Powerboating

Hustle to the pier and familarize yourself with parts of a powerboat.  Learn safety, how the engine works and go out with a counselor to practice small boat handling.  Once you earn basic powerboating ranks, grab the wheel and throttle of a 13 foot Scout and cruise the Neuse River.

Build boat competency on open water by taking counselor led cruises and graduate to larger powerboat handling.  We will even teach you engine and hull repair (could you learn that at home?). Here, earn your US Powerboating “Safe Powerboat Handling” Certification that satisfies NASBLA requirements directed by many states.

Powerboat operating counselors are certified as US Powerboating Instructors and are USCG Licensed Captains.

As if that's not enough fun, we also offer water sports:

  • Waterskiing, wakeboarding and kneeboarding: Want to learn? We will teach you!  Our instructors are trained by Coble Ski School. From two skis, slalom, wakeboarding, kneeboarding to trick skis ... we have it all.  Do a 360 and jump the wake!
  • Tubing: Grab your friends and run to the pier for tubing fun. Cross the wake, hit a wave and have a blast!

Water sports availble for our 2-week (Mariners), 4-week and Family Camp sessions.

Camps: 
Sea Gull
Seafarer

Powerboating Related Blogs

Campers Take a Closer Look at the Water
Posted on August 3, 2011 by John Hyde

Biological Oceanographer David Kimmel and his research team from East Carolina University have visited Sea Gull and Seafarer several times this summer to collect data on Sea Nettles (a.k.a our beloved friends, the jellyfish).  Fortunately for us, they have been unable to locate many of these creatures in the waters surrounding the camps. 

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Not another Fish Tale: Sea Gull Campers Catch (and Release) Sailfish
Posted on August 3, 2011 by John Hyde

Four proud Sea Gullers and two counselors returned to the pier yesterday with an upside down flag, a sign to all their camper friends that they had released a sailfish earlier in the afternoon.  “We found a good break,” said Captain Sloan Stevens.  “We were out near the Big Rock, and I saw his bill slash through our baits.”  The second Captain on the boat, Bryce Pike, added, “Not a bad day for a few guys working on their Master Pilot.”  Not a bad day, indeed.

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Campers Visit US Coast Guard Cutter BLOCK ISLAND
Posted on July 31, 2011 by John Hyde

On Thursday, July 28th, twenty-five campers from Sea Gull and Seafarer had a chance to visit the Coast Guard Cutter BLOCK ISLAND.  The 110’ patrol boat is stationed at Fort Macon and captained by Sea Gull alumnus Grant Thomas.  The campers and few lucky counselors were able to tour the cutter and get a first-hand experience of life in the Coast Guard.  After touring the boat, the campers and crew of the BLOCK ISLAND got underway and cruised for a few hours near Beaufort Inlet. What a great opportunity and a big thank you to Grant Thomas!

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