The Cape Dory Board

The time has come to step up to a bigger boat, but before that we need to sell our Joy, "s/v Bellus", 1984 Cape Dory 31 (CD31) Cutter Rig. This week we have listed the boat with a local broker in Oriental (currently cross listed on Yachtword.) She has been well taken care of, upgraded, and...

The Carolinas' Fleet awoke to find our land-yachts aground...



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The Carolinas' Fleet Winter Planning Meeting [/color] has been re-scheduled to March 6th . This is our annual planning event where we will not only plan out our sailing events for the 2010 year, but we will also take care of a little business. Elections for Fleet Captain and Secretary are on the ag...

The Carolinas' Fleet will be celebrating the beginning of the holiday season with a party at the home of Marcia and Lou Ostendorff on Church Street in Oriental, North Carolina (a.k.a., the old school house). The days activities will start at 10:30 with the Spirit of Christmas Parade in the heart of ...

Ahoy Cape Dory Captains and Mates, The Carolinas' Fleet of the CDSOA, Inc. is planning a cruise to Cape Lookout , NC during the weekend of September 5th, 6th, and 7th—2009. Please NOTE, this is Labor Day Weekend! This is one of the most beautiful spots to visit and is a favorite destination for t...

Ahoy Cape Dory Captains: Our Little Washington weekend trip has been modified to be more local to Oriental and the surrounding locale. The basic floatplan is to meet at Oriental #1 around 0900 hrs. Saturday morning and determine, based on weather, some more easily aquired landfalls. At least one ov...

Looks like plans are starting to firm up for a Weekend of "Sailing Around" Oriental for boats on Saturday and Sunday. Then Monday the Fleet has been invited to visit the newly acquired/relocated "Pacific Seacraft" facility in Washington, NC. They will be working that day in antic...

Hello everyone!! It is that time again: the Ball Creek Cruise is on August 9 this year. We welcome the Cape Dory group to our Creek, house and porch. One note: We have a big swimming event in Goldsboro that morning, and we will be returning around 3:00 PM, perhaps a little later. After that time th...

Cruise - EVENT Posting! The Carolinas Fleet of the CDSOA is hosting a cruise to Ocracoke Island which will take place June 21, 2008. As it is approximately 36 nm to Ocracoke Island from Oriental, boats will be departing either Thursday or Friday morning at the discretion of the each captain. All Ca...

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Ahoy Cape Dory Captains and Mates The North and South Carolina CDSOA is planning a cruise to Cape Lookout, NC during the weekend of May 30-June 1, 2008. Dick Turner, aboard S/V Mystical is the Cruise Captain for this exciting and fun filled weekend. The suggested float plan for the weekend is as fo...

Due to weather and storms, the original Shakedown Cruse did not take place as planned. A second attempt, has now been scheduled for the weekend of May 10th . s/v Bellus will depart Saturday AM from Oriental and travel to Campbell Creek. Any and all sailors in the area, are welcome to sail along. We ...

The Carolinas’ Fleet Winter Meeting & Luncheon has been set up for the 9th of February. The meeting and lunch will be held at Captain Ratty's Seafood Restaurant, in New Bern, NC, from 11 AM – 2 PM. This is an important meeting, as we will be holding Elections for a new Fleet Captain and Secretar...

All Cape Dory owners in/around the Oriental, NC area are invited to sail (motor) over to South River on News Years Eve and spend the night ringing in the new year. Over the many years, a few hearty Cape Dory Captains would venture out from the waters around Oriental, NC and sail over to South River ...