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

Crane Day
by Dave Shearer 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

We will have another crane day in the near future. But in order to plan for that I need to get a feel for those that want to go back in. Space may be limited at this point until dredging is complete. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Masts overhanging docks
by Dave Shearer 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

For those that just put your boats back in the water. We have several masts that are blocking the path down the docks. We need to start getting masts up or have you move the masts back so that people can safely walk down the docks. Can you please move your masts or raise your masts by mid-next week? Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Access To Lake - Dredging
by Dave Shearer 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

GSL Slip Renters and Marina Users. Many of you, now that your boats are back in the water, want to go sailing. Totally understandable. Yet every time the dredgers have to stop to let a boat out it shuts them down for a while before they can get back into position. So they are proposing the following schedule to accommodate those that want to sail. Monday through Saturday the channel will be open from 7:30am to 8:00am, from 12:30pm to 1:00pm, and from 5:00pm to 5:30pm. The channel will be clear after sunset. On Sunday the channel will be open all day. Hope that works. Thanks for your understanding. By the way - the mouth is 5.3' deep now. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Dredging
by Dave Shearer 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

See? It is not an April Fool joke! DREDGING Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU
by Dave Shearer 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

We had a very successful crane day today shattering the old record set two years ago for craning boats. We put 52 boats in today in 6.5 hours. INCREDIBLE. The old record was 48 boats in 10 hours. And it was all due to the Great Salt Lake Emergency Response team and the marina community donating their time to make it happen very quickly, efficiently and safely. Crews drove boats, slung boats, drove tractors towing boats, catch boats as they came into docks, and we had volunteers bring food out to feed us. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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DREDGING
by Dave Shearer 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

IT HAS BEGUN IN FOR REAL! They dredged all day today! We put 52 boats in today. Actual dredging activity began today. The lake has come up 2.5' feet (normal lake rise for the whole year is 2 feet) and we probably have at least another 2 feet to come up. HAPPY 2017! Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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CRANE NOTICE - IMPORTANT
by Dave Shearer 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

The cranes have arrived tonight. ALL VOLUNTEERS PLEASE PLAN TO BE HERE NO LATER than 7:30am tomorrow so we can beat the strong winds coming in later tomorrow night. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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CRANE DAY - IMPORTANT
by Dave Shearer 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

We have some wind coming our way at the end of this week. For that reason I am bumping the crane up to earlier Thursday morning. We are going to make our best shot at getting everyone in on Thursday. That is 54 boats to get in on one day. If all our volunteers could plan to be here around 7:30am we can get an earlier shot and get boats moving. We are hoping to get the crane here Wednesday evening to set up. Let me know if you can make it or if it is a problem. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Lake Level
by Harbormaster 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

Want some good news this morning? We are nearly a foot higher than this time last year. And there is a LOT of water heading our way. Dave

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DREDGING
by Dave Shearer 04 Apr '17

04 Apr '17

It looks like the contractors are going to start up dredging again this afternoon. They had to do some adjustments to their equipment but it looks like the adjustments will work. We learned from the dredging attempts on Saturday that they cannot control where the pipe floats to while dredging. This means that the path inside the marina may well be blocked off while dredging happens. For this reason we are going to try and schedule specific times during the day that people can exit the marina to go sailing or to return back to the marina. The dredgers will also monitor channel 81 and can move out of the way to accommodate you coming in or out of the marina mouth. But realize every time they have to shut down the crane for a boat entering or exiting a marina means they cannot dredge. I will let you know when we work out a time schedule. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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