Hamburg VII is for sale
We'd like to sell our boat. There. It's out in the open now. At least here.
We keep telling ourselves it's time and that this makes sense for us now. The problem is that every time we step aboard, we remember why we bought her. Every time we leave, we look back at her. More than once.
You are welcome to make an offer, but we won't be disappointed if you don't. Unfortunately, she's exactly the sort of boat people fall in love with. We are afraid someone else out there will want to have her too.
Complete strangers stop to admire her. Experienced sailors compliment her lines. So do people who know absolutely nothing about boats. Somehow, they simply know she's beautiful.
She sails with the confidence of a seasoned athlete. There is an unmistakable sense of purpose as she sends the smaller waves curling away from her bow and dances over the larger ones. Give her enough canvas and willing hands to set it, and she'll gather up her skirts and settle into a spirited run. Put the wind on her cheek, and she'll happily keep pace with yachts decades younger. More often than they expect, she'll remind them that elegance and speed have never been mutually exclusive, leaving the youngsters with an excellent view of her beautifully sculpted stern.
If you buy her, we should warn you: We expect you to develop exactly the same problem we have now. She will own you.
We are selling her because logic says we should. We are hoping nobody buys her because that gives us the perfect excuse to keep her in our lives.
If you come to see her, don't be surprised if your own logic begins to wobble. She makes you stop calculating and start dreaming. Your heart will write arguments that the mind is powerless to refute. You will find yourself inventing perfectly sensible reasons why you need Hamburg VII in your life rather than another forgettable plastic boat.
We know. That's exactly what happened to us. It still does. Every single day.
Life without a boat with the lines of Hamburg VII is perfectly possible. So is life without a boat altogether. But what's the point?
Hamburg VII 2026