Grounding and Rescue in Ocracoke Inlet, Pamlico Sound, NC
Despite good charted depths in the eastern waters of the inlet, the constant channel shifting and shoaling in the western portion make Ocracoke Inlet very dangerous without very specific local knowledge. This article should serve as a warning to prudent navigators!
COAST GUARD RESCUES 3 OFF YACHT IN OCRACOKE INLET, NC
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The Coast Guard hoisted two men and one woman Thursday from a motor yacht in the Ocracoke Inlet.
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Comments from Cruisers (1)
In the book (not the movie) The Hunt for Red October a Soviet nuclear submarine enters Pamlico Sound through Okracoke Inlet. I guess literary license was used!