By land:
Blackbeard Sailing Club is located within the southeast side of the gated
Fairfield Harbour community (which was developed around the club after its
founding). From New Bern, or Highway 17, take Highway 55 East toward
Oriental. Turn right at the Broad Creek Road stoplight, continuing for 6
miles. Blackbeard's private red and white striped gate arm is a left
beyond Fairfield's gates, onto Barkentine Drive (opposite well-marked
Harbourside Drive and the entrance to Northwest Creek Marina). You'll need to be
in possession of your electronic access key. Visitors should plan ahead to meet
a member at the gate unless its open and manned for a scheduled public event.
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By sea:
Separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a row of low, sandy barrier islands; the Pamlico is the largest lagoon along the U.S. East Coast. It receives the Neuse and Pamlico rivers and is linked on the N with Albemarle Sound.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore is located on the barrier islands. Along the coastal areas are numerous waterfowl nesting sites. The Pamlico Sound and Albermarle Sounds help produce better than 50% of the Atlantic Seaboard's seafood.
Blackbeard Sailing Club is located on Upper Broad Creek, a tributary on the eastern shore of the Neuse River, six miles down river from New Bern, just beyond green marker "3" (18 miles up the Neuse River from the ICW).
