Harbour

MACU free dock

Name: MACU free dock
Address: Elizabeth City, US
Telephone: +1 336-681-0575

4.8Elizabeth City, United States

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Type: Harbour

Free transient dock on the Pasquotank River at the Mid-Atlantic Christian University campus, less than a mile from downtown Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach up the Pasquotank River from Albemarle Sound through the marked channel, then steer for the MACU waterfront just south of the Elizabeth City Bridge. The wood fixed dock holds about a dozen boats and runs alongside the campus boardwalk. Pasquotank River Yacht Club lies 0.5 NM east as the nearest backup.

Practical

Free dockage for passing mariners, with free water on the dock and access to hot showers and toilets at the campus gym by arrangement with the dockmaster. No electricity and no pump-out on site. Downtown Mariners' Wharf and the supermarket are within a mile on foot.

Ashore

Downtown Elizabeth City sits a mile north on foot, with the Museum of the Albemarle on the waterfront and the Tuesday and Saturday farmers' market at the pavilion on Poindexter Street.

Story

The campus dock handles roughly 100 transient yachts a year, with regular calls from Canadian, British, French, German, Australian and New Zealand crews running the Great Loop or the ICW.