G'day the 2012 Lake Eyre Yacht Club regatta is on from the 1st of July 2012 at a big freshwater lake currently mostly 7ft deep and a bit over 3 ft deep not far from the bank. The lake is bigger than the previous regattas and joins to another big lake via the creek so will have some fun sailing and plenty of racing. Currently the same amount of boats as other years are registered. The Marree Camel Cup races is on Saturday 30th of June then on Sunday people typically head to the camp site setup boats tents etc for a week of fun. Friday is pack up day with a presentation dinner at the Marree hotel. As the lake is on private property if you are coming can you go to the Lake Eyre Yacht Club site and register at
http://www.lakeeyreyc.com/
There will be the usual big fleet of 13 to 16ft cats but this year there are already more 18-19 ft cats registered
see you there
I got the measurements mixed up the depth is in meters not feet the lake is 7.3 meters deep and 3.6 meters deep only 10 meters from the shoreline so it's going to be very easy to launch and retrieve. There is another opportunity to sail through trees this year up the inlet to the lake