One of the great benefits to holdiing Albacore US Nationals just outside of
our nation's capital is that no one (I repeat, no one!) should have to pay
for a hotel. The Potomac River Albacore Fleet has the largest Albacore
membership in the US and many of our members have already offered up their
homes to host our guests from out-of-town.
If you need housing, please send an email to (jd_rathjen at msn.com AND
mheinsdorf at gmail.com) including your name(s) and the nights needed. We
understand some of you may take advantage of being a stone's throw from DC
and may want to do some sight-seeing. Most of our hosts would be
happy and able to accommodate you beyond the regatta weekend.
Also, please include any special needs/requests, e.g., flying out of Dulles
Airport (IAD) at 6 AM (one of our hosts lives close to Dulles). [Side note:
As you may know, if you fly into the Reagan National Airport (DCA), you
could be at the sailing marina within 20 minutes of landing. Yes, it is
THAT close.]
As previously mentioned, please be sure to copy PRAF Fleet Captain Mike
Heinsdorf (mheinsdorf at gmail.com) on all requests; he is my housing
coordinator back-up.
Cheers,
Janice Rathjen
Albacore 7979
