Board chairman thanked swimming and rowing representatives for making submissions and said their issues would be considered at a public-excluded meeting of the Roys Bay Working Group later yesterday.
Cr Cocks said a proposal to designate a no-boats area and remove the ski lane in front of Edgewater Resort must come back to the board as a formal proposal and then be advertised for public comment.
"It will take some time. In the meantime, we all have to recognise the five-knot area and manage it [conflict between powered and non-powered lake users] the best way we can . . . The formal process should be sorted out early next year. It won't be done before Christmas," Cr Cocks said.
Wanaka Rowing Club captain Amanda Inkster said the club generally supported a no-boating area in Roys Bay.
"We would like to make people aware we have between 12 and 20 kids on the lake at 6am, Monday to Friday, and adults and juniors in the weekends. We are not sure people are aware we have so many people on the lake," Mrs Inkster said.
The club tried to keep younger rowers close to the shore for safety reasons and one or two motorised "coach boats" accompanied the rowers.
The rowers launched opposite the Upper Clutha A&P Showgrounds, near McDougall St, because it was close to their boat shed.
This area is inside the proposed swimmers-only area and Mrs Inkster hoped any designation would recognise coach boats might be briefly in the area.
"Generally, we try to keep the boats off the shallow shore line because of rocks and things," Mrs Inkster said.
Swimmer Anna Kate Hutter, Constable Mike Johnston and Challenge Wanaka event director Victoria Murray-Orr also made submissions supporting a Roys Bay swimming area for families and swimmers.
Mr Cocks also confirmed a new bylaw takes effect from December 1, pushing the five-knot speed restriction to 200m off-shore.
The yellow five-knot buoys are set at 100m but they sometimes appear closer or further away because of rises and falls in the lake level.
The 200m buoy line has not yet been marked.
