October 2025 - GSL-Marina - mailman.xmission.com

DREDGING UPDATE
by Dave Shearer 31 Oct '25

31 Oct '25

The bulk of the dredging is complete now. Pilings are being driven to replace the navigation buoys for the Deep Channel. These pilings will have appropriate red/green lights with proper markers identifying each marker. The furthest out buoys will remain there as the water is too deep for pilings. The dredgers start removing dredging equipment (barges) next week. The week after that, they start tearing down the fence blocking the parking lot and doing repairs to the parking lot as well as restriping the whole north parking lot. After that is done and inspections are complete we will open the launch ramp area back up. We did not get all the dredging done that we would have liked to do but we got much more dredging done than we expected with the money and other limitations we had. In the dredged areas we are seeing six to eight feet of depth. We will probably lift most of the navigation restrictions sometime late next week. Thank you, for your patience Dave

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Obituary for Breck Jensen
by Dave Shearer 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

Here is the link to the obituary for Breck Jensen. The gathering on Saturday is for family and by invite only, I believe. There will be a Celebration of Life for Breck at the Great Salt Lake Marina in the near future. I will keep all of you posted. Here is the link to the Obituary: https://www.lindquistmortuary.com/obituaries/breck-jensen

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SAD NEWS
by Dave Shearer 24 Oct '25

24 Oct '25

Sad news Breck Jensen, A long time member of the marina community, died suddenly today. Not a lot of details yet. More details to come tomorrow. Dave

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TURKEY FEST
by Dave Shearer 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

It is time for the annual Turkey Fest. This social has been going on nearly 30 years now. I don't know how much longer this tradition will go on as, when I retire, I'm not sure someone will pick it up. I hope so. SATURDAY, November 22nd. Is the date. We will be serving deep fried turkeys promptly at 4pm. Last year we cooked 12 deep fried turkeys and served over 225 people! That shattered the old record! If you have never had deep fried turkey before you are missing out! I will provide the turkeys but side dishes are always appreciated. You must RSVP so I know how many turkeys to purchase. This event is for the whole marina community, employees, volunteers, and dredgers. I am accepting RSVP's now. Hope to see you there. Thank you. Dave

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Water to the Docks SHUT OFF
by Dave Shearer 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

We will be turning the water off to the docks this weekend. Sorry for the short notice but we have a cold spell coming and must turn the water off. Thanks Dave

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DREDGING UPDATE
by Dave Shearer 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

Dredging is going to last a bit longer. They are expanding some of the dredging they are doing in the marina. This is good as it will help on some slips and get some of the narrow embankments around the mouth taken away. But the good news is that MOST of the restrictions or closures in the channel are over. Sailors and rowers can now access the lake any time (with the exceptions of a few temporary closures being a possibility). Please still call on VHF 16 to let the dredgers know you are leaving or coming back in but they should be out of your way now. We will be realigning buoys in the channel to match where the new channel is. AND . . . . the buoys are going away!!! They will be replaced by pilings with lights, markers on them. This will be very nice as they will be permanent and won't float away at the whim of a storm. We plan to also add two more piling ATON markers between R2 and R4. These will become the new R4 and G3 while the elbow buoy (the current R4) will become R6 and all the other pilings will be marked accordingly. Pilings will also be added with green lights to mark the other side of the channel. The Launch Ramp is still CLOSED through most of November. We will not open the ramp until dredging is completed as the ramp is were the spoils are loaded onto the trucks for removal from the marina. We are almost there! Dave

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Dredging Update
by Dave Shearer 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

Thank you, for all the patience. It looks like dredging is almost done. They are hoping to wrap up at the end of this week with actual dredging and then demobilizing the next week. That means we might be able to get the launch ramp back open sometime at the end of this month or early November. We have semi-weekly meeting in a few days. I will update you as soon as the meeting is over. Dave

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YOUR BOAT - RAIN STORM
by Dave Shearer 05 Oct '25

05 Oct '25

Chad was kind enough to walk the docks today after the rain quit. As you all know, we had a 100 year storm at Great Salt Lake today with over 2 inches of rain in five hours. Chad found SEVERAL boats where their cockpits are COMPLETELY full of water. This is how boats sink out here although the boats cant sink very far right now. I really recommend you come out and check your boats, clear your scuppers and check in your cabins. Zena, Intoxicator are among those boats with a completely full cockpit. Thanks Dave

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100 Year Storm!!
by Dave Shearer 04 Oct '25

04 Oct '25

We had a SIGNIFICANT rainstorm today at the marina. As of 1pm this afternoon we have had 2.03" of rain since 6am this morning. The National Weather Service is already calling this a 100 year storm. The good news is that this massive rain event was parked over the whole south half of Great Salt Lake. That should help lake levels. There are reports of flash flooding in Salt Lake and Tooele. That water has to also flow to Great Salt Lake. We will see what the lake level is after the wind settles down some. You may want to come out and check your boats in the next few days to see if there is any water in them. Dave

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DREDGING UPDATE
by Dave Shearer 03 Oct '25

03 Oct '25

They are making great progress dredging. This despite people requesting to go out sailing during dredging operations and a boom snapping in half on the excavator. More on that in a minute. The mouth is pretty well completed with just a bit of cleanup work going on. The current depth at the mouth is about seven feet. They have also mostly completed dredging from B dock down to E dock. This is also about seven feet deep with the exception of just a bit of cleanup work. The hump at B dock is GONE! Today they begin dredging at the rescue dock and service dock. Then they plan to move to the south side of E dock to dredge five slips. This will probably take through the weekend. After that, the plan is to move back outside into the channel. This plan is fluid and can quickly change. I will keep you posted. If you are on C or D dock you MIGHT be able to get out to go sailing during this weekend. This is of course if you can get out of your slip. It is very shallow in the slips. But DO NOT interrupt the dredge, barge or barge boat. And if you don't have a marine band radio, don't go out. The protocol is to call on Marine Band 16 and ASK FOR PERMISSION to exit or return to the marina. This ability to go sailing is while the barge is located near the rescue dock or south side of E dock. If the barge is in the main fairway or in the mouth, ACCESS TO THE LAKE IS CLOSED. Officially the marina is closed between 6:30am and 6:30pm. After 6:30pm you can go sailing or rowing. We have had cases where people have requested the barge move so they can go sailing. Every time that barge has to move they lose nearly an hour of work time. It takes that much time to pull out, get out of the way, and then move back in. The down time has been adding up. It is best just to let them get the work done so you can enjoy the lake again as quick as possible. When the barge moves back out in the channel it will be possible to get around the barge without them relocating. But this is only if you have a shallow draft boat. YOU MUST STILL HAIL THE BARGE ON Marine Band 16 and ask permission to pass to the south of them. If you do not hail them there is a great risk of the boom of the excavator swinging around and a collision may result. If we continue to have interruptions to the dredging schedule, it will be necessary to close the marina mouth between 6:30am and 6:30pm for the duration of the dredging. On another note, we have had a lot of people changing slips without prior approval. This is a violation of your Boat Slip Lease and has also caused quite a bit of confusion while we are trying to juggle boats in slips during the dredging project. And please DO NOT CHANGE SLIPS and THEN tell us you have moved slips. This is adding to the problem. Also, the launch ramp is closed for the duration of the dredging. No exceptions. This is a work area and hazard area. Thanks Dave

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