June 16, 2008.

We left Carolina Beach this morning bound for Wrightsville Beach, NC. It was only a 12 mile trip up the ICW. We stopped for fuel as we left the anchorage and were underway by 1000.



One of the people that we met in Carolina Beach, Johnny, warned us that we would hate the anchorage in Wrightsville Beach. We’d never been there before but since it’s so close to the Masonboro Inlet we decided to go anyway. Johnny was right.

The anchorage is in a fairly narrow thoroughfare that’s heavily used by local water skiers. Evidently, it’s not a “no wake” zone so pretty much anything goes. The boats tied to the docks along this stretch take a beating in their slips. We waited until Monday with the hope that the boat traffic would be less than on the weekend. What I didn’t take into account was the fact that most of these “boaters” are kids that just got out of school for the summer. Combine 16 year old boys with high output ski boats, then mix in some girls to impress and it’s a real zoo on the water.

It did slow down at dinner time then another 2 hour burst of mayhem before finally dieing down at night. One thing in Wrightsville’s favor though is the holding. After several days in Carolina Beach it was nice to drop the hook someplace that when the anchor set, I almost fell off the boat.

So we sat here, well connected to the planet and did a few boat chores. We had to replace the propane solenoid for our stove and then I cleaned the bottom once again.

The wind looks like its going to be clocking around over the next few days so we’re going to head out tomorrow for Beaufort, NC. We should have 15 knots of breeze and following seas for the sixty couple mile jump to Beaufort. We’ll see……..