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Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Fan1
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Date: July 02, 2013 02:20PM
Any suggestions for where to launch a boat and watch the DC fireworks?
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
good luck
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Date: July 02, 2013 02:32PM
Gravelly Point, but you will have to get there by 4 am on Thursday.
Columbia Island is open 24 hours a day and costs $5.
Columbia Island is open 24 hours a day and costs $5.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
adfadfasd
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Date: July 02, 2013 02:47PM
good luck Wrote:
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> Gravelly Point, but you will have to get there by
> 4 am on Thursday.
>
> Columbia Island is open 24 hours a day and costs
> $5.
Thanks!
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> Gravelly Point, but you will have to get there by
> 4 am on Thursday.
>
> Columbia Island is open 24 hours a day and costs
> $5.
Thanks!
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Boater
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Date: July 02, 2013 02:53PM
At gravelly point last year I parked my boat hitched to my truck a few feet from the launch the night before and got dropped off around 6pm on the 4th and they were still letting boats get in with little wait so i was kind of pissed, so theres no need to get in at dawn.
All coolers will be checked by police for alcohol and they will confiscate.
Columbia Island will only let members in on the 4th and launch will be closed but you can launch the day before (tomorrow)
All coolers will be checked by police for alcohol and they will confiscate.
Columbia Island will only let members in on the 4th and launch will be closed but you can launch the day before (tomorrow)
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
WingNut
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Date: July 02, 2013 03:10PM
Why dontcha go to Adams Morgan or Clifton Terrace? Great hill view looking down.
Less dangerous than amateur night with 200 drunk steered vessels.
Less dangerous than amateur night with 200 drunk steered vessels.
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Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Rum Runner
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Date: July 02, 2013 03:19PM
Boater Wrote:
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> At gravelly point last year I parked my boat
> hitched to my truck a few feet from the launch the
> night before and got dropped off around 6pm on the
> 4th and they were still letting boats get in with
> little wait so i was kind of pissed, so theres no
> need to get in at dawn.
>
> All coolers will be checked by police for alcohol
> and they will confiscate.
>
> Columbia Island will only let members in on the
> 4th and launch will be closed but you can launch
> the day before (tomorrow)
Well, when you keep your weed and your booze in the boat's false bottom and your decoy soft drinks in a carry-on cooler then you can pretty much do what you want. Please don't boat and drive or boat and blaze! Oh and for Fourth of July? The biggest wake wins! Yee-haw!
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> At gravelly point last year I parked my boat
> hitched to my truck a few feet from the launch the
> night before and got dropped off around 6pm on the
> 4th and they were still letting boats get in with
> little wait so i was kind of pissed, so theres no
> need to get in at dawn.
>
> All coolers will be checked by police for alcohol
> and they will confiscate.
>
> Columbia Island will only let members in on the
> 4th and launch will be closed but you can launch
> the day before (tomorrow)
Well, when you keep your weed and your booze in the boat's false bottom and your decoy soft drinks in a carry-on cooler then you can pretty much do what you want. Please don't boat and drive or boat and blaze! Oh and for Fourth of July? The biggest wake wins! Yee-haw!
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Econ 101
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Date: July 02, 2013 03:27PM
Saw a boat one 4th of July centered on a break water. The guy hit the break water head on. It was a 35 yacht.
I asked what happened and they told me some guy totally trash out of his mind came back from watching fireworks missed a buoy marker and plowed right into the break water.
The engine disappeared out of the boat and somebody set the rest on fire.
I asked what happened and they told me some guy totally trash out of his mind came back from watching fireworks missed a buoy marker and plowed right into the break water.
The engine disappeared out of the boat and somebody set the rest on fire.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Liberal Media
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Date: July 02, 2013 03:30PM
Boater Wrote:
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> All coolers will be checked by police for alcohol
> and they will confiscate.
What? I can bullshit on this. It's not illegal to have alcohol on a boat. You can even drink beers on a boat. The police have no right confiscate the booze.
What is illegal is operating a boat while intoxicated.
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> All coolers will be checked by police for alcohol
> and they will confiscate.
What? I can bullshit on this. It's not illegal to have alcohol on a boat. You can even drink beers on a boat. The police have no right confiscate the booze.
What is illegal is operating a boat while intoxicated.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
WarMonger
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Date: July 02, 2013 03:32PM
From VA boating -
Alcohol & Boating Don't Mix!
Don't mix alcohol and boating! If you allow the use of alcohol on your boat, make sure you have a designated boat operator. On the water, the sun, waves, wind, noise and other stressors can compound the effects of alcohol. Passengers who are under the influence may also be a contributor to boating accidents. Many passengers believe they can drink as much as they want as long as the operator stays sober. In reality, passengers are at risk regardless of whether the operator is consuming alcohol or not. This is not only related to crashes, but to falls overboard and capsizing as well. Learn more about alcohol and boating.
Alcohol & Boating Don't Mix!
Don't mix alcohol and boating! If you allow the use of alcohol on your boat, make sure you have a designated boat operator. On the water, the sun, waves, wind, noise and other stressors can compound the effects of alcohol. Passengers who are under the influence may also be a contributor to boating accidents. Many passengers believe they can drink as much as they want as long as the operator stays sober. In reality, passengers are at risk regardless of whether the operator is consuming alcohol or not. This is not only related to crashes, but to falls overboard and capsizing as well. Learn more about alcohol and boating.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Once is enough
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Date: July 02, 2013 03:34PM
This is one of those things that you do once... and probably never again.
If you think that traffic is bad getting home on the roads, that's nothing compared to getting your boat in and back out.
Unless you're prepared to be getting back home in the wee hours, dodging knuckleheads the whole time that you're out there, and dealing with a bunch of drunk idiots who have been pounding them away all day in the sun at the ramp, then forget it.
If you think that traffic is bad getting home on the roads, that's nothing compared to getting your boat in and back out.
Unless you're prepared to be getting back home in the wee hours, dodging knuckleheads the whole time that you're out there, and dealing with a bunch of drunk idiots who have been pounding them away all day in the sun at the ramp, then forget it.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
nope. sorry.
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Date: July 02, 2013 03:36PM
Liberal Media Wrote:
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> Boater Wrote:
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> > All coolers will be checked by police for
> alcohol
> > and they will confiscate.
>
> What? I can bullshit on this. It's not illegal
> to have alcohol on a boat. You can even drink
> beers on a boat. The police have no right
> confiscate the booze.
WRONG. Gravelly point is run by the National Park Service and their rules/laws prohibit the possession of alcohol.
The possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited except under an official permit issued by the Superintendent or at concession-operated facilities at Daingerfield Island and Columbia Island.
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> Boater Wrote:
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> -----
>
> > All coolers will be checked by police for
> alcohol
> > and they will confiscate.
>
> What? I can bullshit on this. It's not illegal
> to have alcohol on a boat. You can even drink
> beers on a boat. The police have no right
> confiscate the booze.
WRONG. Gravelly point is run by the National Park Service and their rules/laws prohibit the possession of alcohol.
The possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited except under an official permit issued by the Superintendent or at concession-operated facilities at Daingerfield Island and Columbia Island.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Naked Boater
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Date: July 02, 2013 03:37PM
The first placed mentioned is called Airport Park, there is another ramp off the parkway south of Oldtown., near Bellhaven. You may aslo want to consider going farther South to Pohick Bay, there is a relativly large facility there.
Also FT Smallwood.
Also FT Smallwood.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
go home
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Date: July 02, 2013 03:40PM
Naked Boater Wrote:
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> The first placed mentioned is called Airport Park,
No. It is called Gravelly Point. Only some sort of uninformed noob would call it Airport Park. Go back to wherever you came from.
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> The first placed mentioned is called Airport Park,
No. It is called Gravelly Point. Only some sort of uninformed noob would call it Airport Park. Go back to wherever you came from.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Boater
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Date: July 02, 2013 05:14PM
Haaa...."airport park"
You can certainly have alcohol on your boat but Gravelly will not allow you to enter the park with it on the 4th.
THEY WILL CONFISCATE Ive seen it, cops have their fun with it on the 5th of july.
You can try to hide it in one of the compartments in your boat, but you risk a nice fine.
I wouldn't recommend belle haven since their launch ramp and entrance is very narrow not to mention horrible during low tide and can get hectic simply on a regular weekend.
You can certainly have alcohol on your boat but Gravelly will not allow you to enter the park with it on the 4th.
THEY WILL CONFISCATE Ive seen it, cops have their fun with it on the 5th of july.
You can try to hide it in one of the compartments in your boat, but you risk a nice fine.
I wouldn't recommend belle haven since their launch ramp and entrance is very narrow not to mention horrible during low tide and can get hectic simply on a regular weekend.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Errf
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Date: July 02, 2013 05:21PM
Buy an extra gas can and fill it full with vodka. Put your mixers in the cooler.
Whallaa, your good to go.
Whallaa, your good to go.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
Stabitha
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Date: July 02, 2013 05:47PM
Did this in my youth. Watching the fireworks from the river was amazing. Getting back to dock afterwards was the most frightening experience I have ever had on a boat, and I have been in 15-20 foot seas in the Atlantic!
The river will be full of drunks who barely know how to operate a boat sober, trying impress their girlfriends/wives/hookers.
The river will be full of drunks who barely know how to operate a boat sober, trying impress their girlfriends/wives/hookers.
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
seafoodlover
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Date: July 02, 2013 05:50PM
Rookies!
Re: Boating and Fireworks
Posted by:
XP4Gn
()
Date: July 02, 2013 06:08PM
Stabitha Wrote:
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> Did this in my youth. Watching the fireworks from
> the river was amazing. Getting back to dock
> afterwards was the most frightening experience I
> have ever had on a boat, and I have been in 15-20
> foot seas in the Atlantic!
>
> The river will be full of drunks who barely know
> how to operate a boat sober, trying impress their
> girlfriends/wives/hookers.
Yup. It's a complete mess.
If you want something entertaining to do on a Summer weekend evening sometime then head down to Bellhaven and watch the drunks trying to get their boats out. It's pretty good most any time but on the 4th it's like the Superbowl of stupidity.
You've got people banging into each other, ramming the docks, yelling at their gf/bf/wife/whatever, guys falling in the water, fighting. And woe be to the guy who gets his boat or car/truck stuck at the ramp and shuts things down. Oh man... lol
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> Did this in my youth. Watching the fireworks from
> the river was amazing. Getting back to dock
> afterwards was the most frightening experience I
> have ever had on a boat, and I have been in 15-20
> foot seas in the Atlantic!
>
> The river will be full of drunks who barely know
> how to operate a boat sober, trying impress their
> girlfriends/wives/hookers.
Yup. It's a complete mess.
If you want something entertaining to do on a Summer weekend evening sometime then head down to Bellhaven and watch the drunks trying to get their boats out. It's pretty good most any time but on the 4th it's like the Superbowl of stupidity.
You've got people banging into each other, ramming the docks, yelling at their gf/bf/wife/whatever, guys falling in the water, fighting. And woe be to the guy who gets his boat or car/truck stuck at the ramp and shuts things down. Oh man... lol