We woke up at 6:00 am and decided to wait until 7:00 am to take off. We were nervous about travelling through this area by the New River. This is where we hit a dredge pipe last year. We had purchased a new tablet and Aqua Maps software and were having some issues getting it to work. To even cause more drama we were navigating with our chart plotter and maps, when a dense fog set in. We inched our way from one buoy to the other. When we went by a marker we were totally blind until we saw the next one loom up.
Talk about overcoming our fears and getting back on the horse.!!! Thankfully we made it safely and missed the detour of the New River. We decided to go to Carolina Beach and take a mooring ball.
Carolina Beach has been taken over by developers. All the marinas have been bought up and the only place to stay with no services is on a mooring balls run by the municipality. There were two dinghy docks to go ashore. We opted to go to the first one and walk down town. Tomorrow will be a layover day. The new software provided current information and we got some local knowledge about the centre of town.
We had to pay online for the dock so we went ashore and found a variety store/restaurant/ bar and the staff was happy to give us wifi. (North Blend Cafe).
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