[Rhodes22-list] We're In the Water!

[Robert Skinner]

Steve thescubatank at cox.net wrote:
> Do you know anything about the washington
> marina on the DC side that is around 6th st
> on the Potomac?  I believe it is only about
> 1.5 miles from the national mall.

I used to sail out of the Washington Sailing Marina.  
I found the Anacostia to be polluted, greasy, and 
full of dead fish.  The dead fish hosted maggots 
which developed into the nastiest, hungriest 
green-head flies that you can imagine.

I often launched from the Fort Washington Marina,
which is on some residential roads about 5 miles 
south of beltway exit 3 in route 210 "Indian Head 
Highway".

It was not too expensive, had a nice ramp and a good 
restaurant for an after-sail dinner.  It had fairly 
clean water and few flies -- and opend into a nice wide 
and interesting part of the Potomac.

You might want to check it out.

/Robert Skinner