We were only able to spend a single evening here at Wrightsville Beach. It is here I mispent a few years of my youth learning to sail and explore the islands and waterways. The Anchorage has great holding for the visiting cruiser but I have to say that the locals are very unfriendly boaters. Ski and small fishing boats pass very close with large wakes all day and evening on Banks chanel. What should be a world class stop for the cruising sailor in America is spoiled by the apperant shortsightedness of the town council in not establishing better no wake zones in the anchorage. And yet the beach is not to be missed. There is easy access to boating supply stores and groceries. We were there with a dozen other boats waiting for a window to open in the weather to head North. We did not have to wait long. Early Tuesday morning we were off for cape Hatteras.