DSK wrote:

Rich Hampel wrote:
Anyone with local knowledge know the depths into Ocracoke Island from
the Pamlico Sound / River?

??? Where are you trying to go? There's no way to get from the Pamlico
River anywhere near Ocracoke without crossing Pamlico Sound. It'd be
like trying to get into Block Island from the Pawcatuck River

He did say Sound/River

Are you going from the ICW out to Ocracoke? That would go from the mouth
of either the Neuse or Pamlico River across the Sound, about twenty five
miles, up to either Big Foot or Nine Foot channels. Big Foot channel is
harder to follow and is about 5'.... the other is a longer way but
slightly easier and about 8'... both go past the entrance into Silver
Lake, the harbor at Ocracoke, out to the sea channel, so they aren't
"red right returning" until you make the final turn into Silver Lake.
This confuses a lot of folks and gives the place a reputation for being
more difficult than it really is.

We've always stayed away because we felt the shallower channel was too
shallow and the deeper channel had a bridge that was too low.

Bob did want to go out Oregon Inlet and back in Little Creek, and we
even ordered the paper chart. But it didn't really tell us anything
more than the other charts did, and it has somehow gotten lost. (and
I swear I didn't do it).

I don't really care much for Pamlico Sound. Albemarle has a nasty
rep, but it's never been a problem for us. Pamlico OTOH has never
been nice.

grandma Rosalie