ricknriver Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Looking forward to it and will help with it as needed. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Thanks Rick. Let's just post something every few days to keep some interest going, and make some real plans beginning about March. I wonder if Graham and Carla would like to come in their OB-20? A STINKPOT!!! Awww, but it's purdy and a good cruiser... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Votaw Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Hmmm...any room for a Princess 22? If I came, I might want to spend a few more days on the water - it's a long trip from Edmond, OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Tv, love to have you. Lots of good cruising around here. I might even join you for an extra day or two. (I built the first P-22.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknriver Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Here is the website for the Cape Lookout Park http://www.nps.gov/calo/index.htm. Cabin reservations for boaters that may want more luxury than a tent should know that reservations for 2013 open on January 2. See the website for details. The sooner we can get commitments, the sooner we can apply for any appropriate group permits that may make this adventure even better. Looks like we may need a "farthest traveled" award :-). Rick  Note: The park's nearest cabins are located at Great Island along the Core Banks north of the lighthouse, and a fair sail from it. Please check the on-line website brochure for details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Thanks Rick!!! That's a great website. Here is the page on tent camping from the site: http://www.nps.gov/calo/planyourvisit/camping.htm Click on the map to see the Cape Lookout area. I'm thinking that we would camp along Power Squadron Spit if the wind is southerly, or across from it on Shack if it is Northerly. We can decide when we get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolfin47 Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 I'd be interested in joining a spring mess-about in my CS 17. I have a home east of Bath NC (next to Potters Marine on North Creek). I will be trailering my boat from Cape Cod to Bath in the spring. I love boat camping and solo sailing --day and night, but I have just started sailing Pamlico Sound.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Norm, love to have you. We'll be posting more as the time gets closer. Let's shoot for April 20-21. Maybe some of us would meet-up on the 19th. What do y'all think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknriver Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 19th works for me and our Belhaven, maybe even into following week a bit. Just have to be back in Washington NC following weekend for Marine Mart and possible wooden boat building presentation - a follow-up to our fall event. If anyone is coming a distance or with family, is not familiar with the area, and would like other accommodations in the area in addition to beach/boat camping at Lookout over the weekend, let me know and I'll see what I (and maybe other locals) can come up with. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Gettin' excited! I'll try to get to the event in Washington as well, but may not be able to stay for Sunday. Or is it only on Sunday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknriver Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 The Washington NC Marine Mart + is just Saturday, Apr 27, 9-6. Details to come in separate post. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 It's time to get serious about this thing y'all. It's a go for April 19th. thru 21st. I like to just go with no definite plans. Just a bunch of boat nuts getting together for---whatever. If some of y'all want to plan food, events, and such, that's fine too. I plan to launch in Beaufort sometime Friday, and anchor up at lookout that night. Meanwhile I'll be sailing behind Shack, or up around Lookout. I'll be in my green CS-20 Mk2. If you see me, come over and say "Howdy". (That's her up in the corner of this post.) Haven't settled on a name yet---Another Princess? Summer Breeze? Summer Sand? I dunno...  Maybe we can scrounge up some driftwood and have a fire on the beach. (Is that allowed?) I bet some of you have some great stories.  Let's here from y'all. Oh, by-the-way, Graham said he'll (and Miss Carla?) be there with my old Princess Lobster boat, the OB 20 prototype. I bet he'll be putting on more miles "sailing" around at anchor at night than the rest of us will sailing during the day.  Here's an interesting site with some history of the area we'll be messing in.   http://www.friendsofcapelookout.com/coreandshaklefordbanks.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokeyhydro Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 No driftwood - must bring your own firewood. Scrounging wood from the beach/dunes on the Shack is forbidden. Campfire allowed, must build it below the high tide line. Bring a camp shovel to dig a latrine. That weekend is a training weekend for me but I might be able to cut loose Saturday afternoon . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Thanks Hokeyhydro. Â Hope to see you Saturday. Â Hear that y'all? Throw some firewood in the "old tub" and bring it with you. I got my Porta-bucket aboard, so you're on your own with the shovel too. Hopefully the skeeters won't be awake yet (yeh, right...) but be sure you have a big bat, shotgun, etc. just in case! If you sleep aboard, you won't have a problem---those suckers are so big that they can't fly far from shore. Ya heard the story about the two skeeters carrying a 'coon? One says to the other "Let's hurry and get him before the big boys take him away from us..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknriver Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Hi, Planning to make it with the BH19 probably launching in Beaufort with Chick (to use him as a "guide" :-) and following him as I haven't sailed there before and have little time in the BH so far. May be looking for a mate if one of my local sailing buddies can't make it. May also have the BRS15 (profile pic) available to loan (and probably sell) if someone wants to trailer her from Washington to Beaufort and back (or home :-) for that weekend. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted March 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Hi Rick. Be glad to help you get lost on the way out to lookout. Â Let's plan to meet at the ramp in Beaufort Friday sometime. After lunch maybe? The ramp shouldn't be busy then. Â Anyone else want to join us then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokeyhydro Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Will anyone have a VHF radio in play? Since I will be a latecomer, if I can break loose, VHF would be useful to locate the pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknriver Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Will have one on Shaliste (BH19) and a portable too; on 16, and gps. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted March 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 I have one too, but usually don't have it on. Actually, I've never talked on it. If you'll let us know about when you'll get there, I'll be sure to have it on. ...if it will be in range. We can be sure to be near where you put in if we know where and when. I'll have my cell phone too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lathrop Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 I would like to come. I am thinking about bringing both the Pilothouse cruiser LIZ and Lapwing which I would tow from Beaufort. There are at least 3 public launch ramps in Beaufort and at least one on Harkers that charges a small fee. Farthest away and with most current to contend with is a new one at the Beaufort end of the ICW bridge. Another fairly new and good ramp is in Town Creek that will require passing through a draw bridge. There is a older but decent ramp in Taylors Creek just east of town. The closest ramp(s) to Cape Lookout are on Harkers Island. There are two fairly tight channels for deeper draft if you go east toward Harkers from Taylors Creek that are not likely a problem, especially at high tide. Going to Shackelford Bank from Beaufort is easier, depending on the tidal current. Current can be a issue for a sailboat everywhere but its part f the game..  I don't get out there nearly as much as in the past so things may have changed. Oyster (Mike Fonville) is our guru of the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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