Permanent Course Marks are in the Water

As of about 2:30PM on Saturday 5/23/2020 our course marks are set for the season. Thank you to Glen Hughes of EYC for running the committee boat to launch them and coming up with the idea of moving the course further north to insure plenty of depth around the marks and their approaches. (The course is centered around where the #1 usually resides.) Thank you to Ron Fish of EYC/TYC joint member for just pitching in at a moments notice. Although not on the schedule to help out, Ron notice we were a bit short handed and pitched in helping me to stage the marks for the boat crew. Thank you to Jeff Longmore and Elizabeth Haynesworth for doing the bulk of the actual launch work dropping them in the water on Glen’s command.

CAUTION: The lake is still very low. There is only about 5 feet of water at the foot of the concrete ramp at Richardson. Launching of deeper draft boats is NOT recommended and everyone else needs to stay informed on the changing depth as the Summer progresses. It is likely that the level will begin to slowly drop as soon as the current rain events end. Please also be aware that the perimeters of the lake will be very shallow and that some stumps protrude one to two feel above the bottom, so even if you think you have adequate depth a stump may surprise you. Both the SE and SW arms of the lake are extremely shallow and it is not recommend you sail up either arm. Neither the Dash nor East marks were set due to the water level.