Carolina Beach, NC

For those that have followed us on our blog, I apologize that I did not do an update when we completed our trip more that a month ago.  I would like to say it is because I have been so busy that I didn't have the time but, truth is, it is more due to being lazy.  However, as late as I am, I wanted to close this adventure with a couple of pictures of "Knot Busy" new home in Carolina Beach, NC at Federal Point Yacht Club.  By the numbers, our latest adventure recap is as follows since leaving Bayfield, Wisconsin in June:

2377 Statute miles
292   engine hours - almost a third of the total hours that are on the engines now
1215 Gallons of Diesel
78     Locks in Canada and the Erie Canal
97     Days on the water
52     Days we stayed in marinas
23     Days in free docks/Lock walls/town docks
22     Days on anchor - mostly in Canada (we miss these days the most)
 1      Hurricane - we rode Irene out on The Hudson River.  Don't want to do that again
 1      Blown head gasket - the only mechanical issue on the whole trip
????  Bottles of wine - maybe our greatest expense LOL

Our plans are to spend the winter making frequent trips to the coast to complete our "punch list" of projects on "Knot Busy" as we prepare her for more long term cruising in the future.  For now, we are enjoying our "floating condo" on the coast.

"Knot Busy" in her new slip at Carolina Beach

Gathering at Federal Point Yacht Club on our return home