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For our first newsletter of the new year,
we would like to wish you all a Happy New Year!
One of the best "forecasters" of a happy 2024 is our mountains snow pack,
and what appears to be a decent promise of continued snow accumulation.
Our current Utah Lake water level is -0.50'
More Good News!
Our Winter Sailing Seminars are Announced:
2024 Winter Sailing Seminars
Utah Lake State Park Conference Room
4440 W. Center, Provo
7:00 PM
We are so excited to be able to get together as sailors and count down the days until sailing season! Come join us no matter your sailing experience, where you slip your boat, or which lake you sail on.
February 1: “Utah Lake Authority”
Sam Braegger will come and talk to us about the state of the lake and the things happening with our Utah Lake
February 8: No Meeting
We are unable to have the conference room this night
February 15: “First time BVI charter”
Melanie Evans will talk to us about what she learned as she planned and carried out her first BVI charter on a 48’ catamaran. If she survives it!
February 22: “Recoveries from bodies of water”
Jim Cross will present many of his experiences from Utah lake as well as all over the world as he does marine salvage, commercial diving, underwater construction and more
February 29: “Sailing the Greek Isles”
Chris Julian will talk us about med mooring and what he learned sailing the beautiful islands of Greece this past fall
March 7th “What does the sailing community offer?”
A few sailors will talk about the different challenges we have running on the lake and the events we put on for the community
This is a free to the public,community service lecture series offered by the Bonneville School of Sailing and Seamanship,with the hopes of promoting sailing here in the desert and beyond.
A huge thank you to Melanie Evans for putting these seminars together, so that we and all those interested in the sport of sailing, can be edified and encouraged to "sail on sailor".
The first American square-rigger to sail around the world,
is still sailing...in Disneyland.
(Full Screen is more fun)
Who Knew?
Off the beaten path?
Try Malta
(Full screen is awesome)
Live Cam of Rainbow Harbor, Long Beach
Live Cam of Two Harbors (Isthemus), Catalina Island
Live Cam of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island
Our Catalina Cruise, January 30-February 1, 2024 will be Bonneville's 16th trip to this enchanted isle. Chris Julian will be conducting a Basic Celestial Navigation class on board. There is still time to sign up.
I've been told... that pirates who wear eye patches have not lost their eye sight due to celestial navigation rigors, but rather have forgotten about their newly installed hand prosthetic (hook), and have absentmindedly gone to remove a small sea gnat from their eye.
FLIR
"The Race to Alaska", is now featured on PRIME.
A full length documentary on one of the gnarliest races on the planet
Search for it on PRIME.
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