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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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Lasse Johannsen

Lasse Johannsen

Deputy Editor in Chief YACHT

Born in Kiel, grew up on the water and on board, trained as a sailor in the club and sailing on the North and Baltic Seas. After school, navy and legal training, he worked as a trainee at YACHT from 2007-2009 in the Panorama department, which he now heads. He is also responsible for the special edition of YACHT classic, has published several books with Delius-Klasing and is deputy editor-in-chief of YACHT. Johannsen is an enthusiastic cruising sailor on his own keel and an active supporter of the German classic boat scene.

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