WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY)– As beachgoers packed the waterway with boats over the Fourth of July weekend, it wasn’t just a busy time for boaters, it also meant a surge in calls for local towing crews.
The waterways around Wrightsville Beach were packed with boaters over the Fourth of July weekend, creating scenes that looked more like holiday traffic on a highway than a day on the water.
Sea Tow Captain Ryan Saporito said the number of boats on the water skyrockets during the holiday. “From 12 o’clock on, it’s just going to be like I-95 on a holiday weekend. There’ll be hundreds of boats,” Saporito said…