Liz Clark // From an Inspirational Pacific Crossing to Life in Tahiti
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2022
⏱️ 98 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
#358. Captain Liz Clark has sailed over 20,000 miles on her sailboat, Swell. She grew up sailing in San Diego, and cruised the coast of Mexico with her family at age 9. She became an avid and competitive surfer as a teenager, which took her traveling around the world. After finishing her degree in Environmental Science in Santa Barbara, Liz acquired Swell, her Cal 40. She undertook an extensive refit of the boat, then pushed off into the Pacific on a voyage of self-discovery.
Liz's book Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening is an inspiring and beautifully illustrated memoir about her voyage. After cruising and surfing through the Pacific, Liz landed in Tahiti where she wrote her book and still lives with her partner. Swell sits on a mooring in view from her porch, ready for the next adventure. In the meantime, Liz is busy on the island, protecting the animals, lands, and ocean waters of Tahiti. https://swellvoyage.com/
--
Join the conversation on The Quarterdeck, 59º North's 'deep dives on the art of seamanship.' Annual membership site with access to the canon of seamanship content (articles, videos, podcasts & more); a thriving community passionate about sailing; and direct access to Andy, Mia, August, Nikki & Emma, the 'Admiralty' to have all of your sailing & seamanship questions answered! quarterdeck.59-north.com
--
ON THE WIND is presented by Athletic Greens. Their daily product, AG1, contains 75 vitamins, minerals, and whole-food sourced nutrients in one convenient daily serving. One Scoop, 8 ounces of water. It's all you really need, really. Visit athleticgreens.com/onthewind for an exclusive offer from Athletic Greens.
ON THE WIND is also supported by Offshore Passage Opportunities, the #1 Crew Networking Service in North America. OPO has helped thousands of sailors meet and make successful passages since 1993. Sign up at sailopo.com. The service is free for owners looking for crew, and once you pay the membership fee as a crew, you sail for FREE!
ON THE WIND is also supported by Harborburn Cannon Co., brought to you by the founders of 59 North Sailing. Harborburn was born of an idea by a group of sailing friends looking for a way to add some fun onboard our boats. We figured "if you own a boat, you need a cannon!"
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Ahoy guys, it's August here. Happy Norway day. |
| 0:05.1 | 17th of May is the day we Norwegians celebrate our independence from those pesky Swedes next door. |
| 0:12.8 | And we got some incredible weather here today. |
| 0:15.6 | So it's going to be a fantastic day of waving enormous flags around as I am very prone to do. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm just back ashore from an incredible trip on East Beyond. |
| 0:29.5 | We sailed from Bergen to Shetland with stops in the Orkneys and Fair Isle underway. |
| 0:35.7 | And I got to say, those islands are the best places I have ever seen in my entire life. |
| 0:42.4 | Absolutely blown away. |
| 0:44.2 | So highly recommend those. |
| 0:47.4 | Go sail there right away. |
| 0:49.0 | And if you're too far away or anything else is stopping you from doing so, I will certainly be back on Ispian and you can join me next time. |
| 1:02.0 | Ispion is underway again from Shetland to Tromse with Jun Amtrup as the skipper and I will meet back up with them and the boat in the high Arctic of Svalbard |
| 1:13.9 | in a month's time. This episode is really all Emma but as she is on Ice Bear right now |
| 1:22.5 | and have just left Bermuda for a transatlantic. I will be publishing this episode for her this week. |
| 1:29.7 | You can go to 59-nort.com to track Ice Bear and East Beyond both, and also read little |
| 1:39.0 | updates from their life at sea. |
| 1:46.4 | All right, hold fast, everyone. |
| 1:50.4 | Enjoy the episode and celebrate Norway Day, |
| 1:51.9 | wherever you are out there. |
| 1:55.2 | And I'll see you again very soon. |
| 1:57.8 | You've taken two people from my all-time list. |
| 2:00.3 | Well, three with Tracy Edwards, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Andy Schell, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Andy Schell and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.