Hatteras Sailing Center:
Located in Buxton, we were able to secure a very good location in 2021 with commercial c3 zoning, highway frontage, parking, boatramp, docks and a building that was in disrepair, but possibly able to be improved.
As with many things on small island communities, there were poorly laid property boundaries creating a block for us to repair the building and improve the ramp and docks. After 2 years of legal back and forth with the adjacent property owner, we cleared the boundary issues and greatly improved the potential for the property to be improved.
Currently we are searching for investors, donors, or partnerships to secure the Sailing Center Property and grow it into a significant maritime training center the community, county, state and National Parks. With deepwater access to the Ocean, Intracoastal Waterway and Pamlico Sound there is significant potential.
perfect training grounds
Protected niche on the inner corner of hatteras point
Protected from 3.5 sides from rougher water, waves and seas, this location features lake like calm water at the edge of a 40 mile wide Pamlico Sound because of an inner barrier shoal called the Clam Shoals and Bird Islands. On the inner side of a 90 degree angle point, there is also protection from the East and the South. Summer winds prevail from the Southwest which means flat and easy water for on the water training. Controlling depth averages 6 to 7 feet from the intracoastal or Atlantic Ocean through Hatteras or Ocracoke Inlets.
Convenient to tourism attractions
lighthouse, surfing, kiteboarding, etc
Hatteras Island features the best kiteboarding, surfing, wing foiling, sailing and windsurfing conditions on the entire Atlantic Seaboard. The Hatteras Island National Seashore is a significant North Carolina Tourism attraction and National Parks location. Inshore and Offshore Fishing are about as good as it gets as well, featuring one of the Country’s best pelagic fishing grounds just 10 to 15 miles from the Gulf Stream.
multiple educational verticles
Plenty of Breathing Space
We started with teaching youth sailing, which should most certainly continue but expand as the kids get older. From Hatteras Island there are more maritime training opportunities than we can list here. Sailing, Powerboating, Diving and underwater archeology, Coastal Studies, Fisheries management, Oceanography, Ecology, Boatbuilding and Maintenance, Yacht Design, 3d Modeling, CC Cutting and 3d Printing, Engineering, Metal Fabrication and Welding, Composites, Foiling Technology, Merchant Mariner Training, etc. etc. etc.