Video: Sailing (and swimming) in Currituck Sound, NC

We own a Getaway which we usually sail in SE MA and Narragansett. We were on vacation in OBX, and Norbanks had already put the Wetas away for the season. It was blowing 13-16kts, so we went for a sail.

Notice their custom made sails have no adjustment points in the clew. Tips and technique critiques are appreciated...

https://youtu.be/ALuABJhYHEI

Skip ahead to ~2:30 if you're looking for the exciting part!

Nice video, looked like an awesome day to be out sailing.

It was a fun day!

G

Stuck at work today, enjoyed watching this!

Looks fun. I'm gonna bring my H18 one of these years. We go to OBX every summer, but I'm always a little concerned to sail bc depths in the sound go from 4' to 10" pretty quick. Any issues hitting bottom? Where were you?

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Justin


H18 Magnum
Contour 30MKII Trimaran

Justin,

You should try to be there the second weekend in June and sail in the Duck Cup Regatta. It is always a lot of fun. It is two days of distance racing. Plenty of people sail cats with boards there. The water is shallow for quite a ways out, but it deepens up. You can also get good advice from the Sailing Club as to what area of the sound to sail in and what to look for to avoid the shallow areas. The Currituck is basically not tidal, so the wind direction plays an important role in which end of the sound has deeper water.

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James
86' Redline Hobie 16
Sail # 76909

Thanks. We stay in Frisco, but I'll give it some thought for next summer.

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Justin


H18 Magnum
Contour 30MKII Trimaran

This is out of Norbanks Sailing on Currituck Sound (host of the Duck Cup, I believe...). The chart for Currituck looks a lot more consistent that does the one on Pamlico Sound near Frisco...