After the trip, Liu's travel companion Bernd not only remained in Taiwan with Liu to promote sailing, he won the heart and hand of a beautiful Taiwanese lady.
而跟著劉寧生飄洋過海到台灣的班賀德，不僅留下來和劉寧生一同致力推廣台灣的帆船運動，同時也贏得美人歸，成為台灣女婿。