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Free Luff Nation

Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.

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  • About
    • Crew: Then and Now
    • Da Boat: Free Luff, Baby!
  • How We Got Here
    • When it Started
    • Charter to Liveaboard
    • Liveaboard to Cruising
  • Shakedown
  • Interim
  • The Life
  • Where’s Free Luff?
  • Miscellania
Free Luff Nation

Free Luff Nation

Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.

  • Most Recently AtSomewhere in the U.S.A.
  • About
    • Crew: Then and Now
    • Da Boat: Free Luff, Baby!
  • How We Got Here
    • When it Started
    • Charter to Liveaboard
    • Liveaboard to Cruising
  • Shakedown
  • Interim
  • The Life
  • Where’s Free Luff?
  • Miscellania

Year: 2018

Thailand: Surat Thani, Pak Chong, and Khao Yai NP

By Jody Fraser On November 10, 2018

Ok, still in Thailand…Our little excursion in and around Khao Sok National Park left a bit of a sour taste in our mouths, so we had to give another national park a fair shake. This would also …

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Destinations
family, friends, walkabout

Thailand: Phuket Town and Khao Sok National Park

By Jody Fraser On October 17, 2018

Yep, we’re still in Thailand – well, not physically, but blog-wise, that’s where we are. And weather-wise on mainland Mexico, it seemed just about as hot and sticky as Thailand, so there is that. We …

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Destinations
family, friends, walkabout

Thailand: Bangkok, Phuket, and Koh Yao Yai

By Jody Fraser On September 28, 2018

We spent the past month and a half in Bahía de los Angeles in the Sea of Cortez with extremely limited wifi, so we are woefully behind on the blog. Hopefully, we can still remember …

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Destinations
family, friends, walkabout

FLN Goes to Thailand: A Teaser

By Jody Fraser On August 7, 2018

We’re back in Mexico after a month in the U.S. and a month in Thailand, which means more than 2 months (plus some since we’re lagging on the blog) have flown by! There are soooo …

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Destinations
friends, walkabout

Alaska Video Overload!

By Jody Fraser On July 23, 2018

Our last blog post was all photos of our visits to San Diego, Alaska, and San Francisco – all photos because we didn’t have time to work up the video that went along with each of …

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Destinations

FLN Goes to the Great White North

By Jody Fraser On July 7, 2018

Well, we went to California and Alaska, anyway. And, It. Was. COLD. Cold for our thin, Mexican blood. We did see 90-degrees (F) in Los Altos at the beginning of July, but a lot of …

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Destinations
family, friends

The Beautiful Baja – and Sad So-longs

By Jody Fraser On May 30, 2018

After taking care of some logistics in Mazatlán (which have changed since making all the arrangements – more on that in the Addendum below) in preparation for summer travel, boat work, etc., we sailed across …

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Boat Work, Destinations
cruisers, euchre!, friends, wcm rally

Magical Mobula Rays

By Jody Fraser On May 15, 2018

We shared one of our favorite anchorages at Isla Danzante with the likes of She’s No Lady, JollyDogs, Mamala, and new friends to us, S/V The Answer. Lucky for us, our new friends had a …

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Destinations
cruisers, friends

Off to Mazatlán

By Jody Fraser On April 28, 2018

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re on our second lap here in Mexico, writing about places we’ve been and seen (and you’ve seen on the blog) last year. But we love these places, the people, …

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Destinations
cruisers, friends, projects, provisioning

Bahía de Banderas – It’s “Paradise”

By Jody Fraser On April 14, 2018

After a couple of months in the Costalegre region of the mainland, it was time to head north again, what with medical and dental appointments on the docket and all of our summer commitments on …

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Boat Work, Destinations
dockside, friends, laundry, projects, provisioning

First Mate Musings – 18 Months In

By Jody Fraser On April 13, 2018

Well, here we are – 11 months after the original post, First Mate Musings Thus Far. Eleven months. That means we’ve been out for 18 months. And if you tack on the Shakedown, in total, …

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Miscellania

A Family Affair – in Mexico!

By Jody Fraser On March 10, 2018

Fun, fun times with my biological family, including our old and new cuñadas (sisters-in-law), and our boat family! Of course, most of our boat family was already here in Barra, but mi familia de los …

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Destinations
cruisers, dockside, family, friends

Skiing, Pickle Ball, and Las Vegas…What?!

By Jody Fraser On February 20, 2018

After an absolutely exhausting, extremely fun couple of months with our boating buddies (see four previous posts!), we were looking forward to some home-cookin’ – that is, our U.S.-based homies. With the exception of Rand’s …

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Destinations
bffs, family, friends

La Cruz to Tenacatita to Barra

By Jody Fraser On February 5, 2018

Well, it was a record for cruisers in La Cruz – which is known as one of the “Velcro” towns in Mexico – we made it outta there in only 4 days! It was a …

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Destinations
cruisers, friends, ice cream, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, water play

To the Mexican Mainland – Again

By Jody Fraser On January 20, 2018

The girls came, they saw, and then departed La Paz in early January, so we figured we would, too. Actually, we have a plane to catch out of Manzanillo in early February, so we really …

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Destinations
anchoring, Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, laundry, provisioning, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, water play

New Year’s Joy

By Jody Fraser On January 9, 2018

Well, the 2017 Christmas holiday with SNL, Adventurer, and Ripple was an absolute hoot, but the 2018 New Year’s holiday took the cake. Flea, Lea, and Stace arrived on Dec. 29 for 10 days of …

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Destinations
anchoring, bffs, cruisers, friends, ice cream, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, water play

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What Have We Been Up To?

  • Isolation in The Sea: Photo-vid Mash-up
  • Isolation in The Sea: Home Base
  • Isolation in The Sea: Candeleros y Candeleros Chico
  • First Mate Musings – 4 Years In
  • A Political Upwelling in Isolation

Looking Back…

  • + 2021
    • + June
    • + March
  • + 2020
    • + December
    • + October
    • + September
    • + August
    • + July
    • + June
    • + May
    • + April
    • + March
    • + February
    • + January
  • + 2019
    • + December
    • + November
    • + October
    • + September
    • + August
    • + July
    • + May
    • + April
    • + March
    • + February
    • + January
  • + 2018
    • + November
    • + October
    • + September
    • + August
    • + July
    • + May
    • + April
    • + March
    • + February
    • + January
  • + 2017
    • + December
    • + November
    • + October
    • + September
    • + August
    • + July
    • + June
    • + May
    • + April
    • + March
    • + February
    • + January
  • + 2016
    • + December
    • + November
    • + October
    • + September
    • + August
    • + July
    • + June
    • + May

Bookmarks

  • Adventures aboard Epifania
  • Adventures with S/V Milou – A tale of a nine year old girl on the ocean
  • Allan and Rina's Sailing Adventure – The Travels of S/V Follow You Follow Me Continue…
  • call it kismit – by land or by sea, it's meant to be
  • Cat2Fold
  • Dazzler's Watch – Advice and Stories from Life on the Sea!
  • Footloose Adventures – Wandering the world under sail
  • Gato Loco Sailing
  • Halcyon Wandering – Living by the Compass
  • If You're Lucky Enough: Carolyn and JD's Blog
  • Jollydogs – Seawind 1160 catamaran cruising adventures
  • Live Free 2 Sail Fast – The adventures of a family sailing to points south of the border, taking life slowly
  • Older Woman @ Large
  • On Deck with SV Liahona
  • Orion and the Sea
  • Resolute Sets Sail
  • Rolling with Yahtzee – Dream Big. Wander Far. Love Life.
  • Rum Doxy – A Boat Too Far
  • S/V Adventurer
  • S/V Delos – Sailing Around the World on a Sailboat
  • S/V Dogfish
  • S/V Luego – Our Next Adventure
  • S/V Madrone – Follow the travels of S/V Madrone, a Taswell 43
  • S/V Secret Water Adventure
  • S/V Shawnigan – A Family Afloat
  • S/V Silver Wings – Follow the Adventures
  • Sailing La Vagabonde – A Few Words Behind the Movies
  • Sailing Mango
  • Sailing Pandion
  • Sailing Tanda Malaika
  • Sailing Totem – dreamworthy to seaworthy
  • Sailing with a Purpose – Adventure Adrift
  • Sailing with Aldabra
  • Sailing with Bloom
  • Sailing with Pelagic
  • Sailing Xpression – Young Family, Small Boat, Big World
  • Salt & Light – Growing closer…no matter the distance
  • Small World Big Dream
  • Strikhedonia Seawind 1160
  • SV Ripple
  • SV The Answer – Not All Who Wander Are Lost…
  • The Figure 8 Voyage
  • Trio Travels
  • Voyage of L'Chaim
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