Lake of the Osarks

[J.P Smith]

My wife and I are moving to St. Louis from Atlanta tomorrow and I am wondering if anyone has any information regarding a decent sailing marina to move our CD to near St Louis on The Lake Of The Osarks. Anyone?



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[James A. Finley]

My wife and I are moving to St. Louis from Atlanta tomorrow and I am wondering if anyone has any information regarding a decent sailing marina to move our CD to near St Louis on The Lake Of The Osarks. Anyone?

The Lake of the Osarks is more of a power boat lake. I have a Cape Dory at Carlyle Lake, Carlyle, Illinois. There are two major marina's at Carlyle, West Access and the Boulder Marina. Both marina's are loaded with sailboats up to 32' in size. At Boulder where my boat is located, a 25'CD, there is one other CD, a 28 footer. Carlyle is a great recreation area with lots of outdoor activities including fishing, camping and other activities. There are some power boats and other water recreation craft on the lake but Carlyle is noted for sailboats. Both marina's offer racing and a Yacht Clubs.

Also the drive from downtown St. Louis to Carlyle is about one hour plus to the West Access Marina and another 20 min to Boulder. The drive to Lake of the Ozarks is 2 plus hours from St. Louis.

Feel free to e-mail me at photog@stlnet.com if you need other information.

James



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[Kevin Aubuchon]

I had my CD25 at Carlyle, and it is nice. The lake is about 3 x 8 miles, in the middle of flat farmland to get any available breeze. However, the lake can be shallow. Lake of the Ozarks is about 3 - 4.5 hours from St. Louis depending on where you live.

Another lake is Mark Twain, about 2 hrs northwest of St. Louis. It tends to wind around more, but its depth is better for sailboats. They have a web site if you search on Mark Twain lake. There is more of a sailing presence in St. Lous than most people realize.

good luck with your move,
kevin



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