February 2017 - GSL-Marina - mailman.xmission.com

Fw: Water Levels? Skype from Mexico. Unique Valentine's Day gift. Catalina Cat Cruise.
by B.T.Pratt 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

Somewhere in here is the agenda for Bonneville Sailing’s 6th. free seminar on Thursday, Feb. 16, 7:00 pm at the Provo Boat Harbor. ~Bry From: Bonneville School of Sailing Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 9:49 AM To: btpratt(a)infowest.com Subject: Water Levels? Skype from Mexico. Unique Valentine's Day gift. Catalina Cat Cruise. Happy Valentines Day! Broadcasting LIVE, via Skype, from sunny Barra de Navidad, Mexico Seminar # 5 Thursday, February 16, 2017 Clay & Kim Chivers, Provo Marina dock mates... tell us Mexico has more to offer than just quiet cactus lined coves. If you've ever been curious about sailing in Mexican waters, bring your questions: (How did you first get into sailing? How did you make the jump to cursing? What was the scariest situation you have been in? What is a typical day in your cruising life? What sailing skill of yours have improved the most? What do you miss the most about living on land when you are on your boat? What are the 5 most important books you have with you? What is your favorite meal to cook on your boat? How do you provision your boat? How long do you usually stay in one area? What features do you love the most about your boat?) and talk direct, via Skype, to Clay and Kim. Seminar #6 Thursday, February 23, 2017 NEW HORIZONS MARITIME CENTER What we've been up to. Fourth grade students learn about how a sail boat works. Utah Lake Commission Public School System Field Trips, at ULSP. Scouts learn how to "flake" a sail. NHMC has a fleet of Stars that will serve not only as restoration projects, but historically important sailing platforms. The Bella 10 is introduced at TWSBA. Are you an educator, or parent that would like maritime subjects introduced to your students? Give us a call 801-404-0098 One of four Bella 10's being built at Glendale Middle School. How would this STEAM project impact your school? DeWitt trying to commandeer crew for the next Viking ship leaving port. Thanksgiving Point Renaissance Faire. Recently donated by a Colorado judge, this E-scow has a "Hot Rod Lincoln"reputation. After a bona fide thrill ride, we managed to squeeze in a knock down, just before sundown. But wait...NHMC has been doing much more. Join us February 23 to find out what's on our calendar. If you are an educator, looking for new/innovative STEM based, hands on maritime educational opportunities, we would like to talk to you. At-risk youth Scout groups Community out-reach programs Public school presentations Corporate team building Valentines Day Special Discover Sailing 2 for 1 price. $99.00 ($190 value) Call Louise 801-636-5204 Of all the iterations of the venerable CCC's I've consumed throughout the eons, the recipe below has to be one of the best. Those who attended Winter Sailing Seminar #4, know of what I speak. Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) Butter, Softened 3/4 Cup Brown Sugar 1/4 Cup White Sugar 1 small package of Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix 2 Eggs 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 2 1/4 Cups All Purpose Flour 1 teaspoon Baking Soda 1 package (12 ounces) Milk Chocolate Chips Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Beat the butter, both sugars, pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Beat until creamy and fluffy. Slowly mix in the flour and baking soda. Hand stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoonfuls, onto a an un-greased cookie sheet. Bake for ONLY 9-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool about 10 minutes before eating. Thanks to Susan Judd for this most outstanding contribution to our seminars. Catamaran Cruise to Catalina Island. March 15 - 18, 2016. Want to learn "big cat" systems? Build your confidence for your next BVI charter. (Picking up a mooring ball, anchoring, chart plotter use, radar, paper charts, head systems, twin diesel engines, MOB recovery, electric winches, reefing, galley systems, AIS, VHF to harbor master communications, Catalina mooring procedures, dinghy operation.) And do it all on board a new Fountaine Pajot Helia 44? Combating Mold and Mildew. Some thoughts on humidity on your boat. Life is Like Sailing You Tube. One of the top 5 cool things I discovered at the Seattle Boat show, HyperVent, venting mattress pad. Reduces mold between mattress and gel coat surfaces. Personal experience has proven that "Driveway Heat" (accept no substitutes), poured into a small plastic colander (suspended in an ice cream bucket) will suck out all kinds of moisture from your over-wintering boats interior. How about high quality ( $expensive$ ) air filters for removing mold spores? Make a few small solar air circulators to help keep mildew and mold down. Some mold / health factoids. Turn your West Wight Potter into a screamin' machine. with 3Di technology. It ain't over, til it's over. Vendee Globe boats still out on the water. Utah Lake continues to inch up. Looks like the lake-o-meter had an issue around January 17. High tide? This just in from Gene Shawcroft, CUWCD. The green line is our water year.....so far :) Hobble Creek runoff feeds into Utah Lake. Lake levels should be interesting this year. Bonneville School of Sailing www.bonnevillesailing.com 801.636.5204 Click to visit Bonneville School of Sailing! You can unsubscribe or update your subscription to this newsletter here: Manage Subscription

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D Dock Disassemble & Lobbying
by Janet Robins 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

Just a reminder to LOBBY LOBBY LOBBY - current funding only allows for the mouth of the marina and D & E docks to be dredged. WE NEED MORE MONEY! We need everyone to write those letters to the Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee urging them to give us more money to complete the dredging project more thoroughly. Details were sent out in last week's email - please email me at janet(a)thesafetyconsortium.com<mailto:janet@thesafetyconsortium.com> if you have any questions... From: GSL-Marina [mailto:gsl-marina-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Shearer Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 3:49 PM To: gsl-marina(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [GSL-Marina] DREDGING Thought you might all like this. D dock being disassembled in preparation for dredging. [cid:image001.jpg@01D286BE.D8B34060] Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142 [skull and crossbones]

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DREDGING
by Dave Shearer 13 Feb '17

13 Feb '17

Thought you might all like this. D dock being disassembled in preparation for dredging. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Sad News
by Dave Shearer 13 Feb '17

13 Feb '17

The marina community has lost one of its own. Dr. Ernst Rodin passed away suddenly on February 5th. He was an avid sailor and had a boat on B dock for many years. He lived a full life and died at the age of 91. His obituary can be seen on www.sltrib.com Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Lake Level / Snowpack / Dredging
by Dave Shearer 12 Feb '17

12 Feb '17

It is a new year with lots of promise for lake level. Today we are about 164% snowpack for the Great Salt Lake drainage area. Water watchers are estimating the lake could come up 2 to 5 feet. Don't get overly excited but at least we are in a much better situation than last year. Soil saturation is also good so we should see some good, hopeful spring runoff totals. I have spent a great deal of time on the water this winter and it is incredible to see how much fresh water is flowing on top of the salt water right now. Currents are running strong. Although actual dredging has not begun yet the preliminary work is going on now. I should have a dredging update sometime tomorrow but rest assured that we are finally there. We are physically moving forward. In anticipation of a good spring runoff I am thinking of having a crane day late March for those boats with a draft of four feet or less. Please email me and let me know if you are interested in a late March crane day. And if you are start thinking of doing that necessary work to get your boats back in the water. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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ACTION ALERT - Lobby for Dredging Money
by Janet Robins 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

ACTION ALERT! GSL Marina Users, Sorry for the delay in getting this out to you - but I needed to make sure we had our facts and amounts correct before we started lobbying. We need to quickly start efforts to lobby for additional monies to get the dredging in the marina done right. The current funding of 1.5 million received in 2015, is not quite enough to adequately dredge the marina, due to several unforeseen factors. $100,000 has already used for engineering fees, leaving 1.4 million for dredging. The current funds will allow for partial dredging of the inner marina channel, the launch ramp, the launch ramp channel and two docks in the NW basin. This will make the marina 25% functional. We need more money. Please ask for One Time Supplemental General Funds to the FY2017 Budget (important that you use this wording). We need an additional $507,000 to complete the dredging in the NW basin, and we need an additional $900,000 (on top of the $507,000 for a total of 1.4 million) to dredge the south basin. My hope is that we can at least convince them to give us the $507,000 which would mean, we should be able to get all the boats back in the water. Please write to your Senator and Representative, let them know you are a constituent in their voting district, and urge them to ask the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee to give us ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING to complete the dredging project. If you do not know who your Senator and Representative are you can find out who they are here: http://le.utah.gov/GIS/findDistrict.jsp Please also write to the attached list of members of the 2017 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee and ask them to approve this funding as well. State Parks already requested this funding and they were turned down. So when you write to the Legislators, please be respectful, make your email short and to the point. I think it would be helpful, if you spelled out how long you have had a boat in the GSL marina, how many years you have been paying slip rent, how much slip rent you have paid over the years - and how much slip rent they have lost from you over the past two years because the marina was not functional. Please also tell them why you love this state park. I have attached a flyer that I have sent to everyone on the committee. You do not need to send it to them again, I am only attaching it so you can see what they have been told. Please let me know if you have any questions. Janet Robins GSLYC Commodore

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ACTION ALERT - URC Unveils New Tax Relief Bill!
by Janet Robins 07 Feb '17

07 Feb '17

Please contact your legislators and ask them to Vote yes for SB 151 (see below) Stopping overuse and wasted water – means less water has to be diverted from the GSL From: Darin Mann [mailto:darin@utahrivers.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 1:41 PM Subject: Fwd: URC Unveils New Tax Relief Bill! [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e86be07a004e70a601c3568a/images/9885e72d-4fb…]<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…> URC Unveils New Property Tax Relief Bill We have a great new bill to put tax money back in your pocket and help eliminate widespread water waste at the same time. Senate Bill 151, co-sponsored by Senator Jim Dabakis and Senator Howard Stephenson, would reduce property tax collections by large Utah water suppliers. These taxes are used to lower the price of water, thereby encouraging overuse and water waste. This high water use is the justification these same water suppliers use to lobby for billions in spending for destructive projects like the proposed Bear River Water Grab and Lake Powell Pipeline. SB 151 would provide tax relief for thousands of Utah families and businesses, while benefiting low-income residents. So passing the bill seems like a slam-dunk in a fiscally conservative state like Utah, right? Not so fast. Water suppliers who collect these property taxes use this tax money on lobbyists to keep this property tax in place. That's why it is vital your legislators know you want to eliminate water waste by phasing out these property taxes. Call or email your legislators and tell them to VOTE YES on SB 151!!! New Video: Are You Ready For The Storm? Many Utahns are focused on how diverting the Bear River upstream of the Great Salt Lake will impact the millions of birds that depend upon the Lake. But the proposed $2.5 billion diversion would also heavily impact the air quality along the entire Wasatch Front by creating massive dust storms in Utah, like the one experienced in April 2015. We are nearly half way through the legislative session and you know what that means — get ready for the surprisingly awful bills held until the last possible moment to try and avoid public scrutiny. We’ve been waiting for the bill that would fund proposed Bear River development and pollute our air, but it is still not out yet. That's why we produced a video exploring the impacts to our air quality from Bear River development. Click Here<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…> to view the video and share it with your friends! [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3e86be07a004e70a601c3568a/images/03eb2bc2-6c1…]<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…> Please help us protect Utah’s air quality by contacting your legislators and telling them to Vote NO on funding Bear River development. Share this video<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c3…> with your friends and family and ask them to contact their legislators as well. Join the Fight Join URC Staff for a Lobby Day on Wednesday, February 8th from 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM. Take the next step to engage in the fight to protect Utah’s amazing rivers! The Lobby Day will be held at the State Capitol and will start with a brief training at 10:00 AM in the Seagull Room of the Capitol Building. Please RSVP by filling out this form<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…>, emailing darin(a)utahrivers.org<mailto:darin@utahrivers.org> or call us at 801-486-4776. Can’t come but want to contribute to the cause? Make a donation to the URC today! Donate Now<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…> [Facebook]<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…> [Twitter]<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…> [Website]<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c35…> Utah Rivers Council 1055 E 2100 S Ste 201 Salt Lake City, UT 84106 (801)486-4776 This email was sent to darin(a)utahrivers.org<mailto:darin@utahrivers.org> why did I get this?<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage2.com/about?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c3568a&i…> unsubscribe from this list<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c3…> update subscription preferences<http://utahrivers.us12.list-manage2.com/profile?u=3e86be07a004e70a601c3568a…> Utah Rivers Council · 1055 East 2100 South, Suite 204 · Salt Lake City, UT 84106 · USA [Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…>

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Fw: State of the Lake, Seattle Boat Show.
by B.T.Pratt 07 Feb '17

07 Feb '17

Here’s the notice for Bonneville Sailing’s fourth free sailing/boating seminar. ~Bry From: Bonneville School of Sailing Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 10:35 AM To: btpratt(a)infowest.com Subject: State of the Lake, Seattle Boat Show. State of the Lake Better come early for this one In the past, this topic has been standing room only capacity. Winter Sailing Seminar # 4 Presented by Eric Ellis, Executive Director, Utah Lake Commission. Thursday, February 9, 7 - 8:30 PM Utah Lake State Park Visitors Center. The historical beginnings of the "New Utah Lake". A formal, documented vision for Utah Lake began in 2009, with the formation of the Utah Lake Commission, and the resulting "Utah Lake Master Plan". AND Chris Elison, Project Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District "Enough water evaporates off of Utah Lake annually to fill Deer Creek Reservoir 2 times. Our presentation will cover a brief history of water rights for Utah Lake, how transbasin water from the Central Utah Project and Provo River effects Utah Lake, and other items of interest". Great information for anyone who sails on Utah's inland lakes. Seminar # 5 February 16 Skype from Mexico Dock mates from our own Provo Marina will be coming to us "live" from sunny Mexico. Get your questions ready for seasoned southern sailors Clay and Kim Chivers. Sail the brand new Fountaine Pajot Helia 44 to Catalina Island 2 Singles and 1 State Room left Optional "Night Sailing" course offered by Marina Sailing on return to Long Beach. Don't forget our end of cruise, crew gathering at Parker's Lighthouse Restaurant. Always a great way to enjoy our Catalina Adventure Cruise memories. 2017 Seattle Boat Show and 44' Maple Leaf Inspection. A beautiful City with major traffic challenges and a mushrooming homeless population. But a mind-boggling array of Asian restaurants. Doing a walk through inspection of this 1982, 44' Maple Leaf pilot house sloop. Prospective owner Gary taking it all in. Back at the boat show, I was impressed with the acres and acres of boats and boat stuff. My main interests were the exhibition booths. Anyone interested in $500 Dubarry sailing boots? Or maybe I could "trade up" from my 6 HP black beast on Boaty? Fisheries Supply, near Lake Union, has reasonable prices and lots of cool stuff. Attended about 3 days of classes. Lots of information on sailing up the B.C. coast to Alaska. Impressive stories about tides and currents. Timing is everything. The most frequently heard book / guide titles for the inside passage were: "Ports and Passes" "Waggoner Cruising Guide" "Local Knowledge, a Skippers Reference" Other cool stuff learned at the Seattle Boat Show: Dent Island, luxury in the wilderness. Before our modern day computers, a mechanical "tide predicting machine" constructed of pulleys and wheels, got the job done. Ripple Rock removed. My favorite topic. Which anchor is best? Trusted Traveler Programs...could be worth looking into. Bishops Bay Hot Springs. Dial-A-Buoy. Mt. Rainier on the way home. Bonneville School of Sailing www.bonnevillesailing.com 801.636.5204 Click to visit Bonneville School of Sailing! You can unsubscribe or update your subscription to this newsletter here: Manage Subscription

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