2010 Southern Georgian Bay Rally
The Southern Georgian Bay Rally will be held Friday, June 18, through Sunday, June 20, at the (GB-26.3) Bone Island Anchorage. Please note this gathering is not in the Hockey Stick Anchorage, but in the bay on the south side of the island.
The event will include a Friday Evening Reception, Saturday Mystery Dinghy Tour, Saturday Evening Pot Luck, and Sunday Morning Brunch. More details, cost and registration information will be available later in the spring. Please contact Rear Commodore David Allen for further information.
Saugatuck Dredging Unlikely
Dredging for the silted-in Kalamazoo Lake in Saugatuck, off Lake Michigan, appears unlikely for the near future. Read a local editorial...
Swanson and Templin Drew Large Crowd at Lake Superior Dinner
About 90 members and guest attended the GLCC's Lake Superior Mid-Winter Dinner on Jan. 16. A major draw were the world-famous cruisers Roger Swanson and Gaynelle Templin, who spoke about successfully going through the Northwest Passage in 2007, and received a special Club commendation from Commodore J.E. Fordyce. For a full account of the event, please click here.
Winter Reading/Viewing/Surfing
A very nice new web site is dedicated to the Great Lakes and their waters. Check it out here. (Warning: the site has irritating new-age music, so don't open the site with your volume turned up while you're at work.)
2010 Harbor-Report Update Package
The package of 82 harbor-report updates for 2010 is now available for ordering. Go here for details...
2010 Toronto Boat Show
The Toronto International Boat Show was a success for the GLCC. Read more here...
2010 GLCC Annual Meeting
The GLCC's 2010 Annual Meeting is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 22-24 at (M-27) St. Joseph, MI. This location was selected in a continuing effort to rotate the venues in order to make the annual meetings accessible to as many of our members as possible. More information about the program will be posted, when the details becomes available.
Strictly Sail Chicago 2010
Attendance at Strictly Sail in Chicago, January 28-31, was surprisingly strong, and the GLCC booth did very well signing up new members. Read more here... In the photo, left to right, are GLCC booth workers, Mel Wallbank, Becki Boehlke, and Lou Bruska.
Mack to Manitou Race 2010
A good way to get your boat to the North Channel rapidly: the Little Current Yacht Club and the Mackinac Island Yacht Club are sponsoring their 7th Annual Mackinac-Manitoulin International Yacht Race, July 22 -July 24, 2010. For all the information go to: lcyc.ca/macman-race...
Windmill View off Pentwater Draws Gasps
An artist's depiction of proposed windmills in Lake Michigan off the Pentwater pierheads drew gasps from locals attending an information meeting. News story here. (Click on the photo for an enlarged view.)
