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Storm Update
by Dave Shearer 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

For those that might have tried to come out today, the park (and main entrance gate) has been closed for the last few hours. We have had gusts around 75mph through the day. The winds have subsided to 40mph. This means we will be opening the park back up now. I am happy to report all boats are still upright in the parking lot. But I recommend you check your boats. One Ranger 23 has an open hatch. I will also be sending out news shortly on dredging update. We had a meeting today. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Hurricane Force Warning - GSL
by Dave Shearer 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

We are issuing a Hurricane Force Warning for Great Salt Lake Marina area. Strong winds of 70mph have already hit the marina and are expected to increase in the next few hours before subsiding this afternoon. Although the marina has sustained some minor damage, there has been no obvious damage to boats at this time. Hurricane Force Warning: Gusts exceeding 65 knots (75mph) with dangerous seas and weather are forecasted. Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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More Sad News
by Dave Shearer 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

It has come to my attention that we lost another member of the community. Chuck Kerher died last month. Chuck was part of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club back in the 1970's and 1980's. He was Commodore of the club in 1985, a particularly difficult year as this is when Great Salt Lake was reaching its peak of flooding and drove all the boats from the marina due to TOO MUCH water. Thank you, Joel Sherry, for passing this news on. Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Wind Advisory
by Dave Shearer 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

NWS has issued a Wind Advisory for the Great Salt Lake area. * AFFECTED AREA...SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEY ALONG WITH THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING AND POSSIBLY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 31 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. Because of the due southerly nature of this wind we could see gusts stronger than 50mph at the marina. Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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21st Annual Turkey Social
by Dave Shearer 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

It is time for the 21st Annual Dave's Turkey Social at Great Salt Lake Marina, Saturday, November 21st at the Great Salt Lake Marina. Come out and enjoy what has become a great social event! This event has become a wonderful gathering to meet new people, socialize with old friends, and just enjoy a friendly, crisp fall day at the Great Salt Lake. We would like to invite all our marina community, employees and volunteers to enjoy an afternoon at the lake. Come mingle with old friends. We would like to thank all those in our community that make this such a successful State Park. All of you have devoted time to make Great Salt Lake State Marina a gem and a wonderful community. Activities will include RC Sailboat Racing at 2pm. Dinner will be served at 4pm sharp! Bring a bottle of water to add to the lake. We will provide the turkeys but side dishes are welcome. Start gaining weight now for your January resolution diet. Side dishes and donations are welcome. For more information please email Dave Shearer at dshearer(a)gslmarina.com <mailto:dshearer@gslmarina.com> Please RSVP by email to dshearer(a)gslmarina.com <mailto:dshearer@gslmarina.com> . It is imperative that you RSVP so we know how many turkeys to provide. Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Sad News
by Dave Shearer 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

The Great Salt Lake Marina community lost one of our own Sunday morning. Gene Chun, a member of the Hawaiian Canoe Club, an avid paddle boarder and proponent of Great Salt Lake died suddenly while on a layover in Hawaii. Gene, you will be missed. Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Dredging update
by Dave Shearer 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Many of you have been asking for a dredging update. We now have something to report. We have had four meetings now. The first meeting was to analyze the scope of work. This was a discouraging meeting as we do not know if there is enough funds to do all the work that needs to be done considering the lousy winter precipitation we had. The second meeting was with the Army Corp of Engineers. That was a much more positive meeting. The original plan was to put the spoils on-site in the pond behind all the sailboats in the parking lot. But that would require a permit from the Corp. The permitting and approval process could take 4 to 12 months before digging could begin. But if we can find a location that is not wetlands we would not necessarily need a permit and could begin work as soon as design engineering was done and a contract was awarded a successful dredging bidder. So we quickly switched focus on where we may be able to deposit spoils with permitting. If spoils are hauled off by truck that will eat up a great deal of the allocated money for dredging and would limit funds for actual dredging work. If we can find a location close enough to pump the materials to then cost of removing the spoils from the marina would dramatically drop leaving more money for actual digging. The third meeting we visited potential sites for spoils deposits. We thought we had a great site until we were told by the engineers that our containment wall would have to be 60 feet high. Se we started looking for several sites to dump spoils. We think we have found some good sites now and are discussing these options with the land owners. The land owners are keeping an open mind about it but want to see testing results of the spoils first. Today we had an excavator out here digging near the ramp to see how far we could go down without hitting hardpan. We were able to go 7 feet down (from lake level) and were just starting to get resistance. This is good news as this was below the original 4188' level that the marina was originally dredged to. We also took samples for testing and should have results next week. And we were able to clean up the ramp a bit. Design work continues as well as locating and solidifying sites to dump the spoils. I am guessing that the earliest any digging would happen would be early January. This takes into consideration working through details of spoils sites, design engineering completion, putting dredging contract out to bid, awarding contract, and mobilization. But the project is now moving at a much faster pace. No final decision has been made but right now we are all leading towards suction dredging rather than excavation. This probably means that a coffer dam will not be necessary. We are also leaning on dredging the new channel first as this is the biggest unknown of the project. This is all I have for you right now. I wish I had more details but I probably won't know a great deal of details until the scope of work is completed in the design engineering process. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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FOGSL Fundraiser
by Dave Shearer 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

I have been requested to send on the following information to you. Friends of Great Salt Lake is doing their annual fundraiser. Because they are supporters of the Great Salt Lake Marina community and are behind our efforts to dredge I have decided to pass on their flyer for their annual fundraiser where they plan to do a presentation on dredging the Great Salt Lake Marina. Attached is the flyer. Thanks Dave Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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Please remove me from mailing list
by Garry MacKenzie 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

garrywmackenzie(a)gmail.com Thank you.

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Dredging Update
by Dave Shearer 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

We had a meeting with the Army Corp of Engineers today. The meeting went very well and was encouraging. Based on that meeting we have switched focus on what our original plans were to do with the spoils and are looking for other alternatives for storage. If we can find alternative spots close by to store the spoils it could greatly speed up the time that dredging could begin. Now I don't want to get people too excited that we will begin dredging right away because that is not the case. But, if we can solve the spoils storage problem without having to mitigate the storage area we may be able to begin dredging much earlier than what we originally thought we would begin dredging. I will make myself available this Saturday during the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club's wine and cheese party to discuss dredging updates more thoroughly. Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island State Marina 801-209-9142

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