It may appear to be smooth sailing, but the atmosphere behind the scenes at Poul and Jørgen's racing team is tense: the big race is just around the corner, and a deposed member of the team is trying to sabotage them. As if that's not enough, Jørgen can't stay away from Poul's girlfriend. The danger of capsizing is therefore imminent - but then Poul's cousin Basse appears.

The attic of a city house is the home to a colony of artists. Among them is a writer, whose corpus is larger than her output. We also meet a hard-of-hearing poet who can still hear the grass growing. There's a painter, a sculptor and more. All are penniless - hoping that one day they will experience their breakthrough. "The Seventh Heaven", as the corridor is called, also houses two prominent residents, Fyrtårnet and Bivognen. They have set up a small diner and engage lively with the artist from the colony.

Sailor and tomboy Else (Gerd Gjedved) is fighting for the family's schooner 'Nordstjernen'. Shipping-heir Steen (Hans Kurt) has fallen from his rich father's grace to serve as a 'Nordstjernen' sailor. Will Else and Steen be only colleagues?