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Yacht club sails into history with a desert regatta The Age July 7, 2010

THE internet, a thirst for adventure and floods have put desert sailing on the global map. More than 200 people and at least 60 boats turned up for the Lake Eyre Yacht Club's first sailing regatta yesterday in remote desert country 845 kilometres north of Adelaide and a stone's throw from the Queensland border. Commodore Bob Backway organised the race when it became clear that floodwaters from Queensland and rare local rain would fill dry creeks and saltpan lake beds for the first time in 20 years. "It is so good to see so many people wanting to come and enjoy themselves in the desert. We've put desert boating on the map,'' Commodore Backway said. ''The internet has brought all these people together,'' he said of the club's origins online, pointing to the adults and children camped for the three-day regatta on a pastoral lease beside the lake, which is where the creek crosses the famous Birdsville Track. ''If you were here last year this would all be windblown sand; it was just barren,'' he says. Commodore Backway's wife, Doreen, says Lake Eyre is where they will sail next if it gets enough water. ''Everyone wants to sail below sea level on Lake Eyre so, when we can, that's what we'll do.'' AAP (Liza who was at the regatta)

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