Lake Erie offers Great Lakes cruisers many opportunities. Whether you are cruising the Canadian north shore or the US south shore Lake Erie’s small ports and fishing villages, major urban centers and wonderful island archipelago is a delight. Join veteran Lake Erie cruiser Mark Gagyi as he leads you all around the lake and shares his 35 years of Lake Erie cruising experience. Tune in this Tuesday for the GLCCSchool webinar Cruising Lake Erie.
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- Wednesday in the GLCCSchool – A Cruising Guide to Lake Ontario’s Bay of Quinte and the 1,000 Islands
Stretching for almost 100 miles in northeastern Lake Ontario the Bay of Quinte and the 1,000 Islands offers boaters a wide range of possibilities. Secluded anchorages, a night on the town or just being one with nature this eastern Great Lakes gem has it all. Join Eric Sunstrum for his wonderful presentation of A Cruising Guide to Lake Ontario’s Bay of Quinte and the 1,000 Islands.
Want to upgrade your boats electrical system? Want to learn more about lithium batteries and solar power? Join Tom Trimmer on Thursday, January 15th as he continues his outstanding GLCCSchool Electrical Systems webinar series with Lithium Batteries Technology for Cruising Boats. The first webinar in this series, Solar Power Systems for Great Lakes Cruising Boaters, was presented on January 7th and is available as a recording. You can choose to watch either of the two webinars separately or sign up for the series.
Have you been expecting an email from the GLCC and can't find it? Do you use GMail as your email provider? The Club has had an issue with GMail putting its emails in the member's Spam folder.
Have you had a fun / exceptional / learning cruising experience on the Great Lakes that you would like to share with other GLCC members? The Founders Award is a great way to take other cruisers along with you during that memorable time on the water
For many Great Lakes Cruising Club members, the Toronto International Boat Show is a welcome winter tradition. It’s a chance to escape the cold, see the latest in boating, and maybe pick up some new gear. But beyond the boats and gadgets, the show is also an important opportunity for the GLCC to connect with prospective members who are looking to expand their Great Lakes cruising experiences.
Director/Port Captain Dee McClure: Each month Lifeline interviews a GLCC member to gain insight into their favorite cruising grounds and perspectives. We caught up with Steve Reinecke, liveaboard, active cruiser and Port Captain of Bad River, Ont. (GB-46). Steve, his wife, Brenda, and their two children, Trevor (now in the Canadian Navy) and Emily have cruised Georgian Bay extensively. Steve shares with us some insights into boat requirements for liveaboards, some unique “must haves” and a side gig connecting boaters in an anchorage.
Roy Eaton literally is the voice of the North Channel through his internationally known Cruiser’s Net. He will attend the 2025 GLCC Annual Rendezvous in Little Current. We visited with Roy recently to understand his background, a little history of Manitoulin Island and the genesis for the world-famous Cruiser’s Net.
It is a privilege for us and the Little Current, Ont., boating community to host this year’s GLCC Diamond Rendezvous, marking the 60th event since the first gathering in 1965.
Lifeline is connecting with a few of GLCC’s active cruisers to gain insight into their favorite cruising grounds and perspectives. Here, we talk to Bill and Sandi Matley, active cruisers and Port Captains of Harbor Island (NC-2) and learn a bit about their boating background.