Well done that voyage is certainly an achievement. Congratulations on completing it successfully, there certainly were a few moments with the engine that will have made you grind your teeth a bit.
I don't know much about your weather patterns, presumably the southern part of your voyage was done in winter to avoid the hurricane season, where does this start, is it around the Carolina's? If so presumably the northern part of your journey you suffer from the normal winter storms or is it different to that?
Well done any way