Hi Chuck, Yes, we saw a bunch of kiteboarders and windsurfers on the sound side of Hatteras near Avon. We were there during a gale warning - the ferries even shut down.
Regarding the boom, I looked on Selden’s website for dealers in the US and contacted a half-dozen of them. I learned that shipping a new boom to Colorado was going to cost me $1K (yes, seriously). Meanwhile I already had a three-week trip planned with my travel trailer to the Florida panhandle (St. George Island State Park, fantastic place), St. Augustine where a race week was happening coincidentally, Charleston, the Outer Banks, and home via Nashville and Lake of the Ozarks. Omar Sails in New Bern, NC is a Selden dealer and was one of the half-dozen I contacted. Craig Beavers there was by far the most responsive and helpful of all the dealers I contacted. He told me there is a Selden manufacturing site in Charleston, and confirmed I could pick up the boom there myself and transport it home in my travel trailer (which has 24’ finished space). So I ordered the boom from Craig, and stopped at Selden about a week ago and met the guys who built it, and we stuffed it into my trailer. It was an obvious and easy way to save $1K in shipping. Annapolis was not on the itinerary for this trip, but thanks for the offer! Cheers, Randy > On Apr 4, 2023, at 9:53 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hey Randy, > Agree, Ocracoke is very charming. It has a cute little harbor and marina and > a wonderfully long beach where I used to drive my Subaru loaded with > windsurfers about twenty years ago. My wife and I made a windsurf trip in > 2020 to Hatteras and sailed the sound side behind Avon for a week. > Incredible seafood restaurants. "Apple Uglys" from the bakery in Buxton are > a must. > > Curious how you discovered a sailmaker in NC? > > I imagine you are driving around with that boom, sightseeing your way back to > Colorado? Let me know if you plan to get close to Annapolis. I'd love to > get you out on my boat. > > Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R, Magothy River > > > >> On 04/04/2023 8:45 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hello Listers, >> >> I remember seeing posts in this forum about C&C owners in North Carolina. >> This weekend I visited Ocracoke and was smitten. Charming place. On the >> way to OBX I stopped in Charleston, SC and picked up a new Selden boom for >> Grenadine. I ordered it through Omar Sails in New Bern, NC, and got great >> service from Craig Beavers there. Great part of the country! >> >> Cheers, >> Randy >> Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and >> help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: >> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> Thanks for your help. >> Stu Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks for your help. Stu
