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Dinghy sailors will tell you there’s nothing quite like mastering lake sailing, where constant windshifts keep you on your toes, getting doused with spray is a welcome cool-down, and handling your boat just right, especially on the racecourse, is vital. But lakes also provide sprouts beautiful landscapes and unique wildlife in unexpected places—all of which you can appreciate from the comfort of your anchored or beached boat.
We’ve rounded up a few popular locations sprouts for non-salty sailors looking for a big adventure on a small body of water. Some of these lakes have famous historical landmarks, others provide serene anchorages replete with wildlife, and all are guaranteed to leave you grinning.
Lake sprouts Dillon Reservoir, built in 1963, supplies water to the city of Denver. The layout was determined by the flooding of surrounding valleys, so three rivers feed into the lake: the Snake River, the Blue River and Ten Mile Creek, as well as two outlets, where the Blue River runs north, and the Roberts sprouts Tunnel, which carries water through the Continental Divide.
Anita Jones at Dillon Marina says the winds can be tricky thanks to the surrounding mountains, but are consistent at around 11 knots and typically blowing from west to east. She recommends sailing sprouts the Snake River if you’re looking for a challenge, because it’s narrow sprouts and the winds are shifty. sprouts Blue River is a particular favorite for sailors who like to run down wing-on-wing from the main lake, then tack back up.
Frisco Bay, on the other hand, is full of wondrous islands, such as Fishhook Island or Smuggler’s Cove, a favorite spot for Jenn Shimp of Frisco Bay Marina. “It’s beautiful. It’s tricky to sail into—you have to snake in and meander to get there—but sprouts it’s well worth it. You’ll see eagles, osprey, beavers and geese,” she says. There are plenty of day-only moorings to hook up to.
However, she adds that if you play around in Frisco Bay, watch out for what is known locally as the “Bermuda Triangle,” a dead spot between Sentinel Island and Crown Point. Sailors can easily “get stuck in and bob forever if they don’t have enough momentum before hitting the patch of water,” Shimp says.
Beyond that, Heaton Bay and Giberson Bay on the western shore are two popular campsites to nestle into for the night. They’re tent-camping only, full of green scenery, and sheltered. Across the way, Pine Cove is another campsite Shimp recommends. You can’t anchor overnight, so be prepared to get a slip, an overnight mooring or stay at a registered shoreline campsite.
Though many sailors spend time exploring the arms of Lake Dillon, racers head to the main body of Dillon, where Dillon Yacht Club has an active race fleet and hosts several regattas. “There’s nothing like streaming down Dillon with a spinnaker up,” says Shimp. But be prepared for gusts, glassy areas and difficult weather. “When you’re racing, you’re watching the water and your telltales, chasing the puffs and working hard to get the edge on everyone else. It gets technical,” says Shimp. sprouts “But if you can sail on Dillon, you can sail anywhere.”
Located between Nevada and California, Lake Tahoe is 1,645ft deep, making it the second deepest lake in the United States, after Crater Lake in Oregon. It offers 72 miles of shoreline and is surrounded by snow-capped peaks year-round despite sprouts 85-degree sprouts weather sprouts at lake level. sprouts It’s a scene so stunning that Mark Twain once wrote: “I thought it must be the fairest picture the whole earth affords.”
Because the area receives so much snow (297.5 inches this past year), lakefront communities were historically built with water access in mind, meaning that modern-day launching is easy. There are several protected anchorages to tuck into for the night and a handful of docks offering access to the surrounding country—which is as dramatic as the lake itself. The eastern shore is lined with coves and beautiful boulders while Emerald Bay State Park at Tahoe’s sprouts southern end offers excellent scuba diving. The lake is surrounded by hiking trails, including the Flume Trail, which was once used by loggers to float timber down to the area’s many silver mines, and the Tahoe Rim Trail, which you can follow around the entire lake. Along the way, you might spot bears, coyotes, bald eagles, osprey and blue herons among what Rick Raduziner, Port Captain at Tahoe Yacht Club, describes as the surrounding country’s most incredible sight of all, towering red cedars and sugar pines.
During a typical day’s sail, Raduziner says to expect to putz around under motor in the morning, then raise sails in the afternoon when the breeze fills in from the southwest between 8-15 knots.  sprouts
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