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New podcast episode20 years of YACHT Classic - with editor-in-chief Lasse Johannsen

Antonia von Lamezan

 · 22.05.2026

In the new podcast episode, editor-in-chief Lasse Johannsen provides insights into the anniversary edition of YACHT Classic.
Photo: Lasse Johannsen; Nico Krauss
The new YACHT Classic has been published and is celebrating its 20th anniversary. In the 73rd episode of the YACHT sailing podcast, editor-in-chief Lasse Johannsen talks to Timm Kruse about classic wooden and steel ships, boatbuilding tradition and the passion behind them.

No carbon, no apps, no plotters. Instead, varnish, lines, wood and patina. YACHT Classic is dedicated to boats that almost automatically make you speak a little more softly when you see them.

These stories from the YACHT Classic are discussed in the podcast:

What makes a boat a classic?

Lasse Johannsen explains the fascination behind wood, craftsmanship and tradition and provides insights into the lively German classic car scene between Lake Constance and Laboe.

The "Örn", high-tech in an old guise

From the outside, the elegant first-rule six-piece from 1911 impresses with gleaming mahogany and a traditional gaff rig. But you wouldn't know it by looking at it: Inside the rig is state-of-the-art engineering.

With the brush on the high seas

The fascinating story of Arndt Georg Nissen. His watercolours are rare visual testimonies to international ocean racing and sailing from the first half of the 20th century. In YACHT Classic, his daughter Marianne tells the personal story behind them.

Daimler's motorboat

Gottlieb Daimler's petrol engine initially met with little interest on land, until Daimler made it famous via the ingenious diversions of boat propulsion.

Why are some people prepared to invest fortune, time and passion in an old wooden boat? How did the scene develop? At which events can you admire classic boats?

Answers can be found in the YACHT podcast: Editor-in-chief Lasse Johannsen and host Timm Kruse take you on a journey into the fascinating world of classic sailing.

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Antonia von Lamezan

Antonia von Lamezan ist gebürtige Hamburgerin und studierte Kultur- sowie Sozialwissenschaftlerin (Lüneburg/Kopenhagen). Obwohl die Seefahrt zur Familiengeschichte gehört, fand sie den eigenen Weg aufs Wasser erst als Erwachsene – dann jedoch mit voller Begeisterung und Konsequenz: Innerhalb eines Jahres absolvierte sie alle für die Langfahrt erforderlichen Scheine, tauschte das geregelte Stadtleben gegen das eigene Boot und segelte zwei Jahre lang auf eigenem Kiel durch Europa. Als Volontärin in der Redaktion verbindet sie nun fachlichen Hintergrund mit ihrer Leidenschaft für das Meer, Boote und das Schreiben.

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