We did it...
As of July 3rd, we are officially Loopers. Check out the Great Loop website for more information.
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Chris and Diane of No Fixed Address
About Chris and Diane of No Fixed Address
Chris
Chris is an engineer and will continue working part-time on the voyage. He has painstakingly upgraded all systems so LaRea will be a safe and secure home on the water. The idea of boating every day is motivating him to work through the winter. He is looking forward to exploring new places and possibly finding a new home port for LaRea when the Loop is done. He is also a musician who wants to enjoy live music along the way.
Diane
Diane retired in June 2024 from a teaching career of thirty-eight years and has begun working on her second career dream: author. A boat is a perfect place to complete the second and third books in her dystopian trilogy. Reading is one of her many passions she hopes to indulge in during retirement. She is most looking forward to honing her boating skills and trying to pry the wheel out of her husband's hands.
LaRea
LaRea is a 2011 Maritimo A50 Enclosed Flybridge. She is named for Chris's mother who passed in 1997. All of our boats have borne her name to honor the love of nature she instilled in her children. We searched patiently for four years for the right boat and finally found her in April of 2023 in Miami. She is powered by Volvo Penta D-12 800 straight shaft diesels. With the hydraulic swim platform, she is 53" overall with a girthy 17' 6" beam.
Major reasons she is "the one": climate controlled enclosed flybridge with interior stairs, tender garage, hydraulic platform and covered cockpit with a large freezer aft. Oh, and she is very swoopy...translation: sexy!
Diane's Photo Gallery II
Locking with Lady Lisa and Endeavor
Fog Lifting
Very friendly and hungry!
Goat Island
Making Friennds
Quite a Legend-her, not me!
FAME Studio
Iconic Studio-pretty unassuming outside...
Great day with Tracey and Ried
Rainy Lock
Denise and a Fancy Horse
Griddle first use...blueberry panckaes!
Franz
Sean and Mary's beautiful home, Mercy Farm
Bev-Sean's Mom
This one was as big as Chris!
Swims with Fish
Look how cute!
Denise and Terry Arrive
Made it to Chattanooga
Captain Sean
Entering the Gorge to Chattanooga
Random Goats Hales Bar
Dinner Sean and Mary-Top of the Rock
Top of Rock View-Jasper
Cooking on LaRea
One of these things is not like the others...
Double Up-Uh! Wilson Lock
Creepy!
Tribute to Peace and Love
Or does she? Decatur Harbor AL
Decatur AL-she just fits...
Stern Anchor Caught a Cable
Pickwick Lock
Lock Strong
Window Cleaning
I don't care who you are, that's funny!
These are going to make great Halloween Costumes!
Seriously, the first time he has ever played BINGO?
Condo Living Green Turtle Bay
Patti's Round Two!
Patti's 1800's Settlement
Nice form!
Victorious Victory!
Let's try heating that sucker!
Hydraulic Lift Repairs-Stubborn Pin
Good News: No damage and remarkably clean bottom!
Haul out Green Turtle Bay
Ghost Fishermen
The View from Pier 6 Green Turtle Bay
20 Years from now, you'll wish you'd jumped.
Graffiti Art Pisgah Bay with Tim and Beth
College Campus? Nope, Kentucky State Penitentiary
HOMES Prizer Point
Moss Creek, Kentucky
Lonely Locking in Kentucky
Kentucky Lock-Eleven Hours!
Looper Line Up Paducah
Paducah Docks
Sailor Seth's Boat "No Name"
Thanks to Looper Friend for Photo!
Sunrise at the Ohio and Mississippi
Kaskaskia Lock Overnight
Cool, but nowhere to stay here for boats.
St. Louis here we come!
What a blast!
No brakes!
Happy Boy
The Ride Up in Grafton
Grafton from Gondola
Gun Show at Courthouse Lincoln's First Case
Beardstown Mural
Logsdon Tug Service
Sunrise IVYCC
Illinois Valley Yacht and Canoe Club
Asian Carp
Look how tiny our boat is! Thanks Sandi for the pic.
Home Sweet Home at Henry's
Starved Rock-Pic Sandi
Sylvain and Marie at The 252
Seneca Provisioning
Cal-Sag Waterway meets the Illinois River
The Illinois River Beautification
Welcome to the Inland Rivers!
Happy Boy-No U Turn!
Chris surveys his work!
Chris lowering Anchor Light
Joliet Wall
Dinner Smith and Wollensky, Chicago
Reflections
Another Favorite-Note Windbreak near the top...
Chicago Skyline
Architecture Tour
Sunrise Chicago Yacht Club
Money Shot Chicago
Corn Cobs-Diane's Favorite
Chicago River Walk
Chicago Yacht Club Burgee Exchange
End River Walk
The L