[Rhodes22-list] Wash., DC marinas

[Philip]

 Dave,     The information I had is based upon my wife's investigation of the post's facilities.  I figured the Rhodes22 would be just fine in the shallow slip.  The manager was hopeful that some day the Congress would fund dredging.  McDill AFB has the same problem.     As for civilian use, I am not so sure.  When it comes to Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fund, in some things the post commander can make exceptions.  Others are deternined by law due to public funding.  Usually, rule of thumb is, if they charge a tax (such as at the Thrift Shop) civilian's can use it, if not, it is military and retirees only.  That may have as much to do with States deal with the Feds as with Congress and law (such as with liquor sales).       I am stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground and they have a small but very nice facility there.  Some slips that appear deep enough (I saw a couple of larger boats moored there) and they have some off shore mooring.  They have dry storage too, but the lot 
is small.  I come home on the weekends so APG is too far away for me.  I intended to either try for a slip at the Ft. Belvoir Marina (one of the shallow ones that no one else can use) or dry storage and launch each time.  I have to wait until I pick up the loaner.  I was waiting until an estate is settled so I can better assess how I will pay or finance everything or whether I want to finance at all and just pay, but Connecticut Probate is dragging its butt.  My brother had everything settled in January.  We finally got a date of 11 May, ridiculous!      Anyway, hopefully we'll be able to do something NLT June.  Regards,Philip.....--- On Sat 04/29, DCLewis1 at aol.com < DCLewis1 at aol.com > wrote:From: DCLewis1 at aol.com [mailto: DCLewis1 at aol.com]To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.orgDate: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:27:01 EDTSubject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Wash., DC marinasRe letting civilians use the Belvoir marina, I don't know. In the WDC area civilian and retired military are commonly 
synonymous. I imagine Belvoir base services might have difficulty denying service to a civilian working on base and accepting retired military - as I understand it, they are paid to support base ops staff, not retired military - but I could be wrong. One problem you might have is basic slip availability. Maybe 6 or 9 months ago I inquired at the Wash Sailing Marina regarding a slip and was told the waiting list to get a slip was 3 years. Belle Haven just said forgeddaboutit. Belvoir may have a similar slip availability problem, I recommend you check if you haven't already.If you were going to dry store @ the marina it might not be a problem, but I have no idea regarding their launch/recover facilities.I have been told there is an abundance of snake head fish in the Belvoir area, that should add to your boating enjoyment there.Regarding Belvoir being deep enough for an R22: Again, I think there is an R22 owner already there. His and his boats existence at Belvoir suggest to me 
that it'll work.Dvae__________________________________________________Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list

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