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Embrace your Pivots
Cruising through Myrtle Beach and heading to Southport on our Trawler
We are exhausted after our LONG day of boat projects, but PIVOT and her crew are ready to disembark! Today is going to be a long one folks, we have to first get off the dock with winds gusting into the 20s. Cruise a few hours to get fuel (and dock again) and finally make…
Catching up on Boat Projects in Myrtle Beach
It is our “day of reckoning” – we’ve been having too much fun so know we need to give Pivot (our 34′ Marine Trader) some TLC and spend a day doing boat projects. If you have any experience doing boat projects, you will know that they rarely (if ever) go according to plan, and today…
Cruising from Georgetown to Myrtle Beach on our Trawler
On the agenda today are the famous cinnamon buns from Indigo Bakery, refueling our empty diesel tanks, and docking “STERN IN” for the second time ever. Unfortunately, the boat gods had other things in mind…
Cruising All Day to our Anchorage in the Georgetown Harbor on the Great Loop
When you have a 10-hour cruise and you move trawler speed, you are at the mercy of whatever the tides are for the day. Sunlight is the limiting factor therefore “it is what it is”. We start with an early morning departure from Ashley Marina in historic Charleston, run through some No-See-Ums tests, and end…
The Great Dilemma of the Loop (our day in Charleston)
The Great Loop is a test of persistence. Sometimes you visit a fantastic city, like Charleston, and you have to choose; do you work and catch up on “life” / “boat work” OR do you explore! And SOMETIMES the adventure comes to you.
Shoals, Elliott Cut, and Docking – The trials from Beaufort to Charleston on the ICW
Cruising from Beaufort, SC to Charleston, SC for a boat that goes an average of 6 knots, is a long cruise! We pulled up our anchor at sunrise so we could maximize our cruise time. Ollie’s favorite seat is wherever Jen is sitting. It doesn’t matter if it’s our first mate chair on our flybridge…
MONTHLY EXPENSES ON AMERICA’S GREAT LOOP – APRIL 2022
Traveling around America’s Great Loop doesn’t have to break the bank. This article explains the detailed monthly expenses in of our journey around the Great Loop. By sharing our Great Loop monthly expenses with you, we hope to inspire other people that you can do the Loop on a budget at any age. TRAVEL SUMMARY…
Exploring Beaufort with a food tour while enjoying the historic Southern charm
Beaufort, South Carolina is known for its historical background in the Civil War, its southern architecture, and great food! Some of the best restaurants on the Great Loop are found in Beaufort, however, they’re usually booked months in advance. We decided to go on a Beaufort Food Tour to eat our way through the city. …
25 Boat Life Essentials – the things that keep us afloat
We’ve been cruising full-time on a trawler for the past year. During that time, we’ve found several items that really improved our life on the water. These items are things we use daily or weekly. The items in our boat were carefully selected and tested for their use and durability. If they didn’t pass our…
A Real day on the Loop (Good, Bad, and Ugly) on the way from Savannah to Beaufort
Cruising from Savannah to Beaufort did not go as planned. But what day on the Loop goes according to plan?!? After waiting out bad weather for a few days, we leave for a cloudy cruise. We have some fun on the way to South Carolina with tons of dolphins but Port Royal Sound was not…
