Speedboat to Crystal Bay (Burnt Cedar Beach)

I've paddled to Speedboat several times but this is the first time that I've paddled out of it. It's a long way to carry your board to the beach, including a few stairs, but totally worth it. This is definitely one of the most beautiful spots on the lake. Logistically there's not much of a place to load your board back into a bag at the end, but I did it on the walkway. There's a port-a-potty, but not much else.

We started around 9:45 and the water was so calm that we rounded the point by the wall and set off across Crystal Bay. Flat water, very few boats. It hardly felt like we were moving but we were doing 17 minute miles. We paddled to some houses in between the beaches at Incline and then made our way back along the shore. We paddled by Burnt Cedar Beach and the enormous and deserted beach next to it that must be private.

The wind kicked a little around 11 (as usual) and there were a bunch of water ski boats out so we had to work a little bit to get home. The shore is very rocky and deep. We passed Stillwater Cove community and a bunch of houses. Then back to Speedboat...

I had some trouble with the "Map My Run" app because an ad came up and I couldn't turn it off. But altogether it was 7-1/4 miles at an average of 20 minutes each.  Here's the map: