Day 20-South Port, NC to Wrightsville Beach, NC

Thursday April 17, 2025

We left Southport, NC and cruised up the Cape Fear River. Many large ferry boats, freighters and military go through here.

We didn’t encounter too many, but did have an interesting experience.

This military boat was coming up on us fast. It seemed to be following a center console type boat. Then we see 5 more military boats racing behind the first one. We got out of the way and just watched, not sure what the heck was happening!

They look like they caught up with them just at the bridge. Unfortunately, we were taking a right turn just before the bridge so we didn’t get to see anything more. I’m going to try to see if I can find out what that was all about.

We then went through a pretty swanky area before reaching our anchorage.

Loved the spot we came to. We are in this large anchorage with 9 other boats. Once settled, we took the dinghy to shore, walked just over a block and we were at the beautiful Wrightsville Beach, NC on the Atlantic Ocean. We walked the beach awhile and soaked up the sun before heading back to the boat. I have never heard of Wrightsville Beach before, but it sure was a cutsie old time beach town.

Had dinner on the boat and enjoyed the sunset over large fancy homes. Tomorrow we have about 40 miles to go to our next anchorage.