1,100+ Harbor Reports
One of the great member benefits of joining the Great Lakes Cruising Club is access to our Cruising Guides for over 1,100 detailed Harbor Reports of the five Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron (including the North Channel and Georgian Bay), Erie and Ontario as well as Lake St. Clair. Our Harbor Reports are continually updated by fellow GLCC members, and the latest versions are immediately available on this website. However, you can also purchase printed copies of the ones you need for your next trip. Interested in learning more?
GLCC News
Today is June 17, 2019
2019 Wilderness Rally
Join us July 27–30, 2019 at Turnbull Harbour (NC-55)! Cost is only $40 USD/boat up to 2 people. This years Wilderness Rally will be in partnership with Women Who Sail the Great Lakes with members of both groups helping to organize the activities and presentations. Included in the Wilderness Rally will be the traditional GLCC “No Ketchup Dog Dinner,” onshore and on boat BYOB / appetizer Happy Hours, a Scavenger Hunt, blueberry picking, a book / DVD exchange, morning yoga as well as BYO coffee. There will be informational presentations and activities that will engage all. Continuing with GLCC tradition, there will be the always-delicious Potluck dinner on the last evening. A new item that comes from the WWS side will be to gather and donate items needed by a local animal rescue organization. Please click here for more information and registration!
Welland Canal Notice for Pleasure Craft
The GLCC has received notice that St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation has announced changes to procedures for pleasure boats transiting the Welland Canal. The changes come into effect July 15th and are described on their website here http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/recreational/lockage_schedule_wel.html
Port Captain Introductions: Anne Wech
Anne Wech is our newly appointed Port Captain for Geneva State Park, Ohio (E-6.5). Let's give her a warm welcome when we see her! Here's a little background about her and her husband Barry...
Ann and Barry have been boating together for the past 30 years. They have cruised the Florida waters and most of the Great Lakes. They did the Trent-Seven Waterway twice, and have done most of the Intercostal Waterway. They have been the marina manager at the Geneva State Park Marina (a 391-slip marina) for the past five years and were previously the marina manager at Everglades National Park in Florida, for seven years. Please click here to read more!
Summer 2019 Lifeline Available Now!
Most members would agree that it's official boating season... especially when we have our summer Lifeline magazine at hand! There are so many events—there's no getting bored! You can plan ahead by reading all about summer and the events coming up in the not-as-near future. You may want to "Avoid Sinking" while out on the water, so be sure to read the article on the lesson learned aboard the 56-foot sailboat Monterey! We're at the second of three installments of the Founders Award and encourage you to read past and future issues to follow the stories. Please click here to access the 2019 summer Lifeline magazine, and here for updates and information on GLCC Events.