July 2021 - GSL-Marina - mailman.xmission.com

CRANE DAY REMINDER
by Dave Shearer 19 Jul '21

19 Jul '21

Thursday is the last Crane Day I will be involved in. We will begin lifting boats at 9am SHARP. Please have your trailers ready, masts down, and anything else you need to successfully and safely pull your boat in a timely manner. We have a lot of boats to pull that day so all this is very important. Please remember that YOU are responsible for pulling your boat. It is also important that you help others to accomplish the same thing. This is a community effort. Thanks Dave

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URGENT MESSAGE
by Dave Shearer 18 Jul '21

18 Jul '21

This is an urgent message. If you still have a boat on C dock GET IT OFF NOW! Move it to D dock for now or remove it from the marina. C dock is now too shallow to support boats. Dave

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Don Hutchinson Funeral and Obit
by Dave Shearer 15 Jul '21

15 Jul '21

Here is a link to Don Hutchinson's Obituary. It has information on the funeral too: http://www.memorialutah.com/obituary/redwood/47433/ Dave

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CRANE DAY - MOVED
by Dave Shearer 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

I have been forced to move Crane Day from this Thursday to Thursday, July 22nd. Crane Days are a community effort and not run by the State of Utah. My time for these crane days is all volunteer time as I am also a member of the great boating community. In order for the community to have a safe and effective crane day it requires a LOT of volunteers. In the past, the owners were all responsible for getting their boats ready, working on their trailers, towing their own trailers, and motoring their own boats over to the crane-out slip. This Thursday, we have far too many boat owners that want to have their boats pulled but state they can't be here. That leaves too few other boat owners volunteering to make it a safe crane day. If you own a boat and need to have it pulled on crane day please do all you can to be here to pull your boat and help other boat owners do the same. This will be my last crane day. After this, I am hanging up my crane day hat. It takes so much time to pull off these larger crane days and I just don't have the time to do it anymore. And my boats are all out of the water now. So if you are not planning on pulling this crane day please let me know and I can give you some suggestions on how to organize your own crane day and the phone numbers of crane companies. But you will also need to act fast. Time to get boats out is running out very fast. If you are still planning on pulling out on the July 22nd date please RSVP to this email. Thanks Dave

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IMPORTANT - LAKE LEVEL INFORMATION
by Dave Shearer 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

The lake situation out here is a catastrophe. We have already dropped a foot since our disastrous lake level this spring. And we will likely drop 1.6 to 2.2 more feet. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. PLEASE READ. We spent Sunday measuring under docks. It is very bad news. B dock is already starting to rise out of the water. C dock is also in very bad shape. IF YOU ARE ON C DOCK GET OFF NOW AND OVER TO D DOCK. But this is only a very temporary solution. D dock, which used to be our deepest dock, has more silting than we were hoping. Depths in D dock slips will hit 1.5 feet to 2.5 feet by late summer. That is not enough to sustain almost ANY of the boats. If you have a swing keel and you strap your keel in the UP position for the fall or winter you MIGHT be able to ride it out. BUT IF YOU HAVE A DRAFT OF OVER 2.2 FEET GET OUT NOW. E dock is in a tad better shape but not by much. The south basin is already too shallow to sustain boats anymore. Drafts over 3 feet are getting stuck back there. The south basin will be about 1 foot deep by late summer. If you have masts up and draw less than 3.5 feet you should be able to get to the mast crane slip. If you draw more than 3.5 feet you waited too long. You will have to figure out how to get your mast down in the slip. If you have a swing keel you may still be able to get to the launch ramp. If you are planning on using the launch ramp DO IT NOW! DO NOT WAIT ANY LONGER! AND PEASE REMEMBER THAT FALL/WINTER ARE WINDY TIMES AT THE GREAT SALT LAKE MARINA. DURING STRONG SOUTH WINDS THERE MAY BE NO WATER IN THE MARINA AT ALL. Time is running out FAST to get boats pulled. If you are anything but the shallowest of drafts it is not an option to leave your boats in the water. They must come out. I will be sending out an important update on CRANE Day later today. Dave

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SAD NEWS - UPDATE
by Dave Shearer 11 Jul '21

11 Jul '21

I have heard from Don Hutchinson's family. Services for Don will be Friday, July 16th at 2pm. Friends and family can gather at 1:00pm. It is at the Chapel at the Redwood Memorial Estates on 6500 South Redwood Road. There will be an open mic if anyone would like to share a story. Dave

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HELP WANTED!
by Dave Shearer 10 Jul '21

10 Jul '21

We are looking for a person that would like to work part time as a maintenance person at Great Salt Lake State Park. It would be two to three days a week. If you are interested or know someone that might be interested PLEASE let me know. Thank you Dave

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SAD NEWS
by Dave Shearer 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

I am so sorry to report the passing of one of our community members. Don Hutchinson, a long time member and staple of the marina community just passed away this morning. Don was an original and one of the genuine good guys who was a great source of knowledge and history of Great Salt Lake and this community. Any time he walked into my office I looked forward to our conversations and his wisdom I know we all have our best thoughts and hope for Joe, Norma and the rest of his family More details to follow about memorial and funeral as they come Sad day Dave Sent from my iPhone

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