PortraitA boat builder like a hundred years ago

Lasse Johannsen

 · 03.04.2018

Portrait: A boat builder like a hundred years agoPhoto: YACHT/C. Irrgang
A boat builder like a hundred years ago
Andreas Gronau works on wooden boats at the Helmstorf estate in eastern Holstein. Plastic, he says, is not something he can

It's not a job, it's his life, says Andreas Gronau about the classic wooden boat building business that has sustained him for 15 years. And just like a life, his career has its ups and downs.

We introduce you to Andreas Gronau in a portrait of an individualist.

Now in the current issue (8/2018) of YACHT, now on newsstands - and can be ordered here.

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