We didn't did underway until 1130 today. Carolina Beach State Park is beautiful, and a hard place to leave!
We took one detour off the ICW, thru Shinn Creek channel to the SE to Banks Channel to the NE to Motts Channel and back into the ICW. Think of it as the drive-by of Wrightsville Beach.
BTW, the Wrightsville Bridge only had a clearance of 16', instead of the 20' on our list, putting me scrambling to lay down a couple of antenna.
We continued up the ICW, overtaking 5 French sailing sloops traveling together. We went through a tricky spot on the ICW, and I could tell by watching the AIS that it had stumped a couple of them.
We missed seeing all the osprey nests yesterday, but they were back today! I saw several babies. Photographing them while underway is a little more difficult.
We went into the northern, marked channel for Topsail Beach, and found a nice anchorage at N 34 23.614' W 077 35.878' and launched the dinghy. We had a lovely cruise by dinghy to the SW with the dogs, enjoying the pre-sunset. Then we returned to the MERCY to load the small boat back up, and watch the sun go down. We eventually saw the five French sailboats go past on the ICW.
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