Marina News June 3, 2008 Great Salt Lake Marina Current Conditions Lake Level 4196.0 Trend Steady Currents Most currents are running low to moderate Water Temp: 75 degrees Weather Predictions for Wednesday and Weekend Activities (Based on current charts reported 6-2-08) Wednesday Cloudy, Stormy at times with showers, thunderstorms and lightning possible. Blustery NW winds with moderate to heavy seas. NW winds begin to build around 5pm and peak around 3am on thursday. Small Craft Advisory is likely. Storm Warning is possible. Temperatures well below normal. Saturday Partly sunny with highs around 75 degrees. Lows around 51 degrees. Moderate N winds 14 to 24 and moderate seas around 2 to 4 feet. Sunday Partly sunny with near normal temperatures. Moderate to strong north winds gusting to 30 during the day and building to 40mph gusts by evening. Moderate to heavy north seas are likely. Lake Level Assessment All three rivers are expected to have increased flow for the next few days before declining flows return around June 9th. This may help to give the lake a slight bump in lake level but is not expected to bring any significant rise for the next week. Still too early to tell what the eventual lake level will be. Brine Shrimp Brine Shrimp have finally had a very healthy hatch and the water visibility is very good now. Brine Flies The Brine Flies have also begun a limited hatch. The good news, though, is that the no-see-ums seem to be gone. Spider Hatch The spiders have also begun to hatch. Raid Ant & Roach Killer (Raid in a green can) works very well on them. Frontage Road - Limited Access - June 9th Rocky Mountain Power will be running a power line accross our frontage road between Saltair and the Marina on Monday, June 9th. In order to do this they will need to limit access to-and-from the marina that day. Traffic will be reduced to one lane at a time. If you do not need to come to the marina that day then avoid the headache. Upcoming Events This weekend is a very busy one for the marina. Several activities are planned by different groups. Parking could be tight. Please try to utilize proper parking spaces so we may accomodate everyone. Next week will even be busier with Sailfest. June 4th GSLYC Wednesday Night Race #4 June 6th Paddle Fest 2008 hosted by Great Salt Lake Rowing Solo Endurance Cup hosted by GSLYC Women's Sailing Clinic hosted by GSLYC Movie Night (Captain Ron) hosted by GSLYC June 7th Women's Sailing Clinic hosted by GSLYC June 9th Road Construction on the marina frontage road (limited access to and from marina) June 11th OSI SAR Pre-plan meeting Sail Fest 2008 begins with the David L. Davis founders cup race. June 13th Sail Fest continues June 14th Sail Fest continues Learn to Row day hosted by GSLYC Sailfest Sail Fest begins next week. This is always a very great event and worth attending. It also brings a few challenges. The parking lot will be very tight. Please utilize proper parking stalls. Try not to overhang into the driving area of the parking lot. If you are bringing motor homes please try to utilize the gravel trailer parking in the north parking lot. If you are bringing boats out, please detatch and park your trailer in the day trailer parking area so we may free up parking stalls. If you do not have to have your dogs here please leave them at home. Even dogs on leashes becomes a problem at the main gathering area during this event. Dog fights are common. People being tripped by leashes has been another problem. (Rudy, leave your dog at home. He likes to pee on people sitting down on the grass). Do not use or park on the service road behind the Ranger Station. Do not park near the fuel tank by Rescue One. We must have this area cleared at all times. Boat Registrations As promised, the park Rangers are planning on walking the docks near the end of this week to inspect boat registration. Hopefully you have all had time to get your current stickers on. Dave Shearer Harbormaster Great Salt Lake Marina Have you checked your docklines lately?