Roland Gäbler together with the adventurer and balloonist Steve Fossett also established a world record in high-speed sailing on the catamaran PlayStation (34m length) in 2001.

[12][13] In 2010 Roland Gäbler wins the biggest blue ribbon race on lake Balaton with the Ventilo M2 multihull with the boatowner Rolf Hufnagel.

In 2011 he is also winner of the Gorla race 2011[14] under 30 foot - Ventilo M2 with the boatowner Rolf Hufnagel and his wife Nahid Gäbler as crew.