On Hold
July 7, 2011

The need for routine maintenance for Why Knot such as new bottom paint and the events of late such as the auto accident have combined to make it necessary for a pause in the cruise. Since we happen to be in a full service marina that is also a good "hurricane hole", if there is such a thing, we decided to take a road trip to the cooler mountains of the Hill Country of Texas, The Republic Of, to give stuff time to resolve. We definitely look forward to seeing family and friends. Why Knot has been in the water for over three years. The bottom paint is still serviceable but it is time to renew it and clean through hulls, etc. This planned hold will give us time to accomplish other boat and land based tasks.
This is fair warning to Texas and our neighbors of the return of the scurvy dawg crewe of the goode sloop Why Knot to headquarters. Hide yer dawgs and catz cause we are definitely behind in pet petting. Fire up the brisket grills and lay on the beef. Homeward bound in a few days.

The picture is of the State Carnivorus (not sure of the spelling of that word) Flower of North Carolina, the Venus Fly Trap. It grows in the wild only within 75 miles of this place. This is a very impressive art work at the water front of Wilmington. If you dig one of these up and are caught, they get really disturbed about it. Those you see elsewhere are green house grown.