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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

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Taking the High Road, Part VI: Oh Oregon

By Jody Fraser On January 14, 2020

We’d been anticipating our visit to Thad and Kristin’s terrestrial abode in Bend, Oregon, since, well, since they bought it, and since we saw them in Michigan earlier in the summer. They enthusiastically espoused the …

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Destinations
euchre!, friends, hiking, road trip, walkabout

Taking the High Road, Part II: Yellowstone, Tetons, and Driggs

By Jody Fraser On November 20, 2019

Why, yes, we are quite behind on the blog. Last we checked in, we were at Rainy Lake with our boat buddies, David, Eileen, and Jack, enjoying proper Midwestern weather and life off the grid. …

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Destinations
friends, hiking, road trip

Time to Head South (Again) to La Paz

By Jody Fraser On March 4, 2019

November 25 – December 14, 2018 Still getting caught up on the blog…here’s a super short post to get us there. It’s all about the pics anyway, right? Once we saw the Sacketts and their …

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Destinations
cruisers, friends, hiking, walkabout

Happy Holidays with Boat People

By Jody Fraser On December 27, 2017

Spending Thanksgiving in the States meant not going home for Christmas due to travel expenses and logistics of leaving da boat again so soon. Our consolation was that Thad and Kristin of She’s No Lady …

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Destinations
Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, friends, hiking, ice cream, projects, SUNSETS!, walkabout

Back Down The Baja: Destination Puerto Esco

By Jody Fraser On October 29, 2017

We knew our time in Bahía de los Ángeles had to come to an end at some point, and we had a plane to catch at the end of October out of Loreto, so off …

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Destinations
cruisers, euchre!, hiking, walkabout, water play

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

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!

San Sebastián del Oeste

By Jody Fraser On January 8, 2017

Cruising wouldn’t be cruising without some side trips inland, as there is so much to see of this beautiful country. Thanks to Tannika and Mathieu’s wheels (Genevieve), we were able to mosey up to a …

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Destinations
bffs, hiking, side trips

Yelapa!

By Jody Fraser On January 4, 2017

After a day in the big city (see Puerto Vallarta Walkabout), it was time for a smaller, simpler place – Yelapa! We took the two cats, SNL had Jenn and Jas from S/V Danika aboard and …

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Destinations
bffs, hiking, mooring, murals, water play

Los Frailes, Baja California Sur

By Jody Fraser On December 4, 2016

Los Frailes (23 22 83N 109 25 48W) Environmental conditions: Sometimes overcast but perfectly pleasant; water temp gorgeous Fridge temp: Perfect Battery state: 13.2V (i.e., perfect) Euchre score: Boys may have won (Jody can’t quite …

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Destinations
anchoring, Capt. Fishguts, euchre!, hiking, projects, SUNSETS!

Bahía Santa Maria — The Return of Bitey

By Jody Fraser On November 13, 2016

Bahía Santa Maria (24 49 86N 112 22 77W) Environmental conditions: Perfectly toasty. Enjoyed the water play, SUPing, surf, and a buggy hike! Fridge temp: Perfect Battery state: 13.2V (i.e., perfect) Euchre score: Girls crushing. …

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anchoring, Bitey!, euchre!, hiking, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, super moon, SUPing, surfing

Bahía San Quintín

By Randy On October 27, 2016

Bahía San Quintín (~30 22 40N 115 57 55W) Environmental conditions: Air and water temp cold, but cruiser showers a must (brrrr). Fridge temp: Perfect Battery state: 13.2V (i.e., perfect) We departed Punta Colonet at …

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Destinations
anchoring, euchre!, hiking, 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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