Course Maintenance

 Club members,

We will be doing course maintenance at Utah Lake this Saturday the 20th. Those who can come: meet at Utah Lake State Park main dock in Provo at 7:00 AM. If you have a boat, feel free to bring that, an anchor, and a tow rope (NOT a ski rope).

Hope to see you there!

Boat Show 2023 & Annual Club Meeting

 Hi fellow ski club,

We are excited for this year's upcoming Boat Show! It is scheduled at the Mountain America Expo Center from February 9-12. The hours are:

1. 2:00 PM-9:00 PM on Thursday the 9th
2. 12:00 PM-10:00 PM on Friday the 10th
3. 11:00 AM-9:00 PM on Saturday the 11th
4. 10:30 AM-4:00 PM on Sunday the 12th

In addition, we will be holding our Annual Water Ski Club meeting on the 9th (first day) of the show at 6:00 PM. It will be held in Room 200D. Each Utah Water Ski club member that attends will receive up to two free tickets to the boat show for that day. We will have guest speakers there, as well as merchant discount cards for club members.

See you there!

P.S. On Thursday, make sure to pick up your free Boat Show tickets at the meeting room (200D) this year. They will not be available at Will Call this year like in years past.

P.P.S. Just like last year, we will not be able to provide catered food this year. Costs are astronomical for catering services.

Annual Work Project

 Club,

This coming Saturday the 14th, at 9:00 AM at Provo Harbor, we will be having our annual club service project.

For this year's project, we are doing a recovery mission: we will attempt to find a missing dock in Provo Bay/Mud Lake, drag it to course 4, and re-secure it in its proper location.

We will need about 4 Waverunners that we can use to navigate the shallow water and drag the dock, and we also need all the hands we can get. If you will be there and/or can provide a jet ski, please reach out to Rob Davidson and let him know. His number is (281) 732-4233.

Hope to see you there!

Boat Show and Annual Club Meeting

 Ski Club,

After being canceled last year, the annual Utah Boat Show is back! It will run from Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 10th-13th. The show hours are 2-9 PM Thursday, 12-10 PM Friday, 11 AM-10 PM Saturday, and 10 AM-4 PM Sunday. Tickets are $12 per adult ($10 if ordered online or if senior), and free for children with paid adult.

We will also be having our annual Ski Club meeting at the Boat Show on Thursday at 6:00 PM. It will be held in Room 200-D, and all Ski Club members who attend the meeting will receive 2 free tickets (per member) to the show. There will be guest speakers and discount cards for those who are members.

We can't wait to see you there!

UPDATE: We will not be having catered food at the meeting this year. Prices rose dramatically for the services and we have foregone them this year.

Save-The-Course Project successful!

 Fellow water skiers,

The Utah Water Ski Club board embarked on a project to save course 4B this past Saturday, September 18, 2021. We were able to rescue and reinstall all of the turn buoys and all but 2 or 3 of the boat guides and entrance gates. The course is now skiable at the current lake depth (between 4 to 5.5 feet at course 4B).

For those of you planning to take one last hurrah of a pass for the year, please keep in mind that water levels at Utah Lake are very low and you need to be careful to ensure that you don't run your boat aground on a sand bar. We had such an encounter just west of the airport on the way to rescue course 4B. You can check the current lake depth and levels in the Links/Weather tab of this website.

To safely enter course 4B at this current lake depth, you need to make a wide approach to the course. When you exit the harbor, drive towards Mount Nebo and watch the water depth. As soon as it starts to drop, you are in the channel to Provo Bay and can make a hard left.

Happy skiing!