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I can't even imagine one pulling into the harbor there, much less maneuvering to some marina. Maybe anchor out and run shuttles?
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I can't even imagine one pulling into the harbor there, much less maneuvering to some marina. Maybe anchor out and run shuttles?
I doubt they could do it in the Harbor on a regular basis. They had the one I saw at a T Head dock at Zahnisers. Ran the whole length of the T head and the bow and stern were long enough to even block the two ajoining docks. It was nighttime while I was there and I tried getting a couple pics because it was such an unusual site to see something like that in there. But I could not get it all in frame and I was so far away from it the flash on my camera was of no help in lighting it up enough to really even see what it was. I just deleted he pics later cause they were not worth keeping.
That thing was wider than most of the boats you see over there are long. I am guessing but it looked to have had a good 4-6 decks and the bridge looked to be at least 30' wide alone.
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While the boats might be able to come and go without issue, my thought is, 'what the heck will all of those people do here?'. Solomons isn't that big, and certainly doesn't have the tourist attractions, restaurants, theaters, hotels, etc... that Baltimore does, so not sure why Solomons would be that attractive. Don't get me wrong, Solomons is a nice place, quaint, but can't compete with a Baltimore for a reason to anchor here.
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
As far as , what I would call, a normal cruise liner I would have to agree with you. But some of the smaller one's like I was referring to earlier might be doable.
Corporate owned yachts going up and down the Atlantic Coast maybe. The one I saw was docked and I did see them coming off the boat and making use of the restaurant there at that marina. Other than that I had no idea what they were doing. I just 'assumed' they made a quick overnight stay there probably just to possibly let some passengers off or possibly pick a few up.
Well I found out who it was. I did know him, just an acquaintance though. Spoke to him everytime I saw him. Nice guy, I would give him a hard time and he would give it right back. All in good fun.
Won't give out much detail other than that he did not live in this area. He did work on the base though.
Won't give out much detail other than that he did not live in this area. He did work on the base though.
BOP
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Yeahbut if the number of DWIs decreased, the county governments would lose money, so they'd have to find new and creative ways of ripping the citizens off.
meddauna
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Well, Just off the top of my head for things within an hour (the farthest i've been out on a cruise line guided tour):
Old St Mary's City
A guided tour of the Naval Air Museum
Dr Mudd House
The Sotterly Plantation
SCUBA diving
Fishing
Ann Marie Gardens
Calvert Marine Museum
Boat tours of local waterways
Recreational boating activities (para-sailing, tubing, boat rentals)
A cruise ship here would bring in much needed money for upgrades for some of these, specifically, the Naval Air Museum.
And I would wager that this would be an embarkation point instead of just a port of call, so there isn't a need for tons of things since most people just try to get on or off the boat.
The one downside is the bridge. That would have to be upgraded real quick and in a hurry.
I know it's 135' -140' tall from water to tallest point on the bottom of the structure. But DoWhat is talking width between the pilings. I tried to do a little half arsed search to try to figure that out but could not seem to find anything on it.
I know I have been under there in my boat. I don't see it being wide enough to handle anything substantial. Plus, they gotta make it under that bridge then be able to maneuver to a hard right to pull into that pier. I dunno. Doable maybe but not what I would think of as easy.
frequentflier
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My understanding is this would be a place to load and unload passengers.
Considering how far it is from the next airport/amtrak/interstate this would seem a rather odd choice for a a cruise ship embarcation point.
frequentflier
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Today's Calvert Recorder identified the man as John James March, 74 of Rockville. A family member went to the marina after no one had been able to get in touch with him and discovered his body. An autopsy will be performed though it does not appear foul play was involved.
frequentflier
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The people planning to do this estimate people would drive up to 8 hours to get here.
I didn't read all these posts to see if it has already been asked but are you saying you want tax dollars spent by the county to drive your drunk ass home?
In an age when you can get a ticket to Fort Lauderdale for $139 ? Me thinks the 'people planning to do this' are overly optimistic.
The reason there are not more cabs in St Marys (or any rural area for that matter) is that there is not enough business to make it viable. Everyone wants a cab when the bar closes, some demand early mornings to go up to the airport. Lots of dead time in between when you still need to make your insurance payment. To make cabs work in a rural area, you need regular customers like dialysis trips or courier type services for businesses where you know you make x $$ per week.
I am sorry. I did not read your post. Are you saying anything? Or should I possibly consider taking the time to read something here.
Vince
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Whiskey gets the blame for a lot of things it didn't do.
