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26840
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Many fishermen don’t realize how helpful their boat can be in finding fish. The secret to finding fish is mobility. An outboard can help fishermen to explore areas, troll for fish, move along the shoreline, and access weed beds or holes in open water.
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29954
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With the advantage of shallow draft and sea worthiness of a deep hulled boat, the North Carolina shad boat is of simple construction and provides a practical design for fishing.
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29956
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For easy-to-handle and stable boats for oystering, North Carolinians 1880s chose the sharpie. From the 1880s to the 1930s, sharpies provided oystermen with high decks and rounded sterns to maneuver in the reefs and sounds.
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30165
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A busy schedule of boating events occurred in North Carolina's waters this fall, beginning with the South Atlantic Regatta. This was followed by Labor Day races, moth boat races, and outboard motor races in other areas such as Elizabeth City, New Bern, and Washington.
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13291
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The 31st Crash Boat Rescue Flight stationed at Southport, North Carolina are conducting a vigorous program of survival at sea and in rescue operations, and are on call 24 hours a day to proceed at once to the scene of a marine disaster or emergency.
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The Intracoastal Waterway connects sounds, bays, tidal rivers, and canals to provide boaters a passage from southern Virginia to Florida. Nickens describes a trip on the 140-mile Great Dismal Loop, which leaves Elizabeth City and goes to Norfolk through the Great Dismal Swamp, then returns through Currituck Sound.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 66 Issue 5, May 2002,
p18-23
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4022
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Many people drive over the Intracoastal Waterway on their way to the beach and never give their water route a second thought. What they are ignoring is a dredged navigation channel of 3,000 miles where travelers find historic and cultural sites, explorable rivers, sounds, creeks, and man-made canals.
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24445
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Shad fishing once boomed along the Albemarle Sound, but only a few locals remember that time or what the boats looked like. This article recounts the significance of this industry in Albemarle County and how it has changed over time.
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29935
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In the early days, sailing vessels were used to transport goods from the mainland to the villages on the Outer Banks. Using two-masted vessels, crew would sail to Elizabeth City for food, supplies, building materials, and coal.
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24246
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McAllister Towing of Wilmington Inc. is a three-tug fleet that works to tow ships into port. Overall the company has nine locations in the United States, owning 65 tugboats in total.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 4, April 2002,
p44-49, il
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7521
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Zepke describes seven coastal communities that celebrate the Christmas season with an annual holiday flotilla, boats lit with brightly colored lights. The communities are Elizabeth City, Pleasure Island, Wrightsville Beach, New Bern, Southport, Swansboro, and Topsail Island.
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In following the Intracoastal Waterway through eastern North Carolina, boaters have a choice of three routes and a number of interesting stops. Beaufort, Oriental, and Cape Lookout lay along the 450 miles of rivers, sounds, creeks, and manmade canals.
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