First Day on the Outside


 The trip from Beaufort to Mason Boro inlet is 70 miles. It is a day trip in the summer with 12 hour plus day but we are now lucky to have 11 hours of daylight. Entering a small inlet at night is tricky...leaving a larger inlet at night is much easier so we planned a 3:00am departure. Getting out to ocean required slow and careful attention from Greg and he did great . Once out away from shore it was a cake walk. There was not enough wind so we had to motor and we had a 4 ft swell on the quarter. That gave us constant motion but a fairly comfortable ride. We arrived at the Masonboro inlet at 3:00 as planned and quickly made our way the Wrightsville beach anchorage. There were many cruisers anchored all over but we picked a spot just across from the water tower. With the anchor down we decided it was time to unwind from the day and wait til tomorrow to dinghy into Wrightsville Beach.

 72 nmiles

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