Left the Anchorage early in the morning 07:30, apparently not early enough as we did not make the first bridge opening, missed it by 8 minutes and had to sit around for a 52 minutes. We had to really gun it to make the next bridge opening (only opens every hour), 18 statue miles in 2 hours. Motor sailing with Jib we made a steady 10 mph over ground and made the bridge opening. After that big push we had a cruisey cruise to the next bridge 5 miles down the ditch, no worries, even a kayak would make it.
Made it into a rather packed anchorage at Wrightsville Beach, after a couple of circles the Irish helmsperson said, “Feck it, lets drop the hook” so we did.
We dropped the Dinghy and headed into W Beach, went for a walk thru town and on the Beach. Jim and Bonnie from Dana, a 38’ Morgan, came over for cocktails. We had met Dana at the visitor’s center on VA NC border and had a great time with them.
Oh, the saltwater wash down pump crapped out. Seems like the pressure switch has had enough. Out comes the bucket to wash 10,000,000 years of duck goulash of the hook!
Early morning start ... I love the smell of Jameson in the morning...
Suns up - time for another cuppa...
Bridge to nowhere ... errr - Wrightsville Beach
The fat boat Q at anchor in W Beach
Some say she sleeps upside down... we call her The Maria...
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