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Hey Steve! We have done several overnights but not left out boat anywhere yet so we haven't had the need to do a rental or Uber back to our car or plane, yet. Our struggle this wee has been finding a marina between Swansboro and South Port who will rent us a slip for a month or two. We are...

Where do keep your boat in South Port?

In the last two months, we have been coming to our boat every other weekend in New Bern from Elon, NC. We have been getting to the boat on Fridays and going home on Mondays, staying on the boat three nights. We have been staying Friday nights in NB, cruising somewhere on Saturday and staying...

Good question. As a recent new boater, I was told that Beaufort can be difficult and that it was important to watch the arrival time.

Thanks Chris.

Perfect. If it's worked for you, that's what I will do. Thanks again!

Thanks again Tom! So, is slack tide half way between high and low? I want to make sure I understand what slack tide means. Also, is it ok to go in around slack, high and low or just slack?

We are going back to Beaufort on Saturday. Recommendations have been to get there at slack tide. Slack tide Saturday will be around 10AM and 4PM. We prefer to not leave New Bern at 5AM nor as late as 11AM. Suggestions? Can we get there at low tide at 1PM? Is that better than between low or high...

We recently purchased our first boat. Is it recommend that we have a hand held radio and flood light on board and if so, what are some recommendations in terms of what to buy and where to purchase?

I am loving all the comments on this thread. We have decided to put off Ocrakoke until we have more than a long weekend which may be a while. So, we are now thinking about saying good bye to New Bern in a couple of weeks. We may cruise south for a day or two but would need to leave the boat...

Thanks for the info. We plan to be at Oriental tomorrow night. Come say hello if you are around. We hope to arrive around noon.

We went out to Cape Lookout yesterday morning. It was beautiful once we got there but the trip out was really rough. Hope that's not normal or we may not do much ocean cruising. We are thinking about Ocrakoke in a couple of weeks. Are we ready for that? Any tricks we should know about? Which...

Docking at Beaufort was really easy Tom. So what's next? Ocrakoke?

Made it to Beaufort without any issues. Short trip from MC. We were going to go to Cape Lookout but were unsure about the depths.

Will do

Just arrived at the Morehead City Yacht Basin. Great 5 hour cruise from NB.

Here is another question for everyone! What's the best option for TV? We really don't care much for regular TV but do watch NetFlix some. Is hotspot best option from mobile device? Is DirecTV a good option? I think the past owners had DirecTV.

Dan, Here is the email for my contact who can give you more info and register you if you want to sign up. cooperck@northstate.net Lt/C Craig A. Cooper, AP- Squadron Education Officer

I would love to take one of them in NB but our current pattern is to be there every other weekend for long weekends so weeknight courses would be different. Greensboro is just nice because it's so close. Wish there was more of an accelerated course like a long weekend. It's going to take a...

Dan, Here is a link to the page to search for the classes. I see the electrical one in Greensboro but I don't see the Piloting one. However, my contact at USPS said it is planned for an October 10th start. https://www.usps.org/cgi-bin-nat/eddept/800/cfindx.cgi? The courses are one night a...

I will get that info for you Dan. Are you interested in taking the courses in Greensboro?

Actually the courses seem to be $70 for non members and $50 for members, at least in my area. Which in my opinion is very reasonable for an 8-10 week course and materials. I imagine if we were closer to the coast there would be less of a problem getting enough students to have the courses...

Thanks to everyone for your input. Here are my takeaways... 1. Take the Piloting course and others offered. 2. Ask my friends to sign up so the class will have enough students. 3. Read the material, listen to the instructor and form my own decisions based on my experience and good judgement...

We recently purchased a Silverton 43 which seems to fit your list for the most part.

I am new to boating recently purchasing our first boat, at Silverton 43. My wife and I signed up for the Seamanship course offered by the USPS and started it a few weeks ago. We like it so far, especially being able to ask questions and hear stories. We are told the next course would be...