We were up in good time this morning at the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club for our trip to Wrightsville Beach.
The weather forecast looked fairly good as we pulled out of the MBYC with only high temperatures and a slight chance of thunder storms in the forecast.
We passed from South Carolina to North Carolina near the Little River Inlet. To the east, there were salt marshes and narrow barrier islands and to the west, some fairly developed areas with golf courses and expensive homes.
Hole 18 at Glen Dornach
After passing Shallotte Inlet, we encountered a fishing fleet at Holden Beach.
Finally, we reached the milestone of 1000 nautical miles! We think we are closing in on half way. The next inlet was Lockwoods Folly. Lots of people out relaxing.
We passed by Southport and entered the Cape Fear River. Here is the lighthouse at Oak Island.
There is a naval base a few miles up the river and we encountered a large US Navy supply ship leaving it's loading base.
An interesting navigational note, when following the ICWW south to north, you keep the red buoys to port. This does not apply when in an inlet such as here. It follows the "red right returning rule". However, they put a little tag on the buoys to indicate their ICWW navigational rule. Note the square on this one which means "treat this as a green buoy for following the ICWW route".
Near the end of our day's trip we passed by the Carolina Beach Inlet. Really beautiful.
We ended our day's trip at Wrightsville Beach at the Seapath Yacht Club. We were given a slip in the face dock which was easy to get into. It was really hot. They set a record high temperature in nearby Wilmington NC at 100F today.
Captain Brian met the person who was cleaning the boat next to us. He offered her the opportunity to do a thorough cleaning of Don't Cha but she had to leave early to feed her horses. She offered to come back tomorrow morning but First Mate Joan said we had to move on.
The Yacht Club had a loaner vehicle and we were able to tour the Wrightsville Beach area and go to the grocery store for provisions.
This was our sunset view tonight.
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