The Cruise of 2013 Ends
September 10, 2013
We left Annapolis anchorage yesterday at 0740 bound for our last segment of the 2013 cruise, Solomons Island, Maryland. Just after starting, the engine compartment blower gave up the ghost. It did yeoman duty during the past 28 months and one would guess that 367 hours of sucking hot air from that space is the life span of that gear. Methinks the 16 hour run the day before may have contributed to the event. I may have chosen too big a fan since it always sounded like a small turbine. At any rate, I am satisfied with both its lifespan and performance. Now if some fan fairy would replace it in our absence, that would be a good thing. It is in a place not easily accessible by this chunky monkey.
We tied off at 1425 hours after a 43.8 nm sail, thus ended our 2013 sailing effort. For the next few days, we will be de-commissioning Why Knot and making her ready for the winter and more importantly for the rest of hurricane season. We decided to leave her in the water again this winter. We will defer some repairs and new bottom paint until our return.
This summer we sailed 1,617.7 nautical miles and visited 37 ports. Wow! What a summer it was. We will be posting many photos on the blog when we get back to Texas.

The picture of Why Knot was taken by S/V Sea Wings as we passed Lady Liberty