title: Bund Deutscher Segler
text: # Bund Deutscher Segler
  
  The Bund Deutscher Segler (BDS) was the governing body of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund for sailing sports in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in East Berlin in April of 1958 and merged with the German Sailing Federation after German reunification in early 1991. By 1988 it had 31,318 members and 2,231 trainers across the GDR.
  
  ## Presidents of the BDS
  
  | Günther Kley | 1958–1961 |
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  | Herbert Fechner | 1961–1990 |
  | Walter Kaczmarek | 1990–1991 |
  