Harbour Village - at a dock

 

The Provision Company shown here with the free docks for guests. It’s a good, reasonable restaurant

We used to stop at Surf City and walk to the beach, bought seafood at the fresh market, and shopped for odds and ends at the local supermarket. All that came to an end when Topsail Marina stopped taking transients. Now the only option in the area is Harbour Village. It’s about another five miles farther south than Surf City but the docker are nicer and well protected. 

The docks are first rate and the harbor is completely protected

Unfortunately, there’s nothing to do. At Surf City you could walk the beach and find a good restaurant but you can’t do that here. Still, its a dependable stop on the way to Beaufort, NC and Homer Smith. The area is home to many retirement type houses, all very big. Yet another place to retire down south. 

The way in is narrow and you have to stay in the middle but it’s easy enough

We have 54 NM to travel Wednesday to reach Home Smith so we’ll take another early departure, before 7:00 am most likely. At least there’s only one bridge to time, the Onslow swing bridge. We plan for a two day stay before continuing north.