ZSC Zürcher Segel Club

What ZSC Zürcher Segel Club does

ZSC Zürcher Segel Club is a Swiss non-profit sailing association (Verein ohne kommerzielle Interessen) founded in 1917 and headquartered at Bellerivestrasse 146, 8008 Zürich, on the Zürichhorn in Zurich's Seefeld district. The club serves sailing enthusiasts in the Zurich region across three primary use cases: leisure sailing, regatta competition, and youth sailing development. Its core offerings include a 10-vessel boat sharing fleet spanning Laser/ILCA, Yngling, J70, Surprise and Grand Surprise classes; a proprietary ZSC Sailing School with certified instructors and 2026 course enrollment; and a junior training program whose athletes have won Swiss championship titles. The club also operates marina infrastructure (~30 buoy moorings at Zürichhorn and ~40 harbor berths at Bächau), a clubhouse with lounge, kitchen, hall, changing rooms and workshop, and a recreational beach property called Schilfmatt on the upper Lake Zurich.

The business model is built on recurring annual membership fees and tiered boat-sharing subscriptions ranging from 150 CHF (Laser-only) to 2,400 CHF (unlimited all-boat TOP tier), supplemented by sailing school tuition, marina berth allocations, regatta entry fees, and merchandise sales through the ZSC shop. Prospective members begin with a guest year after a personal conversation with the club president, gaining active-member privileges (including boat-sharing access) without voting rights, before converting to full membership. ZSC partners with SAILBOX, the leading Swiss boat sharing platform, extending member access to yachts on nearly all Swiss lakes beyond Lake Zurich. The organization runs more than 100 events per year, hosts national-level regattas including Swiss Sailing League acts and point-championship regattas, and supports roughly 7 employees plus a volunteer board and instructor base. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed, consistent with its non-profit status.

Name

ZSC Zürcher Segel Club

Legal name

ZSC Zürcher Segel Club

Website

https://z-s-c.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ZSC Zürcher Segel Club is a Zurich-based, non-profit sailing association founded in 1917 that serves regional sailing enthusiasts through tiered boat-sharing subscriptions, a proprietary sailing school, junior training, marina berths, and national-level regattas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sailing Club Services

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Marinas (713930)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Sailing & Water Sports Teams/Clubs (Sailing, Rowing, Surfing) (MPAKABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sailing Experiences (Lessons, Regattas, Day Sails) (THAJAJAG)

Keywords

• Sailing club services
• Boat sharing
• Youth sailing training
• Marina berths
• Regatta organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Zurich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees for active members, including guest year access to club facilities and boat sharing
2. Boat Sharing Subscriptions: Tiered subscription model for boat access including Laser, Yngling, J70, Surprise, and Grand Surprise vessels. Subscription tiers range from 150 CHF to 2400 CHF annually with various access levels.
3. Sailing School Courses: ZSC Sailing School offers courses including Junior Training with enrollment options for 2026

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ZSC Zürcher Segel Club is a Zurich-based non-profit sailing club providing access to a sharing fleet of ten yachts and dinghies (Laser, Yngling, J70, Surprise, Grand Surprise), a proprietary sailing school, junior/youth training programs, marina berths at two locations (Zürichhorn and Bächau), and regatta organization including Swiss Sailing League events. The club operates a clubhouse with lounge, kitchen, hall, changing rooms and workshop, plus a recreational beach property (Schilfmatt) on upper Lake Zurich.

Product overview

ZSC Zürcher Segel Club is a sailing club offering a comprehensive portfolio of sailing-related products and services. The core offering includes a boat sharing platform with five distinct boat types (Laser, Yngling, J70, Surprise, Grand Surprise), a proprietary sailing school with courses and instructors, and youth sailing training programs. Additional offerings include marina berths at two locations (Zürichhorn with ~30 buoys and Bächau with ~40 berths), regatta organization (including Swiss Sailing League events), and club facilities. The boat sharing fleet of ten yachts and dinghies is unique among clubs on Lake Zurich, enabling members without their own boats to participate in sailing for a three-digit annual fee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Boat Sharing
• ZSC Sailing School
• Junior Training / Youth Program
• Marina Berths / Boat Slips
• Clubhaus / Clubhouse
• Regatta Organization / Race Office

Quantifiable outcome

• Swiss championship titles won by ZSC junior sailors
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SAILBOXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZSC is partner of SAILBOX, the leading Swiss boat sharing platform with yachts on almost all Swiss lakes. ZSC members receive preferential conditions when using SAILBOX services, extending their sailing access beyond Zurich Lake to other Swiss lakes.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Club Nautique de Genève (CNG): Historic Swiss sailing club on Lake Geneva with berths, racing and member services; structurally near-identical to ZSC with similar offerings and member model.
• Segelclub Enge (SC Enge): Another long-standing Zurich sailing club on Lake Zurich offering yacht berths, member racing and training, operating in the same lake and competing for the same members as ZSC.
• Bootclub Zürich: Lake Zurich-based boat club with comparable mooring and member services; directly overlapps with ZSC's membership and marina offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Bayerischer Yacht Club (BYC): Large established member yacht club on Starnberger See with racing, training, berths and social facilities at a significantly larger scale; serves as a comparable incumbent club model.
• Kieler Yacht-Club (KYC): Major German yacht club offering berths, racing, training and member events; broader incumbent example of a club with multi-program structure analogous to ZSC.

Regional players

• Segel-Verein Bregenz (SVB): Austrian yacht club on Lake Constance offering member sailing, regattas and junior training; same club format and lakeside model but operating across the border.
• Thunersee-Yachtclub (TYC): Swiss yacht club on Lake Thun with similar member-based sailing, regatta, and training programs; comparable club structure but on a different lake.

Emerging players

• SAILBOX: Switzerland's leading peer-to-peer boat-sharing platform; commercializes boat sharing at scale and is a strategic partner of ZSC, sharing the same 'sail without owning' customer thesis.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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