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Frank wrote: I was told there
was an anchorage
in the Tidal Basin. There may be, but it looks like only
small power boats
are going to get that far up the river.
The Tidal Basin has only 4 feet of water at the entrance and to get
to it you must go under a fixed bridge with only 18 feet vertical
clearance. I'm not sure you can anchor in the Tidal Basin even if
you could get in.
The original question implied that Rob was thinking of watching the
fireworks from below the Wilson Bridge, a distance of about 6 miles
from where they light off the fireworks. I think that might be a
little far, especially since the authorities won't let you loiter
around the bridge, so you would probably be closer to 8 miles from
the epicenter of the fireworks. Probably not such a great view.
Many other cities around the Bay have fireworks, some to (believe it
or not) rival the big cities. Cambridge has a good display, the
marina at Herrington Harbour South, Annapolis (I believe) and
Baltimore, plus many other smaller ones. I don't think I would
travel 90+ miles up the Potomac just to see the fireworks.
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Tom Dunton
M/V Sonata
46' Uniflite
Alexandria, Virginia
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