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    • 23 Mar 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Oriental Marina & Inn

    NSA Shrimperoo 

    This is NSA’s recruitment event open to both members and the community. Non-members will be charged $10, which will be credited toward the cost of membership if they join that day. A member center will be set up to handle renewals and new memberships. Please bring a side dish or desert to share.

    These fun parties don’t happen without the help of many volunteers. I encourage you to get involved by helping out at of these events. It can be a great way to get to know people and feel a part of this great organization. If you are interested in helping please contact us.

    Todd and Tammy Richards
    tammyjorichards@yahoo.com
    Tammy 919-222-2281

    For updates Subscribe to the Forum:  2024 Shrimperoo Forum


    • 6 Apr 2024
    • 7 Apr 2024
    • Bonner Bay
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    Spring Cruise

    Cruise Captains:  Jason & Cara Keys

    Hello to all you NSA Cruisers! 
    Jason and I are looking forward to seeing you all out on the water for our first cruise of the season.  So exciting! 
    Now, here’s the reality of planning a cruise for a short weekend.  We don’t know if the weather will cooperate!  We are currently planning a cruise to Bonner Bay off the Bay River. 
    There is no place on land for a social, so we were thinking of having a dinghy appetizer social.  We would ask a few boats to host and then everyone could make the rounds to visit. 

    Our backup plan to this would be a trip to Southwest Creek in South River and finally, our follow up plan to that, is a trip to New Bern anchoring near Galley Stores. 
    I swear we are not being indecisive, we will be making plans according to weather and will let you know as soon as we make a decision based on that. 
    One other consideration in planning for this first cruise is that it could be 55 degrees or 80 degrees.  You’ve got to love living in NC, right? 

    Let’s hope for beautifully sunny and warm days and we look forward to seeing you out on the water.

    For updates Subscribe to the Forum:  2024 Spring Cruise

    • BYODC – Bring Your Own Dishes and Cups to events to cut back on trash and be environmentally friendly.
    • Make sure to fly your BURGEE during the Event!
    • 12 Apr 2024
    • 14 Apr 2024
    • Oriental

    Oriental Boat In-Water Boat Show

    Volunteers need to help staff our tent and bring in new members!

    Oriental’s annual In-water Boat Show has grown exponentially since its beginnings in 2009. The most recent show drew over 100 exhibitors from as far away as Hampton, Virginia; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Bryson City, NC. In addition to nautical goods and services, dealers and brokers will bring in boats on land and in the slips at Oriental Harbor Marina, and many informational seminars are offered.
    • 25 May 2024
    • 27 May 2024
    • Ocracoke
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    Join Us in Ocracoke!

    Cruise Captains: Tony Nelson, Ros & Howard Cheetham

    Hello everyone, it’s almost that time of year where the NSA honors our service members who made the ultimate sacrifice defending our nation by sailing to Ocracoke. 

     

    This year, we’re looking for a fantastic turnout with the largest armada ever assembled. See the photo of the previous year. [Since every sailboat should have flares, our fleet qualifies as an armada]

     

     An annual tradition, we’re returning and taking back Ocracoke Island, bringing fresh provisions of dollar bills to help shore up the local economy and ensure democracy with every American’s right to choose their beer, wine and liquor of choice. We’re returning like General McArthur to Leyte Gulf in the Philippines. The primary mission for this landing is to have fun, more fun, and more-more fun (how’s that for grammar). Laughter and smiles are mandatory and the lashings will continue till morale improves. Don’t end up being that pirate stuck swabbing the decks. 

     Starting with securing Silver Lake, supply sailboats will drop anchor while sailboat landing crafts will secure beachheads at the Gov’t docks and the Anchorage Inn Marina. 

     

    In partnership with the Coast Guard, US Geological Survey, Naval Intelligence and Space Command, for the first time, we’ve acquired a highly detailed map of the Ocracoke landing area detailing beach heads, hot spots, fun spots and a swimming pool. 

     The timing of the arrival is officially Friday or Saturday as the fleet crosses the Pamlico Channel, though there will be some advanced parties and reconnoissance and survey sailboats arriving as early as Tuesday. So reach out to bridge command if you are planning to get a head start and we can coordinate various departure dates. 

     S/V Hemispheres will be the flagship sailing vessel of Admiral Nelson, First Lord of the Admiralty who will be leading the advanced party reconnaissance fleet on Monday or Tuesday along with S/V Misto, performing recon and mine sweeping operations around the island ensuring all is good for the main armada to arrive later in the week. Inspections will be conducted prior to the full sailing armada arrival by checking that SmacNally’s has fresh beer and Spanish Mackerel, 1718 Brewery is fully tapped and the Ocracoke Coffee Shop has fresh beans and Zilly’s is ready with a table for Chuck Gordon’s and Lord Nelson’s Grapefruit Shandy. We cannot afford to have any mishaps on this mission, a lot is at stake! Most importantly, the advanced party will have to delve deep inland to ensure that Eduardos is liberated and ready for delivering their world renowned Chorizo Roll Taco (chorizo, egg, cheese, salsa)

     There will be a victory social at the gazebo command post at the Anchorage Marina that Saturday. Planning for a time of 1600 hours (google it) and a followup victory social on Sunday at ~1500 hours to finish the “provisions”. If you don’t know what time that is, just stare at your phone and say, “Hey Siri, when the heck is 1500 hours in normal time?”

    At the end of the second victory social, we will....well....declare victory and a successful mission and commanders return to their vessels to prep for the channel crossing Monday morning, either before or after the first ferry leaves “my” island. Undoubtedly, there will be vessels remaining a day or more or a week even, with the excess of...”my engine won’t start” or “my anchor is stuck, have to wait for it to free itself”. 

     Fair Winds and a successful crossing!


    For updates Subscribe to the Forum:  2024 Memorial Day Cruise Forum

    • BYODC – Bring Your Own Dishes and Cups to events to cut back on trash and be environmentally friendly.
    •  Make sure to fly your BURGEE during the Event!
    • 15 Jun 2024
    • 22 Jun 2024
    • Little Washington, Belhaven, and Beaufort

    All Hands on Deck!

    Cruise Captains: Sharon, Rob, Liz, Rich

    June feels like a good time to get out and unplug for a bit and the Week-Long North Cruise is a terrific trip for that. This cruise heads up around the Pamlico and Pungo Rivers to visit our favorite places in Little Washington and Belhaven, and then travels down to Beaufort where I for one, plan to enjoy a little time on the beach. 

    For updates Subscribe to the Forum:  2024 Week-Long Cruise <<  NORTH >>

    From Beaufort, it's an easy trip home or a good place to reprovision and join the Week-Long South Cruise. I'm excited about both cruises!

    The routes and destinations on this cruise have been chosen to provide a relaxed pace, flexibility, and to strike a comfortable balance between time underway and time in interesting ports. I hope to see you all there!

    Your Cruise Captains will set up group text messaging for the cruise participants. It’s a good way to keep in touch with the group and things going on, or to notify folks of hazards in the waterway. 

    Please provide your mobile number(s) at registration if you’d like to be included in the chat.

    What’s the plan so far?

    Day 1 - A night on the hook in Campbell Creek

    Our first night is planned at anchor on the way to Little Washington. The Bay River and Goose Creek offer several protected and serene anchorages, all within a few miles of each other. A couple of days before departure we'll choose the one that best suits the weather. An anchorage filled with NSA boats is a beautiful thing!

    We'll raft a few boats as a hub for our floating social, drop anchors, and call it home for the night.

    For our hungry sailors your Cruise Captains will be dishing up Mojo Cuban roasted pork shoulder, served taco-style with coleslaw. The club will be providing beverages; please be sure to indicate your beverage preference when you register for the Cruise.

    And please bring something yummy to share.

    Day 2 and 3 - Little Washington

    We'll cruise the 35nm or so up the Pamlico to Little Washington where there’s always something going on, and it’s always a short walk from the docks.

    The City Docks, Moss Landing, and Havens Wharf are all a very short walk to everything. Note that the City Docks may not have electricity available at all slips. If you need power, be sure to ask when you make your reservation. 

    Day 4 and 5 - Belhaven

    From Little Washington it's about 42nm to Belhaven's River Forest Manor and Marina. You'll find it immediately on the right just after passing the Belhaven breakwater. This will be our home while we’re in town.

    The Marina restaurant in the Manor is now open, and they will also have their Marina Tiki-Bar in full swing by the time we get there. 

    Belhaven is a great town to explore on foot or in a golf cart.

    Day 6 - South River

    A nice relaxing overnight in one of our go-to anchorages.

    Day 7 and 8 - Beaufort

    Historic Beaufort offers restaurants, music, shopping, and beaches. Our second day in Beaufort is an overlap day between the North and South cruises. Our numbers will swell and with a group like ours, there’ll be much fun to be had! 

    Current at the docks:
    The current in Taylor Creek can be swift and can make docking at Beaufort Docks a challenge. Most prefer to arrive near slack current. At Beaufort Docks this happens about 45 minutes after the tide turns. If you plan accordingly, it's very easy docking.

    Day 9 - Home or South

    Sunday June 23 is the last day of the North cruise. It’s an easy trip home from Beaufort or your jump point to the Week-Long South Cruise. 

    Reminders:

    Reserve your own slips. The Cruise Captains will provide each marina with a rough number of boats for planning purposes, but you must call to make your reservations.

    Bring your own dishware and cups to the social events to help us cut back on the volume of trash we create and haul.

    And don’t forget to fly your NSA burgee!


    • 22 Jun 2024
    • 30 Jun 2024
    • Wrightsville Beach
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    Week-long Cruise << SOUTH>>

    Cruise Captains: Christa, David, Bruce, Kay

    Looking for a southbound sailing adventure? June is often great weather for sailing and generally comfortable conditions at anchor.

    Join some NSA friends as we head south on a weeklong adventure towards Wrightsville and Carolina Beaches!

    Participating boats will rendezvous in Beaufort on Saturday, 6/22, meeting up with the weeklong north trip.

    Depending on the conditions, some may wish to head south on the outside. Some may prefer the ICW. It will be an adventure either way.

    We plan to stop in Wrightsville Beach for two nights. Masonboro Inlet has good anchorages (not too close to the bridge) and a marina option. There are also many good restaurants and beaches to explore.

    A fun social is planned for 6/24. More information to follow!

    Then, on 6/26, we will head to beautiful Carolina Beach. Here, you will want to secure a mooring ball with Dockwa, as anchor holding is sketchy.

    On 6/28, we head back up north. Those wishing to go on the ICW can stop at Swansboro. Outsiders can anchor/dock at Masonboro inlet again.

    6/29 - back to Oriental. Or take your time and head back 6/30.


    For updates Subscribe to the Forum:  2024 Week-Long Cruise <<  SOUTH >>

    • BYODC – Bring Your Own Dishes and Cups to events to cut back on trash and be environmentally friendly.
    • RYOS – Reserve Your Own Slip – for cruises with Marinas.  VC of Cruising will send list to Marina, but you are responsible for calling and reserving slip with Marina.
    • Make sure to fly your BURGEE during the Event!
    • 13 Jul 2024
    • 14 Jul 2024
    • TBD
    Register
    Dog Days Cruise


    Cruise Captains: Tammy, Todd

    After spending the last few weeks trying to come up with the perfect destination for a July trip, we finally settled on Cape Lookout.  We are going to be back there for Labor Day, but can you have too much paradise? 

    It's an easy destination for a two to three-day weekend, and since you don't need a reservation, come when you want. We can keep cool in the water during the day and hope for some summer breezes to cool us at night.

    We’ll have a beach party social on Saturday at two, but you can probably find us hanging out on the beach pretty much all day.

    We have a tradition of toasting the sunset on the beach side at the end of the day. If you haven't experienced it, the sunsets there are spectacular.

    We usually have our social on the sound side close to the beach access path. Look for the NSA flag.

    See you on the beach!
    Todd and Tammy Richards
    S/V Island Girl

    For updates Subscribe to the Forum 2024 Dog Days Cruise

    • BYODC – Bring Your Own Dishes and Cups to events to cut back on trash and be environmentally friendly.
    •  Make sure to fly your BURGEE during the Event!
    • 27 Jul 2024
    • 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
    • Oriental, NC

    Dinghy Poker Run

    It’s not too early to start thinking about having fun and helping a good cause. 

    For those of you who are new to the Poker Run, here’s how it works: Hands sell for $10@ or$25/3 (including 1 lunch/hand!) at the Tiki Bar at 9:30am and the “run” is from 11am - 1pm.  Players take small boats to 6-7 docks where they draw a card at each dock to fill their hand(s), or you may do land only hands at the Tiki Bar.  Prizes will be awarded for the highest hands. Lunch will be served from 12:30 – whenever.  Live and Silent auctions and 50-50 raffle are held following lunch.

     This is a community event, open to everyone, but staffed primarily by the membership.

    Dinghy Poker Run – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

    We are also looking for your help before and on the day of the event.

    First, we need items to use for prizes for winning hands and items to use in the silent and live auctions. These can be actual items or gift certificates to specific places or for services or adventures. As you are doing your spring cleaning and have items you no longer need, consider donating those.

    All items & gift certificates must be turned in by Sunday July 23.

    We are in urgent need of volunteers to ask businesses and others with items or services to donate. We have a list of contacts who have donated in the past making this process easier. We also have a formal letter to use when asking folks for donations.

    Advertising – Help now to place flyers around town at businesses, marinas, etc

    Auction items organization – This will take place during the week leading up to the event. Help will be needed to prepare bid sheets, create posters and anything else needed to get the items ready.

    Set up – 0800 July 23. Organize tables for hand & raffle sales & food, place auction items, etc

    Poker hand & raffle ticket sales – starts at 0930. Since we have the option for land hands we will continue selling hands & raffle tickets until ~1315. We need volunteers to cover 0930 – 1130 & 1130 – 1315 time slots.

    Food service – Lunch will be prepared by Roadside Dogs, but help is needed to take up meal tickets, serve drinks, etc.

    Bake cookies – In an effort to keep down costs, we are asking for home baked cookies to use for dessert.

    Hand dealers – These are the folks at each dock who manage the drawing of cards when participants arrive. 2 people are needed for each dock. Land hand dealers also needed.

    Tally hands – Poker hands are collected the as folks come in after the run and when land hands are drawn. Hands need to be ranked to determine the winners. Familiarity with poker hand rankings is preferable.

    Silent auction oversight – Monitor activity at the silent auction, answer questions, etc. We have 2 shifts: 0930 - 1130 & 1130 - ~1315

    Oversight of prizes for winning hands – Help keep prize giving moving.

    Helpers for live auction – Show the item being auctioned. Help auctioneer keep up with bidders and record the winning bidders.

    Silent auction wrap-up – will need to pick up bid sheets when the silent auction closes & record the winners. Will also need to organize the winner cards for easier pick-up by the winners.

    Payment processors – Help with collection of payments for auction items. Familiarity with using Square for credit card transactions will be helpful.

    Clean up – self explanatory! We hope to be finished by 1530

    Contact me to volunteer for any of these positions or any questions you may have. You can also volunteer for “put me where you need me” if you want to help but are flexible as to task.

    More detailed instructions will be provided for each task. Call or text: 919-414-7719 or email: srstephenson1420@gmail.com

    .Contact Karen Kleiner to volunteer to help with collecting auction items or to donate items – 252-659-1920 or kpkleiner@gmail.com

    .We look forward to hearing from you.

    Sharon Stephenson

    S/V Pelikan

    • 3 Aug 2024
    • 4 Aug 2024
    • Dowry Creek

    Lazy Days Cruise

    Cruise Caption Robert, Tracy

    For updates Subscribe to the Forum: 2024 Lazy Days Cruise Forum

    • BYODC – Bring Your Own Dishes and Cups to events to cut back on trash and be environmentally friendly.
    •  Make sure to fly your BURGEE during the Event!
    • 31 Aug 2024
    • 2 Sep 2024
    • Cape Lookout

    Labor Day Cruise

    Cruise Captains:  Erik, Jean, Michelle, Glen
    For updates Subscribe to the Forum:  2024 Labor Day Cruise Forum

    • BYODC – Bring Your Own Dishes and Cups to events to cut back on trash and be environmentally friendly.
    •  Make sure to fly your BURGEE during the Event!


    • 28 Sep 2024
    • 29 Sep 2024
    • West Bay

    Fall Cruise

    Cruise Captains: Christa, David

    For updates Subscribe to the Forum: 2024 Fall Cruise Forum

    • BYODC – Bring Your Own Dishes and Cups to events to cut back on trash and be environmentally friendly.

    •  Make sure to fly your BURGEE during the Event!

    • 26 Oct 2024
    • 27 Oct 2024
    • Beaufort


    Cruise Captains:  TBA

    For updates Subscribe to the Forum: 2024 Halloween Cruise Forum

    • BYODC – Bring Your Own Dishes and Cups to events to cut back on trash and be environmentally friendly.

    • RYOS – Reserve Your Own Slip – for cruises with Marinas.  We will send list to Marina, but you are responsible for calling and reserving slip with Marina... Beaufort Docks - (252) 728-2503

    • Make sure to fly your BURGEE during the Event!
    • 9 Nov 2024
    • 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
    • Stanley Hall, 249 Craven St, New Bern
    • 100

    Celebration of the 2024 season
    (Note the date has changed from Nov 14th to Nov 9th)


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