Hi all, Just in case anyone here is in the vicinity and wants to rendezvous - I am taking "Pajarita," my M17, to Waldo lake Thursday, coming back Monday. If you are in the trailer-sailor vicinity and haven't been there, it's a treat - no gas motors allowed for one thing! Just sail, paddle, row; also, electric motors are OK, but seldom see them, the lake is ultraoligotrophic (having extremely clear water with very little organic material) so not much of a fishing lake. Used to be stocked but that stopped in 1990. Gas motors were banned in 2010. There are three road access campgrounds on the east side; trail & boat access only on south west and north sides. Shore camping spots here and there along the west shore for the most part. North end had a fire some years ago and is still burned over looking. Best ramp in recent years is at North Waldo campground. Shadow Bay (south end) is somewhat off-kilter/broken up below water, and Islet point ramp also. I will be going across to anchor in the bay behind Rhododendron island. Other than Shadow bay and North campground launch ramp bay, that is about the only really sheltered anchorage. And the only one that isn't right next to a launch ramp! cheers, John -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
Have enjoyed sailing Waldo Lake in years past and will also recommend it. Steve M-15 # 335 currently South Puget Sound -----Original Message----- From: John Schinnerer Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019 9:29 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: Heading to Waldo lake (Oregon) Thurs-Mon Hi all, Just in case anyone here is in the vicinity and wants to rendezvous - I am taking "Pajarita," my M17, to Waldo lake Thursday, coming back Monday. If you are in the trailer-sailor vicinity and haven't been there, it's a treat - no gas motors allowed for one thing! Just sail, paddle, row; also, electric motors are OK, but seldom see them, the lake is ultraoligotrophic (having extremely clear water with very little organic material) so not much of a fishing lake. Used to be stocked but that stopped in 1990. Gas motors were banned in 2010. There are three road access campgrounds on the east side; trail & boat access only on south west and north sides. Shore camping spots here and there along the west shore for the most part. North end had a fire some years ago and is still burned over looking. Best ramp in recent years is at North Waldo campground. Shadow Bay (south end) is somewhat off-kilter/broken up below water, and Islet point ramp also. I will be going across to anchor in the bay behind Rhododendron island. Other than Shadow bay and North campground launch ramp bay, that is about the only really sheltered anchorage. And the only one that isn't right next to a launch ramp! cheers, John -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
John, you forgot to add that the mosquitos at Waldo are legendary! In exchange for a pint of blood you may be able to coax a pair into towing your boat out from the ramp so you don't have to row... Mark Dvorscak M23 & M15 On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 21:30 John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Just in case anyone here is in the vicinity and wants to rendezvous - I am taking "Pajarita," my M17, to Waldo lake Thursday, coming back Monday.
If you are in the trailer-sailor vicinity and haven't been there, it's a treat - no gas motors allowed for one thing! Just sail, paddle, row; also, electric motors are OK, but seldom see them, the lake is ultraoligotrophic (having extremely clear water with very little organic material) so not much of a fishing lake. Used to be stocked but that stopped in 1990. Gas motors were banned in 2010.
There are three road access campgrounds on the east side; trail & boat access only on south west and north sides.
Shore camping spots here and there along the west shore for the most part. North end had a fire some years ago and is still burned over looking.
Best ramp in recent years is at North Waldo campground. Shadow Bay (south end) is somewhat off-kilter/broken up below water, and Islet point ramp also.
I will be going across to anchor in the bay behind Rhododendron island. Other than Shadow bay and North campground launch ramp bay, that is about the only really sheltered anchorage. And the only one that isn't right next to a launch ramp!
cheers, John
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
Mark's right, for landlubbers - not much of a problem out on the water, they don't go far from cover. I'm sleeping aboard of course! And, by this time of year they start to subside (depending per year on seasonal precip variations, how late spring ends, etc.). Some friends were camping up there a couple weeks ago, said it's past the early season feeding frenzy. Most Oregon mountain lakes have pretty intense mosquitoes early in summer...being mostly on a boat is a useful strategy! cheers, John On 8/20/19 11:19 AM, Mark Dvorscak wrote:
John, you forgot to add that the mosquitos at Waldo are legendary! In exchange for a pint of blood you may be able to coax a pair into towing your boat out from the ramp so you don't have to row... Mark Dvorscak M23 & M15
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 21:30 John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Just in case anyone here is in the vicinity and wants to rendezvous - I am taking "Pajarita," my M17, to Waldo lake Thursday, coming back Monday.
If you are in the trailer-sailor vicinity and haven't been there, it's a treat - no gas motors allowed for one thing! Just sail, paddle, row; also, eletric motors are OK, but seldom see them, the lake is ultraoligotrophic (having extremely clear water with very little organic material) so not much of a fishing lake. Used to be stocked but that stopped in 1990. Gas motors were banned in 2010.
There are three road access campgrounds on the east side; trail & boat access only on south west and north sides.
Shore camping spots here and there along the west shore for the most part. North end had a fire some years ago and is still burned over looking.
Best ramp in recent years is at North Waldo campground. Shadow Bay (south end) is somewhat off-kilter/broken up below water, and Islet point ramp also.
I will be going across to anchor in the bay behind Rhododendron island. Other than Shadow bay and North campground launch ramp bay, that is about the only really sheltered anchorage. And the only one that isn't right next to a launch ramp!
cheers, John
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
You can walk your boat to open water at Waldo. Many sailors do that. It's only three feet deep. Don't forget the ladder. On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 11:19 AM Mark Dvorscak <mdvorscak56@gmail.com> wrote:
John, you forgot to add that the mosquitos at Waldo are legendary! In exchange for a pint of blood you may be able to coax a pair into towing your boat out from the ramp so you don't have to row... Mark Dvorscak M23 & M15
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 21:30 John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Just in case anyone here is in the vicinity and wants to rendezvous - I am taking "Pajarita," my M17, to Waldo lake Thursday, coming back Monday.
If you are in the trailer-sailor vicinity and haven't been there, it's a treat - no gas motors allowed for one thing! Just sail, paddle, row; also, electric motors are OK, but seldom see them, the lake is ultraoligotrophic (having extremely clear water with very little organic material) so not much of a fishing lake. Used to be stocked but that stopped in 1990. Gas motors were banned in 2010.
There are three road access campgrounds on the east side; trail & boat access only on south west and north sides.
Shore camping spots here and there along the west shore for the most part. North end had a fire some years ago and is still burned over looking.
Best ramp in recent years is at North Waldo campground. Shadow Bay (south end) is somewhat off-kilter/broken up below water, and Islet point ramp also.
I will be going across to anchor in the bay behind Rhododendron island. Other than Shadow bay and North campground launch ramp bay, that is about the only really sheltered anchorage. And the only one that isn't right next to a launch ramp!
cheers, John
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
I just paddle it out, if you mean from the dock/cove at North boat ramp - usually with a SUP paddle I carry for such purposes. Sometimes there are puffs such that one can sail out. The other two ramps generally have some breeze available, if there's any on the lake, but like I said they are in pretty bad shape for something as big as an M17/trailer. Though last year, while kayaking up there, I saw a guy pull his Macgregor 21 or 22 out at Shadow bay. Bad ramp right next to dock so he backed in where the ramp was best, then he was wading and pushing the boat around onto the trailer. And he had a BIG truck to yank it up over the crooked concrete and gravel situation on that ramp. If I have to paddle it a longer distance (e.g. glassy conditions and I need to get somewhere) I tow with dinghy (for this trip, a kayak "dinghy"). Waldo is COLD water even this time of year, but wading is possible too, close to the shore. cheers, John On 8/20/19 11:55 AM, doug wrote:
You can walk your boat to open water at Waldo. Many sailors do that. It's only three feet deep. Don't forget the ladder.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 11:19 AM Mark Dvorscak <mdvorscak56@gmail.com> wrote:
John, you forgot to add that the mosquitos at Waldo are legendary! In exchange for a pint of blood you may be able to coax a pair into towing your boat out from the ramp so you don't have to row... Mark Dvorscak M23 & M15
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 21:30 John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Just in case anyone here is in the vicinity and wants to rendezvous - I am taking "Pajarita," my M17, to Waldo lake Thursday, coming back Monday.
If you are in the trailer-sailor vicinity and haven't been there, it's a treat - no gas motors allowed for one thing! Just sail, paddle, row; also, electric motors are OK, but seldom see them, the lake is ultraoligotrophic (having extremely clear water with very little organic material) so not much of a fishing lake. Used to be stocked but that stopped in 1990. Gas motors were banned in 2010.
There are three road access campgrounds on the east side; trail & boat access only on south west and north sides.
Shore camping spots here and there along the west shore for the most part. North end had a fire some years ago and is still burned over looking.
Best ramp in recent years is at North Waldo campground. Shadow Bay (south end) is somewhat off-kilter/broken up below water, and Islet point ramp also.
I will be going across to anchor in the bay behind Rhododendron island. Other than Shadow bay and North campground launch ramp bay, that is about the only really sheltered anchorage. And the only one that isn't right next to a launch ramp!
cheers, John
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
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