Wrightsville Beach to Swansboro
We were up
at 0600 and on the move by 0615 so as to make the 0700 opening of the
Wrightsville Beach Bridge which only opens on the hour between 0700 and
1900. We arrived at the bridge in a
timely manner and were on our way to Swansboro.
We passed through the Figure Eight Bridge at 0800 and the Surf City
Bridge at 1100. If you are not at the
bridge at its scheduled opening, you wait up to an hour for the next scheduled
opening. We made sure we were at the
bridges on time. We bumped the bottom
when we went through the New River Inlet at low tide but were able to power
through the sandbar. There was no delay
at Camp Lejuene as training at the firing ranges on the ICW was not scheduled
for the day.
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| Racing Canoe at Wrightsville |
We dropped
anchor at 1600 just before the wind and rain hit us hard. Another sailboat rushed in to anchor within
minutes of our arrival. An hour later a
third sailboat arrived and dropped anchor trying to find a place to ride out
the storm. The weather was going from
bad to worse as the wind and rain increased in intensity. A tornado watch was put into effect between 9
and midnight. We all hoped our anchors
would hold. We experienced sustained
winds in the twenties all night long with gusts in the thirties. Carla remained awake on anchor watch until
the tornado alert was cancelled. Dwayne turned
in early and slept until midnight before relieving Carla. Dwayne remained on anchor watch for about an
hour before deciding he could return to bed and rely on the anchor alarm to
wake us if we began to drag anchor.
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