Voyage 2002-2003: Chapter 2

31 Oct 2002, Cape Fear and Southport, 33 55.250 N/ 078 03.640 W

Yesterday, we left Wrightsville Beach for Southport. Yep, it was raining. Trip was relatively short but the current in the Cape Fear River slowed us down a bit. We will be sure to use it to our advantage when we go offshore. We stayed at Southport Harbour Marina for re-fueling and re-provisioning. We also had the opportunity to meet our friends (from Voyage 2000) on S/V Next Step. We had dinner with them at Bogey's on Oak Island.

We decided to stay here an extra day to catch up on business prior to our first offshore of the season. Bob spent most of the day (and night) on the computer providing customer solutions to their Internet security issues. It is nice to be able to take our work with us. Our customers are happy and we get to refresh the cruising kitty. BTW, Happy Halloween. Breaking News! We decided to stay one more day here at Southport. We plan to get more work done and wait for the ideal offshore day which should be Saturday/Sunday. I know, wimps!