Current Status:
Belt Bay & Madigan Gulf filling, rivers navigable

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Making News

The Club's Tenth Birthday Regatta - worth the wait!



5 - 9 July 2010
Our Tenth Birthday Regatta
Lake Killamperpunna, Cooper Creek, from the 5 - 9th July 2010
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Happy Birthday to LEYC ... Happy Birthday to LEYC ... Happy Birthday ...



1 April 2010
Happy 10th Birthday to the Lake Eyre Yacht Club!
What a present we've been given.
2010 looks like the best year for sailing in the Lake Eyre Basin since 1989-90.

HIP, HIP, HOORAY!!!

Not enough water for Regatta

25 May 2009
The regatta site was inspected on May 9. Where it was knee deep in 2000 it was currently ankle deep making launching impracticle. Unfortunately the predicted 2m flood has peaked at 1.5m. With the northern rivers flow now less than the evaporation rate of the Lake the flood is now over.
Perhaps next year?

 

Building Materials Wanted

12 December 2008
The Clubhouse Building Program is in full swing with the building lifted and construction of the wharf commenced in 2008. However materials are in short supply - in particular secondhand corrugated iron and hardwood framing timber (4x2, 4x1.5, 3x1.5). If you are renovating or demolishing a building between Melbourne and Marree, Adelaide and Broken Hill and would be prepared to donate materials we will pick up. Please contact the Commodore

We are not alone!

5 March 2008
Photo: Ballarat Yacht Club sits on the edge of a dry Lake Wendouree. The lake has been dry since 2006 forcing the club to use alternative venues. Given that LEYC members have sailed further on Lake Eyre than Lake Wendouree's circumference twice in the last twelve months we have proof Lake Eyre is a more reliable venue!
Colac(Lake Colac) and Bendigo (Lake Eppalock)Yacht Clubs have also had to find another venue for the season.
Jan 2009 - grass fire on Lake Wendouree!
Lake Mokoan Yacht Club disbanded as their lake to be decommissioned as part of the Victorian Governments water saving initiative.

 

Looking for three adventurous trailer sailer owners

10 December 2007
With early signs of a promising monsoon this season the Commodore would like to hear from adventurous trailer sailer owners who would be interested in a 500km Warburton River round trip. When in flood The Warburton is comparable in size to the Murray River and so is quite navigable for trailer sailers. Assuming a flood occurs in early 2008 the earliest start would be March when temperatures are starting to moderate for a two week trip. Timing the trip to coincide with the peak of the flood necessitates a flexible start date. If you are interested please contact the Commodore

 

Vale Bill Rice

29 May 2007
It is with deep regret that the Lake Eyre Yacht Club announces the passing of Bill Rice, a Life Member of the Club. Bill died suddenly on Tuesday the 29th of May 2007. He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for some years. It was Bill's adventurous spirit that saw him inspire the first successful attempt at sailing on Lake Eyre with no less than a 20 foot catamaran, "Red Baron" in May 1975. Just getting the boat to The Lake and into the water in those years would have been a challenge. Bill succeeded in sailing his own cat the "Kathleen M" on The Lake in 1976 and 1977. He was also the first to sail on Lake Torrens in 1989. On behalf of the Lake Eyre Yacht Club may we present our condolences to Bill's family.

 

The Lake Eyre Yacht Club now has a home!

16 December 2006
The Commodore of the Lake Eyre Yacht Club announced today the purchase of the UAM Ministries property at Marree for use as the new headquarters of the club.
The property, comprising the old UAM hall on 1 3/4 acres, is situated on the Oodnadatta Track at the Lake Eyre end of Marree in the Afghan Quarter. It is ideally suited for use as a Yacht club having a large hall with catering facilities.