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Originally Posted by Trekka
Gangplank is not workable. Unless you are a transient they insist on getting DC registration within a week. I have MD registration and will be back in MD waters for the fall and winter so not willing to hopscotch around on registration. If transient so no reg chaneg required, the rates would be over $1000/mo and that's before electric and parking.
I really doubt I could get a 5ft drfat sailboat into Belle Haven. I might check but am sure they have not dredged there, ever. The restoration plans for Dyke Marsh would never allow for that.
There may be someone who has a slip available at WSM, I could check there. But I think my beam would be pushing it. I had a smaller boat there 20yrs ago and did not see boats 33x11 there. I also found the slimy soot from the jets realy crudded up my dodger. Aged a new dodger in 6mos to the state my old one was after 5 yrs.
I'm heading out now to visit some yards in Edgewater and Galesville and check bulletin boards.
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These are all concerns we considered, plus if you have your boat that far north you need to motor quite a ways down river before it is deep/wide enough to do much sailing. Being on the Occoquan, we only need to motor a relatively short distance before we set sail. Most of Belmont/Occoquan bays are deep enough to sail without worry, and you have the choice of sailing up or down river depending on the winds and currents. If you are near DC, your only option is to head down river. I'd like to have the advantage of a larger sailing ground on the Chesapeake, but the convenience of the drive to our current marina is hard to ignore.