Rental Information

Availability

This Coast Guard-certified, fully restored, national historic landmark is available, for a limited time, for exclusive charters in the Washington, D.C. area. Information is available at this web site. In order to ascertain availability, call 202-333.0011, or fax 202.429.5290 or e-mail us. (Charters are coordinated with any Presidential usage).

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Location

The Sequoia is docked at the Gangplank Marina, at 6th & Maine Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C., approximately one mile south of the Capitol building. It is located at the end of the commercial dock, next to the Odyssey cruise boat dock, and one block from both Phillips restaurant and Arena Stage Theater.

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Rental Pricing

Contact us for an event of up to four hours. Additional time entails an extra charge. (Crew gratuities are left to your discretion).

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Dining

The original mahogany dining room table can accommodate up to 22 (as it did for JFK’s last birthday) for an elegant sit-down meal. An extra table can be placed in the aft salon to accommodate another six diners (as it did for a Vice President Cheney dinner cruise). The yacht accommodates 49 easily for a buffet (as it did for Soviet Premier Gorbachev's brunch cruise).

Rooms

Luxurious main salon/dining room (where 10 Presidents dined, and where FDR and Churchill planned D-day), comfortable aft salon (where Presidents relaxed after dining), rear deck (where FDR and Hoover fished, and where Nixon decided to resign), spacious top deck (where most guests congregate during pleasant weather, and where Nixon and Brezhnev negotiated the first arms control treaty), and four renovated staterooms (including the luxurious Presidential suite) which sleep a total of six.

Food & Drinks

For food, the Sequoia works with all reputable catering companies and restaurants, and the Sequoia staff is pleased to make recommendations. The yacht has a full kitchen below deck, plus a portal kitchen. The Sequoia also provides, for an additional fee, a bar with premium liquors. For questions, call Lynn Klein at 301.237.4003.

Sample of Rental Options

Dockside greeting for 30-60 minutes. Cruise for a 2-hour brunch on the Potomac River. (Trip chosen by Mikhail Gorbachev.)
Dockside cocktails for 30-60 minutes. Cruise for 1-3 hours on the Potomac River. (Trip chosen by Board of Directors of Museum of American History).
Cruise to Mt. Vernon, and arrive at sundown. Take a 1½ hour private candlelight tour of George Washington’s house ($30/p), and cruise back. (Trip chosen by Boy Scouts of America Board.) NOTE: This option may be subject to additional charges, because it may require use of the yacht beyond four hours
Cruise 30 minutes to Old Town Alexandria, and guests leave. New guests board for remaining cruise. (Trip chosen by Mayor of Washington, D.C. and Secretary of the Treasury)
Dockside for entire event, thereby allowing guests to arrive or depart at will. (Trip chosen by President Clinton)
Cruise for 2 hours on the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, with a formal sit-down dinner. (Trip taken by Vice President Cheney and Alan Greenspan)

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