Lunch from the Burger Boat on the docks before we left

Tuesday afternoon we were off again. What a rolly ride. Winds were in our favor coming from behind, but the seas were tossing us all over the place. I made chicken noodle soup from scratch with small bits of leftover, and then proceeded to dump half of it during a really big roll. I had just poured it in a bowl, and was pouring the second bowl, when the roll came and I watched the first slide across the counter and spill. The only good thing I can say is that at least it spilled into the sink, so there was nothing much to clean up. Trip graciously agreed to share the remaining bowl of soup and we sucked it down.

Savannah waterfront property

Despite the roll we had multiple visits from dolphins. Trip is still convinced they’ve been coming by just to prove how much faster they are than us, but I don’t care. At one point we had an entire pod – several mothers and calves. They swam with us for well over a half hour and we hung out at the bow watching them.

Shrimp season! They took as many picture of us sailing by as we did of them

We were originally heading for the Little River inlet on the south side of Cape Fear, but realized with the great speed we were doing (high winds from behind are always welcome) we would get into there much too early, so we opted to go out around the Frying Pan Shoals of Cape Fear and up into Wrightsville Beach on Thursday afternoon. We found a great spot to drop the hook just a few minutes inside the inlet. Very expensive area, with mega million dollar homes stacked on top of each other and lots of expensive motor boats. The next day we went exploring the town. They have a lovely long beach with plenty of dunes (though at this point, we’ve seen quite a few beaches). We grabbed fried shrimp for an appetizer at King Neptune’s, and then shared an order of chicken enchiladas at the local Mexican restaurant. And then it was back to the boat to rest before getting under way again.

Sunset over Money Point