August 22, 2007 DESTINATION: Wrightsville Beach, NC

We were up early and left by 7am for Wrightsville Beach, NC We knew we would have to fight the current up the Cape Fear River.

The trip up the Cape Fear river was the mildest one I have ever experienced. The entrance to Snow’s Cut was tricky and inattention on my part resulted in another “bump”. We encountered other shallow spots around Carolina Beach Inlet but made Wrightsville before lunch. We anchored with a little difficulty – had to draw back further than expected but it did grab.

We made a beer run to Robert’s Grocery – 2 cases then had lunch at the Sunset Grille. It was interesting – there 4 business people all talking about taking over a particular business and then consolidating offices and locations to save money – which would have resulted in lost jobs. Kind of scary to see how life altering decisions for the affected people are so casually made over an informal luncheon.

Now back to the fun world of cruising we made another provisioning run to Robert’s for some food then back to Temptation for a nice swim.

I changed the diesel filter on the generator. No debris found in the old filter but because it was installed too tight it was destroyed in the removal. The filter pump would not suck fuel from the tank so I changed the fuel line to the tank. It was hot work and I had to lay on the floor to reach the tank fitting. Then the hose clamps would not fit the new hose and I had to make a run to marina for more hose clamps. I left a big pool of sweat on the floor!! Even after all this the pump would not pull fuel from the tank!! Another night on the hook with no AC – whaaaaa.

We had a nice dinner at Neptune’s restaurant and a fine walk on the beach. It was a great night on anchor and tied to decide whether to do the ICW and the shallow areas or run up outside tomorrow. Decisions decisions – looks like ICW tomorrow.