JUST OFF OF INTERSTATE 80 EAST OF TRUCKEE IS BOCA RESERVOIR. BOCA IS A SMALL ALPINE LAKE SO THERE IS NOT MUCH FETCH FOR WAVES TO FORM.  THIS MAKES BOCA A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN BUT BRING BIGGER WINGS AS THE WIND IS USUALLY A LITTLE LIGHTER THAN OTHER REGIONAL LAKES.  YOU WILL WANT TO LAUNCH FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE, ON STAMPEDE MEADOWS RD. PAST THE DAM (DO NOT CROSS THE DAM). THERE ARE SEVERAL DIRT ACCESS ROADS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE, BUT WE USUALLY TAKE THE SECOND LEFT PAST THE FINGER OF WATER THAT COMES RIGHT UP TO THE ROAD.  BOCA ALSO HAS A CAMPGROUND IF YOU WANT TO EXTEND YOUR SESSION FOR A FEW DAYS. BREEZES PICK UP IN THE AFTERNOON ON MOST SUMMER DAYS and is onshore to side onshore depending on how much south is in the breeze.  BOCA DOES TEND TO HAVE A LOT OF MOTORIZED VESSELS, SO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT iS GOING ON AROUND YOU.