April 2011 - GSL-Marina - mailman.xmission.com

Members Cup Race
by BRYANT PRATT 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Racers, The Members' Cup Race is scheduled for this Saturday, April 23. This is the second race in the Offshore Series. We will be racing for the following trophies . . . a.. Ric Simmons Trophy: Perpetual trophy awarded to 1st place on corrected time of all yachts racing in the Members Cup offshore event; b.. Shalom Cup: Perpetual trophy awarded to 1st place on corrected time of A-fleet yachts racing in the Members Cup offshore event; c.. Thomas-King Trophy: Perpetual trophy awarded to 1st place on corrected time of B-fleet yachts racing in the Members Cup offshore event; d.. Baty Cup: Perpetual trophy awarded to 1st place on corrected time of C-fleet yachts racing in the Members Cup offshore event; and for points towards . . . a.. Trustees Cup: Perpetual trophy awarded to 1st place based on overall PHRF corrected finishes of all yachts racing in six of the eight offshore events. The skippers' meeting will be held on the patio at 0930. Racing will start at "S" mark at 1100. The RC boat will be Narragansett. The 12-mile course will be S-6-S. A course chart with the course and buoy lat-lon locations is attached as a PDF file. There will be one start. Scoring will be PHRF time-on-time. One-design fleet boats will be scored using their GSLYC PHRF rating. Bryant Pratt GSLYC RC

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Sailing Movie
by PAULSCHOCKER＠comcast.net 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

http://youtu.be/E-8wbEmX0xI

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Construction Update
by Dave Shearer 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

GSL Slip Renters and Marina Users. Well, the long awaited date is finally here. They begin work on the new building next week. For most of you this will not be much of an issue. For some of you, though, such as the rowing clubs and the marina users in the southern basin, this may cause some minor inconvenience for you at times. They will have to trench across the parking lot. There may be some big equipment in the southern parking lot at times. We will be meeting with construction crews on regular basis. They will try to keep disruptions to a minimum. They will also assure, to the best of their ability, to have no disruptions during Wednesday afternoons and weekends. If you still have property (vessels, cradles, trailers) in the old unsecured storage, NOW IS THE TIME TO MOVE IT. Everything MUST be gone by the end of next week. SUNSPOT Party. Thanks to everyone that showed up to the Sunspot party. Awesome Food! Awesome weather. Dave

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Party and Water being turned on
by Dave Shearer 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

GSL Slip Renters. Looking at the long term weather forecast, it looks like we FINALLY go into a warming spell mid to late next week. So that is where I am aiming at getting the water back on to the park. As for the Sunspot party planned for Saturday, the weather is looking good. I am planning on doing some chicken. If you could just do an rsvp so I can get a rough estimate how much to plan for, that would help. Thanks Dave

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Spring Regatta Races
by BRYANT PRATT 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

Racers, Here's what we've been waiting for! The first weekend races of the Spring Regatta Series are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, April 16-17. Skippers' meetings will held each day on the covered patio at 1030 hrs. There will be up to 3 buoy races each day with racing starting at 1200. Starts will be at "C" mark and courses will be posted on the RC boat course board. Narragansett will be the committee boat. The number of starts for each race will be determined from the participation count at the skippers meeting. Scoring will be by fleet using PHRF time-on-distance time correction. There will be a post-race meeting to announce results on the patio (and don't forget Dave's "Sunspot" party at 1700). Just a reminder of the requirements for participating in the GSLYC racing program. (See Notice of Race for details.) a.. Racing fees paid (season or event or day, member or non-member) b.. Signed Informed Consent form c.. Signed PHRF rating certificate d.. Signed up for Race Committee duty for two events If you need to take care of any of these requirements, please do so before the skippers meeting. Race Committee will be in the YC office from 1000. If you need to signup for RC duty, go to www.GSLYC.org, click on Racing, click on Committee Boat Schedule, pick two events that are open and send an e-mail to Darin Christensen (webmaster(a)gslyc.org) with your choices. Bryant Pratt GSLYC RC

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IT's All About The Sunspots Party!
by Dave Shearer 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

GSL Slip Renters and Marina Users. OK, I figure you are probably getting tired of my emails today. Been a busy day. But this one is a good one. It is time to celebrate the raising of the lake to PRE-DROUGHT Levels. We have had a tough decade and a very scary year last year where we a lake level that just about ended sailing at the Great Salt Lake Marina. It was a scary sight to see boats raising out of their slip this last November as their keels were on the bottom. But after an INCREDIBLE winter and spring, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. It's All About The Sunspots! Party at Trestledock (the Harbormaster's deck and residence at the marina). Caribbean theme potluck dishes. BYOB. A bonfire will be going. This Saturday, 5pm. Hope to see you there. Dave

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Re: [GSL-Marina] Non-spinnaker Racing at the G.S.L.
by BRYANT PRATT 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Fellow Sailors, I've had only two replies to my previous query (one yes and one maybe), so let's try again . . . Are you interested in racing your sailboat on the Great Salt Lake but don't have, or don't want to use, a spinnaker? If we can get five (5) boats to commit to racing without spinnakers in the buoy races at least some of the tiem, we can have our own fleet -- D-fleet. The buoy races would be the Wednesday Night Series races and the seasonal Regatta Weekends races. D-fleet would be scored separately from the spinnaker fleets in the buoy races, and often (depending on how may boats are racing that day) have it's own starts and courses. D-fleet would include all handicap ratings and PHRF handicaps would be applied to finishing times. If you are interested in participating or just want more information, e-mail me at brypratt(a)q.com or call me at 801-262-4243. If you are new to racing at the GSL, I'll help you with your paperwork to get started. In the Offshore Series races and special trophy races, a D-fleet boat would race in the fleet which includes its base handicap rating. Not using a spinnaker improves a boat's handicap rating by 12 seconds per mile (along with any other equipment adjustments). Many (if not most) yacht clubs have non-spinnaker racing, so let's get with it here at the GSLYC. The first buoy races are the Spring Regatta on Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17 (up to 3 races per day). The Wednesday Night Series races start May 4. We need to know if there is to be a D-fleet before the April 16 races. Bryant Pratt RC D-fleet Captain

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New Code Instructions
by Dave Shearer 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

GSL Slip Renters, By now you should have received a couple emails from me regarding rekeying and recoding the marina. We have had a security concern come up. To protect our patron's property, we have decided to error on the side of caution and do the rekeying and recoding. If you have a current contract in. And if you have a good email (I had several emails kick back to be as bad), then you should have individually received an email from me with the new gate code. If you did not get the gate code email and you have a valid contract please email me and I will get you the code. We use two different email systems when emailing you. This email, which is the mass mailer email. And the secure email, which is only sent to valid contract holders. PLEASE, as a friendly reminder, DO NOT SHARE THE CODE. The only ones that should have this code are valid slip renters. Guests must not have the code. We just spent a lot of money to make sure that your property is protected to the best level we can. Rest assured that the security concern was not caused by a current slip renter. It was caused elsewhere. But we want to keep codes and keys as secure as possible. Thank you, for your understanding with this matter. Dave Shearer Harbormaster Great Salt Lake State Marina 801-250-1898

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Re-keying the marina
by Dave Shearer 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

GSL Slip Renters. Because of an unfortunate situation we will be completely rekeying the whole park this week. This means none of your keys will work by the weekend. Nor will the gate code. I will be sending you individual emails with the new code and instructions on how to get an updated key We are sorry for the inconvenience. But it is better for us to error on the safe side. Thank you, Dave Dave Shearer Harbormaster Great Salt Lake State Marina 801-250-1898

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Lakeside Field Trip
by Dave Shearer 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Wow! What a response to the Field Trip! We have a tentative date for the field trip to the Lakeside Pumps. Thursday, May 26th. Keep posted. We are just waiting for final approval from Union Pacific. Dave Dave Shearer Harbormaster Great Salt Lake State Marina 801-250-1898

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