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— Power of 2 —
Summer Stephenson
sstephenson@intracoastalrealty.com
910.279.6234
Susan Paulson
spaulson@intracoastalrealty.com
910.233.7970
110 Seven Oaks Court
Boat Slip • $675,000
561 Garden Terrace Dr., #104
Village at Mayfaire • $285,000
11B East Greensboro Street
Wrightsville Beach • $599,000
1507 Military Cutoff Rd, #105
Near Wrightsville • $129,900
14.45 acre tract
2101 Boatswain Place
Landfall • $189,900
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WBM july 2011
boat slip
0 Odyssey Drive
Landfall • $1,185,000
Pool
Shepherd Thompson
Since the day Shepherd
Thompson was able to put
one foot in front of the other
he has had access to the Intracoastal
Waterway. Having been raised on the
water at Wrightsville, swimming, fishing
and boating were activities that
followed not too far behind those first
couple of steps.
Shepherd completed the North
Carolina Coast Guard administered
Boating Safety Course, which was
conducted at the Fran Russ Recreation
Center in Wrightsville Beach Park,
and for the past two years the 15-yearold’s
parents have felt comfortable
enough with his abilities to allow him
to operate the family’s 19-foot Grady
White on his own.
Although Shepherd picked up the
ability to be a successful boater by
spending time on the water, he certainly
feels that the course advanced
his understanding and made him a
better boater. He uses both his experience
and his knowledge from the
course to navigate favorite fishing
spots throughout Wrightsville.
And although Shepherd has put
plenty of hooks into Spanish mackerel,
it is quite obvious that he has been
hooked by the Gulf Stream. “I like
water sports, but I love fishing,” he
says. “I like the Gulf Stream so much
because the water is so clear, and the
fish are a lot bigger … a lot of times
we’ll catch tuna and wahoo out there.”