{"id":1963,"date":"2009-08-26T18:30:43","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T23:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2022-01-13T07:21:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T12:21:58","slug":"exclusive-yacht-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/exclusive-yacht-club\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ya gotta be jokin&#8217; &#8211; No we&#8217;re not!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Ya gotta be jokin&#8217; &#8211; No we&#8217;re not!&#8221; proclaims the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeeyreyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lake Eyre Yacht Club<\/a>, the self-determined <em>Worlds most exclusive Yacht Club<\/em>, where only people who have actually skippered their own vessel on the lake surface can attain full membership. This becomes an extremely daunting task under the best of conditions. Additionally, conditions only allow it maybe once every couple of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/brettinoz30\/12998769013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3156\/12998769013_c40666e82e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Eyre Yacht club Marree. Photo by Brett; (CC BY-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Lake Eyre Basin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake Eyre marks the lowest point of elevation in Australia at 15 metres (49 feet) below sea level. The larger Eyre Basin covers nearly one-sixth of the continent. Water entering the basin does not have an outlet to the sea in this endorheic basin. Rather, it flows <em>away<\/em> from the sea and towards the Australian interior for this very large portion of the continent. 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The alkali salts eroding from the landscape have nowhere to flow except towards the lowest point of the watershed rather than the sea. The salt deposits of Lake Eyre appear quite visibly as massive white patches in the satellite image, below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m10!1m8!1m3!1d1481312.2707726306!2d137.312622!3d-28.714678999999997!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1598038700167!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Rare Treat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But every once in awhile the stars align, the winds shift, the weather changes just enough, maybe a La Ni\u00f1a pattern kicks-in with particular ferocity, the lake begins to awake and it expands exponentially over the nearly flat terrain. Our intrepid sailors get exited for times like these .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annual monsoons sometimes dump unusually heavy rainfall on the intermittent rivers of the Queensland outback. It cannot be sucked into the ground or yanked back into the sky. The waters may flow through the Channel Country all the way to Lake Eyre. Also, locally heavy rains can contribute to the phenomenon, having less distance to travel and fewer opportunities to evaporate. Lake Eyre may rise 3 to 6 metres as a result of these particularly rainy periods. While that may not sound like a lot it provides sufficient coverage to create a vast inland sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To the Yachts!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yacht Club swings into action during these special times. Mariners head straight towards the waters from their clubhouse in Marree. Indeed, the Lake Eyre Yacht Club maintains a facility a hundred kilometres or so from its namesake. They wait patiently in the blazing heat and choking dust for those rare moments. Then they can demonstrate their nautical skills on open waters. I\u2019m not sure whether I would call these sailors dedicated or deluded, perhaps a touch of both, but I applaud their enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d11468.303997112283!2d138.05429726879842!3d-29.64489066437739!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x6a902cdc4ce2f23f%3A0x4b8f400d6c6dbe8e!2sLake%20Eyre%20Yacht%20Club!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1598039541776!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sailing on Lake Eyre presents more difficulty than one would imagine. The sailing itself isn\u2019t the trouble assuming one pays attention to the weather. It\u2019s the extreme amount of effort required to launch a boat and later return to dry land that presents an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, consider the terrain. It\u2019s brutally rugged, lightly traversed and totally unforgiving. People can die when their vehicles break or bog down if they don\u2019t have sufficient provisions for a protracted stay. Next, there are only three spots where boats can actually launch and they&#8217;re not like the landings on a typical lake. Mariners need to pull their craft a kilometre or more to water&#8217;s edge unless they want to get stuck up to their axles in muck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally prevailing winds change the nature and shape of the lake significantly because of its extreme shallowness. It is highly susceptible to seiches or &#8220;wind tides,&#8221; a condition not unlike hurricane storm surges, that push great volumes of water from one part of the basin to another. A sudden wind shift can leave a boater quickly stranded on the wrong side of a newly emptied lake bed, now separated from the launch by several kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;yachts&#8221; must be adapted to the unique topographical characteristics of the lake. Vessels need to have a shallow draft to avoid grounding in the flat waters and they need to be light enough to be pulled long distances across the mud as necessary. Fiberglass canoes with homemade outriggers and masts are a common choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surface of Lake Eyre remains below sea level even during the rainiest of times. Yacht Club members beg to differ up to a point. 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