Over 22 years of oceanic sailing adventures on a 1985 Hans Christian 48T across French Polynesia, Galapagos, Panama, Caribbean, and the South Pacific.
A truly unique opportunity! We are selling our beautiful 1985 Hans Christian 48T. "Liward" has been imported to French Polynesia with the duty paid, so she can sail in these beau...
In November 2024, we returned Liward to her normal spot in the marina in Tahiti and hopped on an easy 5 hour flight to New Zealand. We spent 3+ weeks exploring the north and south...
Our 2024 sailing season lasted from May through November. After a few weeks of boat work in the marina in **Tahit** i, we made our first stop on the island of **Moorea** just 20 +...
Our 2023 Season was from the beginning of May through late November. We spent 5 weeks in Marina Taina doing some big projects including varnish. Then made the short sail to Moorea,...
In 2022, we managed to have our resident cards renewed, so we can once again stay in Polynesia as long as we like. This years season was from May through November. We did a major...
In 2021 Polynesia was still dealing with COVID. So flights were limited and visitors were restricted. Plus we were not able to renew our resident cards and new VISAs were not bei...
COVID had a profound affect on the whole world. For us, we just had to change our normal schedule of splitting time equally between Polynesia and Florida. Instead, we spent Janua...
Our 2019 sailing season was planned for April thru October. The schedule included a haul out for new bottom paint, sailing to the Cooks Islands for a new custom's permit for the b...
In 2018, we had some major projects to finish on Liward so we spent a lot of time in Marina Taina in Tahiti. Once those projects were completed, it was time to explore the beauti...
We love everything Polynesian so why not visit Easter Island which is the southeast corner of the Polynesian Triangle! By plane that is! So we decided to take a 787 and visit Rap...
Thought we'd put up a few pictures to cover our time in the USA September 2017 thru March 2018. It helps us remember what we've been up to!
We are way behind on our updates so this is a really long one. It covers our 2017 sailing season in French Polynesia. We completed a haul out in Tahiti, spent a few days relaxing...
This update covers a lot of ground, from late July 2016 to April 2017. We apologize for being so behind! We keep up the website to share our experiences with friends and family, ...
We've done a lot of sailing so it's time for an update. In April, May, and June we visited some of our favorite islands in French Polynesia: Moorea, Huahine, Bora Bora and Raiatea...
After 5 nice months in Florida we flew back to Liward in mid March. She was sitting in Marina Taina, Tahiti right where we left her and looked good. We've spent 4 weeks doing som...
This update covers July and August with 5 weeks spent in Huahine, 4 days in Raiatea, 3 days in Bora Bora and 10 days in Maupiti.
Our last update covered our first week in Fakarava in the Tuamotu Islands of French Polynesia. We spent two more weeks visiting four different anchorages in this beautiful atoll. ...
We flew back to Tahiti on April 9 after 6 fun months in Florida. We found Liward looking really good in Marina Taina. Heifara took excellent care of her. We had a few projects to c...
We thought we'd post an update to catch up on where we are. This one will cover hauling out Liward, some more fun in Tahiti and time back in Florida. So we want to wish everyone ...
We've spent the last 6 weeks visiting the islands of Raiatea, Tahaa, and Bora Bora. These islands are very close to each other which makes for easy sailing. A picture, taken fr...
We have spent the last 2 weeks enjoying the Heiva in Huahine. Huahine is an island about 90 miles from Tahiti. The population is about 6000 and it is really unspoiled. Heiva is ...
This update will cover our time in Moorea and Huahine. Two islands that are similar but also different. We also have a new plan. French Polynesia has just changed the law which ...
We spent 7 great months in Florida while we qualified for a new long stay French Polynesia Visa. After much paperwork we were approved! So in April we returned to Liward where sh...
Our last update covered the Tuamotus and had us arriving in Moorea. Well, we've covered a lot of miles since then! Right now we are in Florida. But we made that trip by plane. ...
We have internet once again so it's time for an update. This update covers the Tuamotu Islands. These islands are very different from the Marquesas because they are coral atolls. W...
We've really had a great time visiting five islands in the Marquesas over the last four weeks. Fatu HIva, Hiva Oa, Tuahata, Oa Pou, and Nuka Hiva. Now that's a mouthful. We've seen...
We did it! We have crossed the pacific. This update will cover our passage and our arrival in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. This has been a dream of ours for a very lo...
We've spent the last 7 weeks visiting four islands in the Galapagos. We are convinced that this is truly a magical place where the animal life "owns the place"! The humans do their...
We are in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador! Truly amazing and very exciting for us. We remember studying these islands in elementary school, seeing picture in the National Geograph...
Yes Liward has transited the Panama Canal and is now floating in the Pacific. Wonderful friends Tom and Sue, and Kari and Jerry flew in to experience the Canal with us and be our l...
**Finally!!!**.....we are ready to head through the Panama Canal! We have all the equipment back on the boat, we've been out for a test sail, and we are stocked up with enough groc...
**Sea-Sun's Greetings from Lili and Steve!**
Well, we are still in the same place as we were for the last website update, but we have been busy! Big news is that Steve had a new surfboard made here in Panama which is an exact...
Again, we have let way too much time lapse between website updates. We really appreciate you continuing to check in. These last few months have been happy and sad. We'll try to giv...
It's been six months since we've made an update to the website so we are way overdue. This update won't be filled with beautiful pictures of clear water and palm tree islands but y...
Hello all, and so sorry that this update was so long in coming! This entry covers May thru July so three months worth of fun! We are still in Panama on the Caribbean side, and cont...
On January 7, we arrived in Bocas del Toro after a great two night sail from the San Blas Islands. Bocas del Toro is a group of eight major islands located on the Caribbean side of...
We are having some horrible weather in the San Blas islands of Panama! So we are taking advantage of being stuck inside the boat and making a quick update to the website. It's a ch...
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We've spent the last 18 months exploring the Caribbean side of beautiful Panama. This country is very diverse and there's lots to see. So after installing the new generator in Augu...
Here's a quick update before we leave the boat for a three week driving trip to explore Panama. When we last made an update we were in the island of Providencia, Colombia. We spent...
We've drug ourselves away from the beautiful islands of Kuna Yala, San Blas in Panama and have sailed to the island of Providencia. Actually, our 90 day immigration ran out in Pana...
In March, we returned to the San Blas Islands of Panama. The San Blas are on the Caribbean side of Panama and home to the Kuna Indians. These people have preserved their culture an...
We've spent the last four weeks having a great time in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Bocas is only about 30 miles from the Costa Rican border on the Caribbean side. It's a super laid bac...
We've got Liward back in the water and she is ready to go! We are really looking forward to getting back to sailing again. We plan to head to Bocas del Toro which is an overnight s...
**After some difficulty, we finally have an update with photos! Hope you enjoy it! Sorry to those who visited while we were having problems. ** Yes, it's been way too long sinc...
Time flies when you are having fun! We've spent 3 months in Kuna Yala and have decided we could spend a lot more time! This is a great place for us. Beautiful islands, a friendly c...
We sailed from Cartagena, Colombia on February 4 after a wonderful 7 weeks there. Our first stop was the beautiful Rosario Islands which are just 24 miles away, but a whole other ...
This update will cover a lot of ground, about 500 miles worth. This, in Liward sailing miles, is a long time. We started December in the Dutch island of Curacao. Our plan was for a...
Bon Bini - that's Welcome! in the creole Papiamentu dialect of Bonaire. We made the 418 nm sail from Vieques Puerto Rico to Bonaire and arrived in 78 hours. We've spent a week in B...
Que Pasa ………the Spanish Virgins After a few weeks of putting the boat back together, surfing, and enjoying new friends we finally said "adios" to the big island of Puerto Rico. We ...
It's been over three months since we've updated the website, so we have a lot of catching up to do! In May we were in Sint Marteen with a plan to head west to Puerto Rico to take o...
Since we will be leaving the eastern Caribbean soon, we wanted to visit some of the spots we've missed. During the last two years we've sailed by the islands of Barbuda, Nevis, and...
We`ve been bit by the racing bug! We raced a little in 2007 and wanted to experience the racing thrill again. And of course the parties aren`t bad either! This is a completely d...
We had a nice 13 hour overnight sail from St.Barths to Anegada in the British Virgin Islands. This island is very different than the other islands in the Caribbean since it is onl...
We sailed into St.Barths before Christmas and we are still here! Named after Columbus's brother, the Isle de St. Barthelemy is part of the French West Indies, in the northeastern c...
This update is definitely very late in coming. We had to go through a whole bunch of photos to select the ones to include. And we had trouble, so there are alot! On November 26 ...
As always happens, our boatyard work in Grenada took longer than we planned. So we got the boat back in the water and had to immediately sail east to Barbados. Of course the cond...
We are spending this hurricane season in Grenada again this year. We have been here for 2 months and we`ve been busy! Two tropical storms have threatened, but did not cause any p...
We left St. Lucia and did a little island hopping to Bequia, Mustique, Carriacou, and wound up in Grenada. All these islands are within a 9 hour sail of each other. Bequia has a pr...
We have fallen in love with St. Lucia! This island has all the right ingredients: several good protected anchorages, great music, colorful culture, hiking trails, rainforests, nice...
When Columbus discovered Dominica he described it to Queen Isabella by crumpling a piece of paper to show its terrain. It has valleys, gorges, and volcanic peaks that are covered i...
Its past time for a new update! We ended up staying in Antigua for over 5 weeks. We tied up Liward in a marina for a week so Steve could make a quick trip back to Florida. His fat...
We sailed from St. Barths to Antigua just in time for the 20th anniversary Classic Yacht Regatta. What an event! Over 60 classic traditional style yachts all in one place. And we w...
Every year St. Barths holds the Bucket Regatta, a race for sailing yachts over 100 feet in length. So we planned to be there! It was three great days of beautiful boats. And we we...
Anguilla was on our list of places to visit, but when we heard that Jimmy Buffett was doing a charity concert there we set a course! The concert was held at the Dune Preserve with ...
We didn`t get to spend much time in the Virgin Islands on our trip south because hurricane season was approaching. But we`ve returned. Our friends Kari and Jerry flew in to meet us...
It`s time to do an entry totally dedicated to surfing. So for you surf hounds, have at it. And if you are not interested in surfing at all, just skip this one! After two more aweso...
We are back on the move after a quick haul-out, fast trip by air to the U.S./Argentina/Uruguay,and a quiet hurricane season We had a beautiful 3 day and night sail north to St. Bar...
Every four years the sailing fraternity, Brotherhood of the Coast(BOC), gathers for a World Zafarancho. This year it was in Argentina and Uruguay. We really enjoyed catching up wit...
We are taking a little intermission and heading back to the U.S. for a few days. We`ll feel like fish out of water since we`ve been gone 6 months. How about driving on the right si...
Steve has been surfing in Barbados for over 30 years, and has always dreamed of visiting in his own boat. So here we are. We had a great sail from Tobago and tied up in a really ni...
Weve spent a week in Tobago, the furthest south and east that weve been so far. Tobago is one of the more out of the way Caribbean islands, so we wanted to check it out. We had a...
Currently we are anchored in the beautiful Tobago Cays which are part of a group of islands called the Grenadines. These islands are completely deserted so we brought everything we...
We`ve decided to stay here in the Grenada area for hurricanse season and purchased an additional rider from our insurance company to allow us to do so. We`ve taken a few weeks to d...
Weve returned to Grenada for our first Carnival and our first visitors. Carnival is 5 days of non-stop fun with a Calypso show, Panarama steel drum competition, Soca contest, Jouv...
We took a little sail about 40 miles north of Grenada to a little island called Carriacou(pronounced Carry-A-Coo). We wanted to see the wooden boat regatta and participate in the y...
We are now in Grenada and only 90 miles from Trinidad. We feel comfortable that if anything tropical pop`s up, we can get to Trinidad quickly, as required by our insurance, . Grena...
Now we`ve arrived in Martinique which is part of the Windward Islands. We are getting further south and within short striking distance of Trinidad which is required for our insuran...
Another unplanned stop and we are anchored off the village of Deshaies on the island of Guadeloupe. This just happens to be where we came on our honeymoon 25 years ago, making a su...
On leaving the British Virgin Islands, we made another unplanned stop in the island of St. Christopher, commonly known as St. Kitts. We came in at night and anchored in a nice litt...
After 6 days and 4 hours at sea we are now in the British Virgin Islands. The British Virgin Islands consist of three main islands with about 22,000 people: Jost Van Dyke(500), Tor...
Two days into the passage from the Abacos, we decided to make an unplanned stop in San Salvador. The winds were not cooperating so we motored more than we liked. So we decided to m...
We are tuned in! We have been lucky enough to be asked by Carson Cooper of Radio Margaritaville to phone in reports as we sail. Radio Margaritaville can be heard on Sirius Satellit...
After way too long it is finally time to leave. Our plan is to depart West Palm Beach for the Bahamas and spend just a few days there. Then we`ll head east into the Atlantic until ...
After way too long and way too many projects, We are done! Or at least as done as we`ll ever be. We`ve taken a 3 week test trip down to the Keys and everything worked great! So, af...
We never expected to take so long to get all the boat projects done, but we are really enjoying south Florida. So we thought we`d share a few pictures of what we`ve been doing besi...
Once we arrived in West Palm Beach we immediately started the boat projects. The list is long including: new teak decks, bow thruster, rewiring the whole boat, watermaker, granite ...
After four going away parties, it is finally time to say good-by to Texas. We decided to take a long leisurely sail down the Texas coast to Port Aransas prior to making the Gulf cr...