SERENDIPITY

Michael remembers:

"There I stood. I set out to buy a second-hand centre-cockpit yacht in Hamburg in 2008. Before I would book a flight and hotel, I had to look at a similar boat at the Hallberg-Rassy representative on Lake Constance. It seemed dark and narrow to me, somehow oppressive. I walked around restlessly between the tightly packed, covered boats in the winter storage and yet didn't see one I liked. The keel, the rudder, some didn't have the underwater painted, and none of them was accessible and welcoming. But at the end of the long hangar, taking up the entire width of the mighty hall, you stood, shimmering with your white, elegant body, the lines classic and beautiful.

My request to see the whole boat, the deck and the interior, was rejected by the shipyard worker present; It belongs to someone and was just resently transported from Sweden to Switzerland.

Soon the resistance was broken, a ladder found and put into place. In awe, I entered the 43 foot boat, the safe cockpit, the companionway, the saloon, the passage to the aft cabin, went back to the saloon, ran my hand over the teak veneer, went into the forward cabin, looked at the two heads each with a shower. The boat smelled new, the smell of wood, glue, carpet and plastic, shimmering teak, brightly polished stainless steel. It was love at first sight. 

I wasn't looking for this boat. It was far beyond my financial means and yet the owner finally gave it to me for half the price. I thought about the name for a long time. In the beloved mountains, in Klosters, where my soul was lighter, my thoughts free, I found it - Serendipity."

Serendipity stands for Sri Lanka and the fact that you don't have to look for happiness to find it. Happiness comes without being forced, especially when you don't expect it.

Since then our boats have been called SERENDIPITY.

 

We found SERENDIPITY IV, a Hallberg-Rassy 43, in Turkey without looking for it there. She has been our home since June 2022.