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

Eardley Spit Cruise
by Dave Shearer 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Weather conditions for the Eardley Spit Cruise look very pleasant. Low 70's for temperatures and nice sailing winds. Winds will build later in the afternoon though. See you out there. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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CRANE DAY - BOATS MUST GO BACK IN THE WATER
by Dave Shearer 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

It looks like we will target the next crane day sometime around early to mid-July. We are hoping that dredging will be complete and docks will be put back together by that time. We will need all the boats on stands and cradles to go back into the water at that time or please make plans to remove boats from the marina parking lot. We will have a very limited space to store boats on trailers so please plan accordingly. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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EARDLEY SPIT CRUISE
by Dave Shearer 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

I have looked at all sorts of weather models for Saturday. To be brief, they are in complete agreement about it being a very pleasant day and are in complete disagreement with regards to wind. Some models show a nice sailing day. Some models show strong south winds. Some models show strong north winds. I will keep a keen eye to these models and give an update tomorrow. If we have strong south or north winds we may not be able to use our smaller support craft to get people to the beach. If this becomes the case we will postpone Eardley Spit cruise to a later date in the near future. If the winds look manageable for the small support craft then Eardley Spit cruise will happen this Saturday. One way or the other Eardley Spit Cruise will happen in the very near future. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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DREDGING Marina Mouth - UPDATE
by Dave Shearer 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

The dredge was broken most of yesterday so they will be dredging the mouth of the marina today AND all day tomorrow. Please do not go sailing if you don't need to. If they have to move the dredge for boats going in or out they will lose valuable time. The will be shutting down early tomorrow, around 6:15pm to accommodate those that want to go sailing tomorrow evening. Otherwise shut-down times will still be around 7pm to 7:30pm. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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EARDLEY SPIT
by Dave Shearer 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

Eardley Spit is this coming Saturday. The long-term forecast for Saturday looks great! I am planning on barbecuing so I would like to get a general head count. If you and guests are planning on attending Eardley Spit please give me a general head count for your boat. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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EARDLEY SPIT CRUISE - ONE WEEK AWAY
by Dave Shearer 03 Jun '17

03 Jun '17

The Harbor Master Eardley Spit Cruise is only one week away! Although long-term forecasts are unreliable the current long-term forecast shows 78 degrees with plenty of sunshine for next Saturday. We will have the Captain’s Meeting at 10am next Saturday at the marina pavilion. Please plan on being there. We have a few guests that do not have boats or do not have their boats in the water yet. They are looking for rides to the Spit, so if some of you can give them a ride it would be appreciated. Please plan on departing shortly after the Captain’s meeting for the Spit so you can get there in time for the barbecue. This is the first year for the barbecue. I will be providing Brats with buns and condiments. Side dishes are very welcome and appreciated. Beach games such as horse shoe and bocce ball will be set up. If you have a dingy please bring it. Otherwise we will have a few shuttle boats to take people to and from their boats although it is also an easy swim. Water temperature is 69⁰ today and it is expected to be in the low 70’s next Saturday. Some things to think about bringing: Shade, chairs, coolers, beverages, sunscreen, beach toys of your own, paddle boards, kayaks, etc. This is the cruise event of the year. Hope to see you there. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Dredging notice
by Dave Shearer 03 Jun '17

03 Jun '17

The dredge broke down today. The repair is easy but they must wait for parts. That means access to the lake will be unobstructed today, tomorrow and most of Monday. Go out and enjoy the lake. But stay off the reef and check your gas levels. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Saturday Morning Event
by Dave Shearer 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

Tomorrow morning Utah Open Water Swim will have swimmers paralleling the Deep Channel. Large green buoys have been attached to our existing green can buoys. The swimmers will finish the event by swimming through the marina mouth. The start of the race is at noon with the finish around 12:30pm. Please avoid the marina mouth during that time tomorrow. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Dredging IMPORTANT
by Dave Shearer 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

The Dredgers are ready to start working in the mouth of the marina. This work will take a couple of days and will require access to the lake to shut down or be very limited those days. Work will begin Monday and likely go into Tuesday. If you do not have to get out on the water those two days we would prefer you stay inside the marina so they can successfully and safely dredge the mouth and the hump just outside the mouth. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Mixed News on Dredging
by Dave Shearer 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

The dredgers have run into a hard-pan layer recently. This layer is very tough to get through with current equipment. This may cause us to change the focus of dredging. The original plan, with the available money, was to dredge E dock, D dock, the Ranger dock, the Service dock, the main channel inside the marina from the Ranger dock through the mouth as well as the launch ramp through the mouth to a level of 4185.3 feet msl (mean sea level). The hard pan has been hit at a depth of 4187.5 feet msl, or 2.2 feet shallower than our goal. In the original plan B dock and C dock were not to be dredged. Then additional money was found. Enough to dredge from A dock through the NW slips of B dock gaining us 21 more usable slips. But with the discovery of the hardpan it does not look financially feasible to dredge down to 4185.3 feet msl. We have gone back to the drawing board and are looking at dredging the WHOLE NW basin (A through E dock, Ranger and Service Dock) down to a level of 4187.5 msl with the following exceptions: 1. Most of the NW side of E dock has already been dredged to a depth of 4185.3 msl 2. Most of D dock has been dredged to a depth of 4186 msl 3. Marina mouth to the boat ramp would be dredged to 4195.3 msl With this proposal, at the current lake level of 4195.5 msl it would give us 8 feet of water minimum through the NW basin with E dock, launch ramp and marina mouth being about 10.2 We are hoping to still gain about a foot of water from the 302% snowpack still sitting in the upper elevations of the Wasatch and Uinta mountains. If that happens we might see a low lake level sometime in November of 4195 msl or about ½ lower than we are now. If we dont see that foot of rise we could see a lake level this fall of 4194 msl which would leave the shallower areas in the NW basin with a depth of about 6.5 before the lake rises again early next winter. In short, we may not gain as much depth, due to the hardpan, as we were hoping, but we would gain 90 more slips in addition to the 80 slips already dredged with enough water to be used through the year. Instead of completing the dredging in the next two weeks it may take through June to complete digging. Docks would begin to be put back together before the end of June though. I just wanted to keep you up on where we are with things. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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