[Rhodes22-list] Wash., DC marinas

[Todd Tavares]

There is already at least one other Rhodes 22 at WSM.  John Hickey keeps
his boat Far Niente' at the end of E dock.    IIRC they race on Tuesday
evenings.

    Todd T.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Philip
  To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Wash., DC marinas
  Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 08:57:34 -0400 (EDT)


  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
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