Coming Up in GLCCSchool: Cruising America's Great Loop with Confidence
Looking for the cruise of a lifetime? Do you dream of extending the short boating season of the Great Lakes? This totally new 2018 webinar will show how you can boat all year around by following the seasons along the Great loop. On Thursday, April 19, at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central, join recent "Gold Loopers" and new GLCCSchool instructors Dave and Colleen Wray as they share tips and suggestions to take the mystery out of the trip and provide the confidence for you to do the loop too. Dave and Colleen will answer a many of the most common questions about the loop: What is it like to live together on a boat for a year? How do you boat from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico? What was your biggest Challenge? How does it feel to boat past the Statue of Liberty? Did you spend the winter in Florida on your own boat? If you're a potential looper, don't miss Cruising America's Great Loop With Confidence. Click here to register for class.
The western part of Lake Erie has been declared as "impaired" by Ohio Gov. Kasich which will lead to tighter regulations for agriculture and others that release nutrients into the lake. Lake Erie has experienced massive algae blooms in recent years and environmentalists have sued to have the lake declared impaired. Ohio was the last holdout. Click 
Please welcome newly appointed Deputy Port Captain Bill Lehner for Sandusky, Ohio (E-16)! Here's a brief bio on his nautical endeavours:
After over 80 years, the GLCC is still able to create new Harbor Reports. Jim Wooll whose years of gunkholing around the Great Lakes has done it again with a new Harbor Report. You will find it in the North Channel, North Shore Thessalon to Spanish. It is French Islands (NC-60). Thanks, Jim!