Hello Sailors,
I am guessing things may have changed some in Oak Island, NC since anyone has posted about going there.
So, I am reaching out because I am 90% sure I am headed to Oak Island, NC late this month May/Early June with my Hobie 17S.
I've looked into the posts you all have written about Oak Island, NC going back > 10 years. I have looked into the Beach Regs and not yet found any +/- statements about beach sailing, boats on beach overnight, etc. and I called Oak Island, NC and I will again but so far I am getting voicemail.
As an intro, I'm up in NC and I've sailed out of New Rochelle, NY(1989), Sandy Hook, NJ(2002), Rehobeth/Dewey/Lewes, Delaware(1991-2004) and Ocean City, MD(1993-4) Beaches, many lakes in PA(1991-1994) and Kitty Hawk(2002), Lake Townsend (2012),Lake Norman(2019), Morehead City(2019) and Currituck(2020) in NC. I have tried to add these sites to the places to sail map with some success.
I guess we are all finding it harder to find where to put in as the coasts seem to be all bought up and let's face it-it takes more work and prep than other current and upcoming thrill-seeking watersports. At the same time, I have always experienced that all the work and prep have provided a great payoff in keeping a community, building camaraderie, learning/unlerning/re-learning, good cheer, friendship and its own unique thrills and rewards.
So, I am considering the following launch locations and asking if anyone knows if the boat is still allowed to be kept on the beach overnight and what other salient recent points to know about and consider on or near Oak Island, NC (permit?, regs, ?).
The Point on the West end https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2 ... 78.228083533.91372410648446, -78.22808353581871
The Other Point Location (near Lockwoods Folley Inlet)https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+P ... 78.232172733.91586092552878, -78.23217118845822
Caswell Beach (East End) McGlammery Rd33.90261942928769, -78.07532975906287
https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2 ... 78.0753298East end @ Ft Caswell, NC? https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2 ... 78.019363533.89436005439012, -78.01936354470793
Other places or insight?
Thank you and Have a Hobie Day,
Michael