Wolfgang J. Krauss

Wolfgang Joseph Krauss (born January 26, 1915 in Lübeck , † after 1983) was a German writer . He became known especially in the sailing scene as the author of the humorous short stories about the “Sailor Gustaf”, which appeared mainly in the 1960s and 1970s.

Life

Wolfgang J. Krauss grew up in Stettin , where his father was the director of the seafaring school and practiced handling boats from an early age. In the 1930s he took part in various high seas regattas such as the Bermuda Race , Atlantic Race and the Fastnet Race . After completing the two-year military service , a 6-year war mission followed. After the Second World War he worked as a wholesaler in Hamburg , Lübeck and Kiel . From 1956 he was an officer in the Bundeswehr and lived in Cologne from 1960 .

As long as Krauss lived on the Baltic Sea , he was always the owner of various Spitzgattkreuzers called Wassermann , on which he spent his free time together with his wife and son. The yachts were more likely to be chartered from Cologne.

Krauss wrote various short stories about the sailor Gustaf, who, together with his wife Frieda and daughter Jule, sails through the western Baltic Sea on his sailing boat Sindbad and experiences all kinds of things. The stories appeared in the magazine Yacht , but also in the form of several books by Delius Klasing Verlag .

In addition, Krauss wrote numerous books on the maritime and sailing sports.

Works (selection)

• The strange world of the sailor Gustaf Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1969.
• New stories from the sailor Gustaf Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1970.
• Joy and Sorrow of the Sailor Gustaf Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1973.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Wolfgang J. Krauss: Joy and Sorrow of the Sailor Gustaf , Delius, Klasing & Co, Bielefeld, 1973 (blurb)