Passed into another state on Sunday! Planned to stay just one night here in Southport NC at St. James Plantation Marina but got rained out today so staying put tonight as well. Will depart Tuesday morning for Wrightsville Beach docking at Bridge Tender Marina. Our trip tomorrow will take us out on the Cape Fear River for about 10 miles! Yikes!
Made it through the infamous "rock pile" on the way to Southport. It is a very narrow channel that is about 3 miles long lined with hard jagged rocks on both sides. If you get out of the channel in this little jaunt things could go much worse than a soft landing in sand and mud. If you meet commercial traffic you have to turn around, go back out and then try again. We followed a boat that announced the entry of both our boats and made it through in good shape. Whew!
Side note: The boat we followed through the rock pile was very nice, very experienced and was glad to lead us through. About 15 minutes after we got through the rock pile he stopped within site of a swing bridge. We almost formed up on his stern to follow him through the opened and waiting bridge. Then we heard the lock master asked what he was doing... like "what's the delay?" The boat grounded and was calling Sea Tow as we passed by! Very sad.
Beautiful Sunrise Cruise into North Carolina!
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