Rickey Point Sail Club

RICKEY POINT SAIL CLUB Behind Grand Coulee Dam in NE Washington, formed by the mighty Columbia...RICKEY POINT SAIL CLUB Behind Grand Coulee Dam in NE Washington, formed by the mighty Columbia River, is Lake Roosevelt. Roughly one hundred and thirty-two miles long, with a surface area of 81,000 acres, and reaching depths of over 400 feet, Lake Roosevelt is a large body of water. This is a relatively wild and diverse lake with hundreds of coves, miles of sandy beaches, spectacular scenery, and in the summer, relatively warm waters along more than 500 miles of indented shoreline. In some areas forest lands hide waterfalls, which plunge into the lake. Other shorelines are so desert-like, devoid of timber and in the summer hot, it’s like sailing in Baja. For more info on Lake Roosevelt go to http://www.nps.gov/laro/ Look to the north end of the lake, eastern shore, just south of the mouth of the Colville River, near the town of Kettle Falls to find the Ricky Point Sail Club buoy field. The Rickey Point Sail Club, in cooperation with Lake Roosevelt National Park Service maintains a Community Access Point which is composed of a permitted lease for 26 mooring buoys; a dinghy/service dock and an unimproved parking area on adjacent NPS managed lands. Our sail club is made up of approximately forty members and another thirty or so affiliates. We host several events annually with 2008 marking our 25th Regatta over the 2nd weekend of July. For more info: http://rickeypointsailclub.blogspot.com/ We have participated with the National Park Service for all nine of their annual Paddle Days and plan on doing so again this year, marking the tenth anniversary of this successful event. For more info: http://www.nps.gov/laro/planyourvisit/paddle-days.htm Another of our annual events is our Cider-Fest Cruise in October to the historic town of Marcus, the host of the Cider Festival. For more info: http://www.kettlefalls.com/Events.htm So, if you plan to sail Lake Roosevelt, on the upper Columbia River, contact us and we’ll share some of the local secret spots… Fair Winds… Foster Fanning Commodore, RPSC