article in NY Times said selling the Peking would supply funds to keep the South Street Seaport afloat http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/nyregion/steely-veteran-of-the-sea-to-make-a-voyage-home.html

Jamie White says the same in comments at http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2015/11/windjammer-peking-returning-to-hamburg/

and soon I will have another reason I should visit Hamburg ....