Repair businessPeter Wrede Yachtrefit - German Player

Ralf Marquard

 · 27.04.2016

Repair business: Peter Wrede Yachtrefit - German PlayerPhoto: wrede werft
Peter Wrede Yachtrefit: With four locations, the shipyard is one of the largest repair companies in Germany

Among sailors, the namePeter Wrede probably already a little better known than to us motorboat drivers, because the current shipyard boss has been sailing the wooden Optimist since the age of eight and later took part in theolympic games 1988 in Busan.

He developed a penchant for "boat building" at a young age.

To the training and he always came to regattas as "Butjer".with his own toolbox, so that he could quickly lend a hand himself if necessary. It is easy to explain that this interest did not come about by chance, as his parents already ran a shipyard where he gained his experience in boatbuilding. However, he studied a commercial profession in the 1980s.

Peter Wrede PortraitPhoto: Claus Reissig

A decisiveMilestonewas laid after the aforementioned Olympic Games, where he competed in a Soling (type of sailing boat). Because afterwards he unceremoniously gave up hisMotorhome sold and use the proceeds to buy aSandblasting system and bought the necessary tent.

Team WedelPhoto: wrede werft

You can find the full report in BOOTE issue 04/16.

Ralf Marquard

Ralf Marquard

Deputy Editor in Chief BOOTE

Ralf Marquard discovered his enthusiasm for boating on the tranquil Aller, first with inflatable boats and later with a 6-meter cabin cruiser. His electrical engineering studies at HAW Hamburg took him from the southern Heidekreis (Lower Saxony) to the Hanseatic city. Ralf Marquard has been working for the BOOTE editorial team since 1997, where he trained as a test editor. He tests both small inflatable boats and larger yachts. His personal boat is a 4.50 meter long, self-built wooden boat with a 50 hp outboard motor. In 2007, he was appointed deputy editor-in-chief at BOOTE.

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