Southport,
North Carolina

A Southern Cruiser’s Town

If you sit at the Yacht Basin Provision Company bar watching boat traffic for more than a half-hour, you’re sure to hear stories about cruisers who docked here and never left town–or how locals are known to lend visiting cruisers their trucks to go for supplies. Give it an hour and you’re also sure to see a captain misread the current, giving locals another story of docking gone awry to repeat over cold beers pulled from the self-serve fridge.

Boating is in the blood of both long-time locals and newcomers who have fallen in love with historic Southport, on the shores of North Carolina’s Cape Fear River and Intracoastal Waterway. “Quite simply, it’s a great place for a boater to live or visit,” says Russ Ferris, a Southport resident of more than 18 years. After a day of working on one of his boats can be found at the Provision Company every afternoon. “There are an incredible number of boating and fishing organizations and events here,” he continues, while watching the boats go by on the ICW. ...

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