Old Dominion Boat Club

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Old Dominion Boat Club Floating Wharf and Pier Expansion Going to Planning Commission

By James Cullum

Published September 17, 2020 at 4:45PM

The Old Dominion Boat Club (ODBC) will present the Alexandria Planning Commission in November (Nov. 5) with a plan to build a floating wharf and pier outside its clubhouse at 0 Prince Street.

“The floating pier will provide facilities for transient boat mooring for larger boats due to the water depth along its expanse and for rowing crew shells and chase boats either for planned events/regattas or emergency needs,” according to an application for the special use permit.

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Old Dominion Boat Club’s Waterfront Revival Plans Resurface

By Vernon Miles

Published July 2, 2020 at 10:30AM

Old Dominion Board Club pier (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

The Old Dominion Boat Club’s (ODBC) plans to reform the waterfront portion of its Old Town headquarters last fall, but after being lost at sea amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the plans are finally headed back to harbor at the Planning Commission in September.

The ODBC has used its various waterfront headquarters since 1880 as launching points for aquatic activities. The pier outside the current location — which the ODBC was more-or-less forced into in 2014 under threat of eminent domain — is a ramshackle bundle of pillars that only vaguely resembles the L-shaped pier that local commercial vessel The Dandy was docked at for a number of years.

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Old Dominion Boat Club Hopes to Shore Up its Docking Options on the Waterfront

By Vernon Miles

Published December 3, 2019 at 11:35AM | Updated December 3, 2019 at 12:24PM

Plans for a new pier at the Old Dominion Boat Club (photo via City of Alexandria)

A plan to replace a disused pier would help the Old Dominion Boat Club bring more boats to Alexandria and hopefully make the waterfront a little cleaner.

In plans submitted to the City of Alexandria, the boat club in Old Town laid out its vision for replacing an outdated and disused wharf just to the south of the club’s location on The Strand with a new pier and floating dock.