Embrace your Pivots

Back when we had a car, a different life ago, I did the only real maintenance I knew and needed to do. Oil Changes… Now that we currently live on a boat, I’ve had to completely re-learn what it means to have our systems in order! As you know, it is much more difficult to…

If you had asked us 2 years ago, if we would ever own a boat – we would have both replied, “never”. I guess you should never say never and due to covid + life changes, we pivoted to Boat life! We had practically 0 experience when it came to boating as well although Jennifer…

We asked for questions on all our platforms and are excited to finally take the time to answer them. Here is a list of the questions we answered: Our Boat Why did we choose Pivot? If you could change one thing about Pivot, what would it be? How much did Pivot cost? Would you have…

We traveled 1,500 miles south with our buddy boat, SV Acadia and really enjoyed every second of it. It was Andy, Gwen, and Aiden’s third time traveling on the Intracoastal Waterway from Maine to Florida to back to Maine and then all the way south to the Bahamas. It was wonderful to travel with them…

1,500 nautical miles later, we’re in the Florida Keys! We hope you enjoyed looking at the behind the scenes images from our Southbound cruise to the Florida Keys. We send out weekly emails with what we’ve been up to from the previous week as well as what’s in store for us in the following week.…

Happy holidays from the PIVOT crew! We attempted, and I’m happy to say, we succeeded at cooking a full Thanksgiving meal on a boat! Together with our boat buddies, Gwen, Andy, and their dog Aiden on SV Acadia from Abroad Reach Travel, we divided and conquered our Friendsgiving Menu. We have two different boats, a…

We traversed this waterway twice; once going north in May on the Intracoastal Waterway and second going south in November. We thoroughly enjoyed our time on the Dismal Swamp Canal and it’s one of our favorite parts of the Intracoastal Waterway on our Great Loop journey, hence we decided to travel on it southbound instead…

Even though we were tempted to stay in Norfolk and Portsmouth for an additional day so we could partake in the Norfolk Half Marathon, it was time for us to continue our journey southbound. We had an impending deadline as one of the railroad bridges south of us was going to close for several days…

Timing the weather in the Chesapeake Bay is vitally important to the enjoyment of the cruise, however, there is always a balance in boating between wanting to get to your next destination and staying to wait out the weather. We choose to cruise south although we would be cruising on the cusp of some rough…

Crossing the Chesapeake Bay can be challenging, but with appropriate planning and consideration for weather and how the boat responds to various weather conditions, it can be one of the most enjoyable cruises. We crossed from Onancock, Virginia to Hampton, Virginia for a long 8 hour cruise with excellent weather.  Our first night back at…