Choosing our perfect weather window to cruise Cape Fear to Carolina Beach

When we attempted the Loop last year, traveling up Cape Fear was rough. In the morning we lost our wheel at our upper helm, we had large swells and the current against us. Going 2 kts it was 3 hours of tough cruising. HOWEVER today we are staging from Southport and leaving at 0 dark thirty to hit our weather window before storms come in the next few days. It’s time to learn from our mistakes!