In this, our final installment of the 80th anniversary review of vintage Harbor Reports, we saved the Big One for last. Lake Superior's superlatives are well known, so there's no need to list them.
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Steve & Brenda Reinecke's boat BETS ON, a Mainship 43, is featured as the used boat review in the October issue of Soundings Magazine. Click here
So sang Gordon Lightfoot. It is true the Great Lakes are blessed, each lake has islands and bays beckoning the boater. Some are quite compact, while others sprawling, but in all cases they offer places to anchor and explore. Lake Ontario has it own island area, the Bay of Q
As we continue our journey through the Great Lakes via vintage Harbor Reports, it’s time to visit the gateway to Lake Ontario and the Southern Terminus of the Welland Canal, Port Colborne. The old report E-25 Port Colborne was a mere 4 pages long. We now have three reports to cover th
Long time GLCC member Angele Passe's article on escaping to Lake Superior by sailboat was featured in the July 25th Minneapolis Star Tribune. Angele and her husband Jim will also present their "Sharing the Helm" seminar at the upcoming GLCC Annual Meeting in Milwaukee. Don't miss it!
If you're headed to Lake Ontario there are two canals to get you there. This month's look back is about the Welland canal. As is always the case with these vintage reports, it is interesting and informative. Note the old photos, they speak well of the long history of the canal.&
The United States Coast Guard, Sector Detroit, Waterways Management Division has issued Marine Event #9, Permit #2. There will be a Special Local Regulation issued by the Coast Guard establishing a restricted area and other controls. which also establishes a local safety zone, and slow no-wake area during any testing and active racing. St. Clair River closings weekend of July 26-27, 2014. Click here to read further.
With the Rendezvous next month in Leamington, Ont.
The June anniversary issue has information about the GLCCSchool summer session webinar offerings, cruising in Lake Erie (also helpful to our Leamington Rendezvous visitors), up-and-coming GLCC events, GLF update, boating safety, a wave of new members, and reports about our previously held events. Information & registration forms for upcoming events are available via the Events page.
With the unseasonable winter's ice cover and slow melt, this year's Memorial weekend proved to be memorable to say the least. The two accompanying photos show how Lake Superior cruisers enjoyed the holiday. The left photo is from Bayfield Wisconsin Yacht Club member Carl Olding; the right from GLCC member Bob Hansen. Lake Superior boats typically launch starting the first week of May, but not this year. Some Marinas are still iced in.