Wrightsville Beach to Swansboro

I departed Wrightsville Beach and headed south to Hammock Bay or further.  The weather was cold and I had several layers.

Figure 8 bridge was no problem since there was no serious winds.

It was a nice change of scenery towards Hamock bay.  I got there about 3PM and decided I had energy and time to get to Swansboro bay, another 18 miles.  

But the Onslow bridge was building a new draw bridge and they left the new bridge half way down so no sail boat could cross at 4PM.  At 4:10, the lifted the bridge but it was too late for me.  I dropped the anchor to rest and tidy up a little bit.  I then relized I had dropped the anchor between two no anchor zone that had lines on the seabed.  It seemed that I was between the two.  At 4:40, I was told the bridge would open at 5 and two other sailboats appeared.  I hauled anchor and waited for the opening.  

Now I had 10 miles to do against the current to get to Swansboro.  I was concerned because the anchorage in front of Casper Marina and Church Marina had strong currents and a poor holding according to the reviews.  

I passed one of the boats at Onslow Bridge who was anchoring and decided to anchor below her near the bridge.  The anchor did not hold as quickly as ussual but it did test well - eventually.  All before sunset.  Later I noticed the other boat re-anchored closer to Casper ... further from me.

I was a cold night and I put in the companion way door.  

Got up a couple of times to find we had swung 180.  There was not a lot of wind, so I wasn't too concerned.