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2023年1月30日

据赛艇新闻报道，纳托马湖平静的水域是划船的理想场所。

The magazine’s list of 北美十大赛艇场馆 ranked Lake Natoma No. 3 in the United States, behind Montlake Cut in Washington and Florida’s Nathan Benderson Park.

“It’s a nice surprise,” said Cindi Dulgar, 萨克拉门托州立水上运动中心 associate director. “We’re great because of the people that support us.

“We get to enjoy the lake every day, and this brings recognition back to the University.”

水上运动中心定期举办西海岸帆船赛。 They include: Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, USRowing Southwest Youth Championships, Pac-12 Rowing Championships, Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, Women’s NCAA Rowing Championships, and, in 2022, the U.S. Canoe/Kayak Team Trials.

“This is such a beautiful place.” -- Brian Dulgar, Aquatic Center director

纳托马湖位于Nimbus大坝后面，由福尔索姆大坝释放的美国河供水，是一个州立公园，适合钓鱼和划船，周围有远足，骑自行车和骑马的小径。

“It’s one of the stillest lakes,” said Brian Dulgar, the Aquatic Center director and Cindi Dulgar’s spouse. “The water is super protected by the landscape. … It takes much higher winds than other places to make it unrowable.”

说到赛艇场地，公平是关键。

“There are some venues in the country that are susceptible to inclement weather, with winds that pick up in the afternoon, making some lanes more favorable than others,” Dulgar said.

在20世纪80年代早期，纳托马湖只不过是福尔索姆湖放水的一个水库。 海岸岩石太多，不能下水。 唯一的设施是漏水的Quonset小屋。

“This was all rocks,” Aquatic Center rowing manager DeDe Birch said. “The state park was a little turn-in circle for parking and nothing else. There wasn’t even a picnic table.

“You had to climb over rocks to get to the water.”

Grant money and a partnership between the California Department of Parks and Recreation and 囊状态’s Associated Students 公司。 resulted in upgrades such as a sloped beach area, launch ramps, a spectator pavilion, and a fishing dock.

一个由8英里长的电缆组成的系统可以在水下6英尺处搭建起来，把这个湖变成一个一流的赛艇场地，也是美国为数不多的可以拥有7条并排的2000米赛艇的地方之一。

“When we put the course out, it’s a giant, wire grid,” Birch said. “When you see all the buoys lined up, north to south, it looks like the perfect chessboard.”

当比赛结束后，湖回到了一个共享的公共空间。

“We’re able to pull off a championship regatta, and the very next day the state park can go back to its natural state,” Cindi Dulgar said. “We have picnickers and baby baptisms and all kinds of people using the state park the next day, as it’s also intended.”

Lake Natoma is where both the 囊状态 women’s rowing team and 囊状态 Rowing Club practice. 伯奇经营着一个高中项目，在高峰期，该项目包括来自萨克拉门托地区的200多名学生。

The lake also is home to Birch’s program for post-collegiate athletes ranging from 23 to 78 years old.

即将来临的事件 纳托马湖的景点包括：

• 3月12日、4月16日、22日：首都船员联盟比赛
• 4月13日至15日：美国皮划艇奥运队选拔赛
• 4月28-30日：WIRA赛艇锦标赛
• 5月4日至7日：西南青少年赛艇锦标赛
• 5月13日：西海岸会议和西部冲刺赛艇锦标赛
• 5月20日：淘金大师帆船赛
• Oct. 27–28: Head of the American Rowing Regatta

除了一个星期的寒假和高水位期间（比如最近的暴雨造成的），水上运动中心全年运营，出租皮划艇、独木舟和桨板，并提供课程和青年营地。

布莱恩·杜尔加（Brian Dulgar）说，水上运动中心每年接待约5万人。

“This is such a beautiful place,” he said. “There’s something about being on the water. You can have a miserable day, and you come out here and it just clears your mind.”