District 23
Fleet Captain: Geoff Hurwitch
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PCSA Bylaws - 03-2009

Sailing Venue: The Jordanelle Reservoir, a lake that is 5 miles outside Park City, Utah.  The Jordanelle is a State Park and the lake is 6 square miles at  6200’ elevation.  The Jordanelle was created in 1995 and is a future water supply for Utah.

History:  In just our first season we have seen some outstanding growth!  We’ve had as many as 12 on the starting line for a Tuesday night race with nearly 30 different racers having participated throughout the season.  Over 40 sailors are members of our Yahoo user group which allows communication for race updates, boats that are available and for sailors to schedule weekend get togethers to train and help each other improve.  We have a total of 42 Lasers in the fleet at the end of year one including 9 brand new boats that were bought through a Fleet Purchase program with West Coast Sailing in Portland, OR.  In July, we hosted The Park Record, the local newspaper, which wrote a great feature article from which we are still being contacted by dormant sailors unaware of the new startup fleet.  This was a great boost to the fleet taking it from 10 boats and 20 members at the time to its current set of stats, 47 boats and over 90 members.  We have a number of sailors still in the hunt for a new or used boat in order to participate in the Spring.  Much of this growth was through the effort of the sailors in the fleet, including the use of a small aluminum fishing boat as our first Race Committee boat. 

A resort town like Park City hosts a unique crowd.  Most are transplants from around the nation and as we see so many times in other locations like Lake Tahoe, skiing and sailing seem to go together.  We have sailors who have competed in the 505, Star, J24, Etchells and Snipe Worlds as well as some who have just picked up the sport in the last couple of years.  With such a mixed crowd we plan to hold some clinics and/or information symposiums that would help the newer sailors reach the next level.  Park City is also very familiar with the Olympic spirit, having had many of the current members as volunteers for the ski events during the 2002 Winter Olympics.

As the Park City Laser fleet continues to grow, we have incorporated ourselves as the Park City Sailing Association (PCSA) in order to allow growth into other areas of the sport.  With the assistance and support of the Jordanelle State Park staff who are excited to be hosting a sailing fleet such as ours as well increasing the community involvement in the Park, we have a very bright future in Park City.  On tap for the 2009 season which gets underway the first Tuesday in June and continues until the last Tuesday in September, is the hosting of the No Coast Master’s Championship on September 26/27th which we hope to combine with the District 23 Championships.  The fleet is also in the process of not only increasing the boat storage area at our own venue at the Jordanelle but we’re also in the process of building a custom trailer to allow our sailors to support other events in Colorado, California and the Columbia River Gorge.