Paddle Boarders and Boats to be Separated at Horsetooth Reservoir This is a long-awaited solution to a problem that has plagued this cove for many summers at Horsetooth Reservoir. I equally love the tranquility of paddle craft and speeding over waves hoping to get a big splash. My stepdad is the captain of our family boat. He's a Navy veteran. The kind of guy who will help anyone. However, the situation at Satanka Bay has frustrated him. It's been dangerous for both parties. According to Larimer County in 2020 there were recorded "near misses". Boats have been using the dock at Satanka for a long time. The permits cost more when you have a motorized boat. It's a bigger ordeal when you have a motorized boat. You bring your truck and boat on a trailer, back your trailer into the water, close to the dock. It's a lot of precision. Now throw in lots of people trying to blow up their paddle board where you need to back into, or a group of paddle craft floating along in the "no wake" zone as the riders learn to use the board. For boaters, there is a bit of a "hurry up" and get away from the dock feeling, because distance from obstacles matters.