I knew we were leaving Southport. Outside in the ocean there were gale force winds; on the ICW, it would mean wind, a lot of wind in sounds or large rivers. We had one big river at the beginning. Fear….Cape Fear River!

It was rough, choppy but no swells from the wind. But blow it did. In front of us was the Kittiwake. Kelley kept us on course. And then we came to Snow’s Cut and it was like the wind disappeared. I took pictures of the markers there but because they are not permanent ones they do not show up. There is a lot of shoaling in the area and the markers are moved a lot. A one point the green is on our left (where it should be on the ICW most of the time) and immediately in front of it to its right is a red. Got to make a quick turn to keep the red on our starboard.

But the cut is beautiful.

We did a short run because the wind is blowing so much. We only went 22 miles. We got to Wrightsville Beach Marina and after cleaning up the boat we went out to lunch. Usually we don’t pull in until 3ish.

After lunch we walked across the bridge and went to do a little grocery shopping. Wine on sale! Kelley asked if bought 2 cases would someone from the store give us a lift back to the boat. And drive us they did. We had a quiet dinner on the boat. I like our evenings on the boat. We play games – Pirate Farkle or 65!