Free Luff Nation

Free Luff Nation

Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.

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    • Crew: Then and Now
    • Da Boat: Free Luff, Baby!
  • How We Got Here
    • When it Started
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  • 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

Author: Jody Fraser

A BIG Visitor!

By Jody Fraser On August 30, 2017

There aren’t really sufficient words to describe this experience. Just watch the video – all one long shot. Pretty astonishing. We’ll be adding more to this post eventually, but wanted to publish this so all …

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Destinations
whale shark

Summertime Hots – Sta Rosalía to BLA

By Jody Fraser On August 23, 2017

Well, we’re midway through August already and the word amongst cruisers is that this summer is unseasonably cool compared to summers past – thankfully! We feel bad for S/V Adventurer who must have been in …

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Destinations
bees, cruisers, HOT!, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, water play, whale sharks

Holy Chubasco…

By Jody Fraser On August 10, 2017

…and our love affair with our ground tackle. Chubascos are a summer season weather phenomenon here in the Sea of Cortez (lucky us) that are associated with the monsoonal t-storm activity. These storm cells typically …

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Destinations
anchoring, chubascos, cruisers

“Chasing Summer” – La Paz to Santa Rosalía

By Jody Fraser On July 31, 2017

Thanks, Jenn and Jas, for the tag line! It truly feels like that’s what we’re doing right now. Actually, it may be more accurate to say, “fleeing summer heat!” But beyond the heat, our little …

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Destinations
Bitey!, Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, dockside, ice cream, laundry, provisioning, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, walkabout, water play, wifi

La Marina del Palmar

By Jody Fraser On June 24, 2017

Don’t let the name fool you. It’s a marina, but it’s also a boat yard. As boat yards go, it was tidy and relatively quiet, which was expected in late June, and the bathrooms were …

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Boat Work, Destinations
projects

To San Diego and Back to La Paz

By Jody Fraser On June 21, 2017

Ahhh, home. We won’t be back again until November because we’re feeling the need to be with da boat during the tropical storm season. Hence, we had to enjoy ourselves to the max while in …

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Destinations
family, friends

Tribute to Ry

By Jody Fraser On June 10, 2017

Ok, so you’ve all been seeing these blog posts over the past few months with this guy, Ryan, featured prominently. He’s a dear friend who lived in the same marina back in San Diego, until …

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Destinations, Miscellania
friends, ice cream

To the WCM Rally and Back Again

By Jody Fraser On June 7, 2017

Photo credit: Lowell aboard S/V Gato Loco captured us under the pretty sail After our quick trip to Todos Santos, we had to beat feet to make it to the West Coast Multihulls (WCM) Baja …

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Destinations
cruisers, friends, wcm rally

Road Trip to Todos Santos

By Jody Fraser On May 13, 2017

You may recall that we’ve spent a fair amount of time hangin’ around with Tom and Barb aboard S/V Ellie while here in Mexico. What you may not know is that we knew them back in …

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Destinations
friends, walkabout

First Mate Musings Thus Far

By Jody Fraser On May 11, 2017

Well, we’ve been out for about 7 months, and time seems to have sped up. They say it slows down when you’re out cruising, but so far I haven’t found that to be the case. …

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Miscellania

Shenanigans in La Paz

By Jody Fraser On May 10, 2017

Ah, La Paz. We fell in love with La Paz almost immediately (just after we anchored in massive current and coromuel winds). It is a big-ish city, but it doesn’t feel that big, until you …

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Destinations
anchoring, dockside, family, friends, ice cream, laundry, murals, provisioning, walkabout

Puerto Balandra y Caleta Lobos

By Jody Fraser On May 8, 2017

Again we were blessed with stunningly blue, blue water (see Ensenada de Los Muertos y Playa La Bonanza)! And again, it was not THAT warm, but warm enough to get in and do some amazing snorkeling …

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Destinations
anchoring, friends, hiking, ill aboard, water play

Ensenada de Los Muertos y Playa La Bonanza

By Jody Fraser On April 25, 2017

Well, it was time to leave the mainland and head back over to “the Baja.” The Advance Team (i.e., She’s No Lady) took off from El Cid in Mazatlán about 9 hours ahead of us, …

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Destinations
anchoring, friends, hiking, sunrise!, water play

More Repairs and a Fouled Anchor Rode

By Jody Fraser On April 18, 2017

On the heels of the water tank repair came yet another water (read: life-blood)-related incident aboard FL. The watermaker was giving us fits, dropping production and showing erratic pressures (more on that below). Then, just when …

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Boat Work, Destinations
anchoring, cruisers, dockside, projects

The Mainland Redux

By Jody Fraser On April 17, 2017

We finally left La Cruz so we could start heading up into the Sea of Cortez, but not so fast. We wanted to revisit some of the places we’d been before on our little journey …

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Destinations
anchoring, Bitey!, cruisers, dockside, fueling up, laundry, projects, provisioning, SUNSETS!

Isla Isabela – Oh My!

By Jody Fraser On April 12, 2017

…because this place deserves its own post. We spent a couple days lounging around this spectacular little island. Being there brought us much joy and happiness. There are thousands and thousands of birds that occupy …

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Destinations
anchoring, Capt. Fishguts, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, water play

Leaving La Cruz – Eventually

By Jody Fraser On April 3, 2017

Welp, as life on a boat goes, we were waylaid in La Cruz by the need for a time-consuming repair. Mind you, it was only time consuming because the part had to be ordered from …

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Boat Work, Destinations
dockside, friends, projects

Fun with Fam at Home

By Jody Fraser On March 19, 2017

Come March, it was time for Jody to get her fix of family and friends in San Diego and Palm Springs (sorry no pics here) – oh, and to take the cat to the vet. …

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Destinations, Miscellania
bffs, family, friends

Fun with Fam (and Ry)

By Jody Fraser On March 11, 2017

We’re back in Bahía de Banderas! We left the Costalegre to connect with Tobin and Gretchen, who were in Nuevo Vallarta for a medical conference and general goofing around with us. Ryan also made his …

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Destinations
al pastor, drone, family, laundry, murals, provisioning, wifi

Bahía de Chamela

By Jody Fraser On February 27, 2017

Welp, we knew our time on the Costalegre would have to come to an end eventually (for this season anyway), and after leaving Tenacatita Bay, we landed in Bahía de Chamela and the associated little town …

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Destinations
anchoring, cruisers, euchre!, hiking, laundry, provisioning, sunrise!, SUNSETS!

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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

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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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