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Hello all wind junkies out there.
Here is some clarification on some of your questions for the Saylorville Windsurf Regatta & Dam Jam as well as some more details in general with our current conditions at the lake down in Des Moines, we are looking forward to a great event.
The water level at Saylorville Lake is way above normal right now. What this means is that we will not have access to our normally 300 yards by 200 yards wide beach access at Oak Grove. Same goes for Cherry Glen lower level which is just about the same size a quarter mile further south on the lake, Cherry Glen's upper boat launch is open though. These are the two lake access points we would be located at on with normal water levels.
Due to the hight water level these lower beaches are under 8ft of water and we will setup the event "headquarters" at the Prairie flower campground (higher ground) just above Oak Grove's normal beach access. Kiters should be able to launch from the upper Cherry Glen access point (Alfie can verify this), windsurfers will be fine to launch from the Prairie flower camp ground. (normally a 300 yard walk down to the beach, now only 150)
Also we have a gotten two permits for the windsurfing event, the backup site for the windsurfing races is located at Big Creek Lake (constant water level) a 10 min drive from the main event site. This is also a great site but not good for kiters and windsurfers in large numbers to co-exist on. (similar to Worthington). We will use this for windsurfing racing in case there is to much debris floating around on the big lake. Usually the debris stays on the shores if the wind have come from the same direction for a few days, but a wind shift timed wrong with water rising could bring it out again, then we will use the backup lake.
There will be no official event for the kiters, however we want everyone to enjoy the wind and water as well as come to party together.
We encourage everyone to register for the event, the $35 registration includes DAM JAM t-shirt, lunch saturday and Sunday, Pot luck BBQ (bring a side dish) Saturday night, w/ party as well as chances to win some of our great door and raffle prizes as well. (inkluding windsurfing sails, and lots of other nice gear)
Seveal people will be there from Thursday night camping, the official event registration starts Friday from noon- 7PM
Saturday late registration in the morining with windsurfing course racing and/or slalom racing starting shortly thereafter. Sunday will be more racing and awards wrapped up at 4.
Here is some clarification on some of your questions for the Saylorville Windsurf Regatta & Dam Jam as well as some more details in general with our current conditions at the lake down in Des Moines, we are looking forward to a great event.
The water level at Saylorville Lake is way above normal right now. What this means is that we will not have access to our normally 300 yards by 200 yards wide beach access at Oak Grove. Same goes for Cherry Glen lower level which is just about the same size a quarter mile further south on the lake, Cherry Glen's upper boat launch is open though. These are the two lake access points we would be located at on with normal water levels.
Due to the hight water level these lower beaches are under 8ft of water and we will setup the event "headquarters" at the Prairie flower campground (higher ground) just above Oak Grove's normal beach access. Kiters should be able to launch from the upper Cherry Glen access point (Alfie can verify this), windsurfers will be fine to launch from the Prairie flower camp ground. (normally a 300 yard walk down to the beach, now only 150)
Also we have a gotten two permits for the windsurfing event, the backup site for the windsurfing races is located at Big Creek Lake (constant water level) a 10 min drive from the main event site. This is also a great site but not good for kiters and windsurfers in large numbers to co-exist on. (similar to Worthington). We will use this for windsurfing racing in case there is to much debris floating around on the big lake. Usually the debris stays on the shores if the wind have come from the same direction for a few days, but a wind shift timed wrong with water rising could bring it out again, then we will use the backup lake.
There will be no official event for the kiters, however we want everyone to enjoy the wind and water as well as come to party together.
We encourage everyone to register for the event, the $35 registration includes DAM JAM t-shirt, lunch saturday and Sunday, Pot luck BBQ (bring a side dish) Saturday night, w/ party as well as chances to win some of our great door and raffle prizes as well. (inkluding windsurfing sails, and lots of other nice gear)
Seveal people will be there from Thursday night camping, the official event registration starts Friday from noon- 7PM
Saturday late registration in the morining with windsurfing course racing and/or slalom racing starting shortly thereafter. Sunday will be more racing and awards wrapped up at 4.
We will have "Dam Jam" signs posted for you to find the way to both the campground and registration.
Hope to see lots of people out there, feel free to post any additional questions here or email me at ujentler@...
For those of you who have not booked campsite yet, this link will take you there.
http://www.recreation.gov/nrrs/Prairie_Flower_Recreation_Area/Campsite_Map/r/campgroundMap.do?
Some pictrures of the "normal" beach access can be found here.
http://www.jentler.com/regatta/album/index.html
Regatta event site
http://www.jentler.com/regatta/regatta.html
- Uffe
USWE 22
Hope to see lots of people out there, feel free to post any additional questions here or email me at ujentler@...
For those of you who have not booked campsite yet, this link will take you there.
http://www.recreation.gov/nrrs/Prairie_Flower_Recreation_Area/Campsite_Map/r/campgroundMap.do?
Some pictrures of the "normal" beach access can be found here.
http://www.jentler.com/regatta/album/index.html
Regatta event site
http://www.jentler.com/regatta/regatta.html
- Uffe
USWE 22
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