Elk Lake Yatch Club “flatties” with Mt. Bachelor in the background. Photo courtesy, Deschutes Historical Museum. Originally published in Bend Magazine, July/August 2019 edition. With the wave of a flag, the twelve sailboats were off. The flatties picked up speed as the mountain winds came rushing down from Mount Bachelor. Searching for the best angle of attack, Ray Peoples steered his sixteen-foot Typhoon toward the buoy on the other side of Elk Lake. The first annual Elk Lake regatta of 1938 was off to a good start. Read more… Continue reading A Century of Sailing at the Elk Lake Yacht Club