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GLCC News

  • Please CLICK HERE to read the stories about the GLCC’s Spring Break adventures at Charlotte Harbor, FL; the continuing success of the GLCCSchool; the plans for the Wilderness Rally, Lake Superior Rally, Lake Huron Rally, and Lake Erie events; as well as well as the third installment of Aluva Adventures (Winner of the 2011 Founders’ Award).

  • This is Toronto Brigantines 50th anniversary year & they really want to fill the boats for this 2012 Summer Season. Please help them spread the news of this unique program for teenagers age 13 to 18 (sailors and non-sailors alike. - No sailing experience needed) that are looking for a unique tall ship sail training adventure this summer. Click here for more information www.torontobrigantine.org

  • If you would like someone from Toronto Brigantine to come and make a presentation about the sailing adventures of the crew of Pathfinder and Playf

  • There is a new effort to build a tall ship for Lake Superior. They are looking for people who would be willing to serve as board members, as well as financial contributions. Check out their website at https://sites.google.com/site/lakesuperiortallships/

  • The GLCC again participated the 2012 Toronto International Boat Show. To read Commodore J.E. Fordyce's report, please click here.

  • Nearly 100 GLCC members and guests attended the 2012 Lake Superior Mid-Winter Dinner in St. Paul, MN.

  • This brochure provides simple instructions on the requirements to enable boaters and mariners to be compliant with

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  •  Port-Captain Bruce Arthur came across a group of great photos of waves hitting lighthouses, including a number of Great-Lakes lights.

  •  A memorial tribute—to commemorate the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975—is set for Thursday, November 10, 7 pm, at the Whitefish Point museum, north of Sault Ste. Marie.

  • A 23-foot wave was recorded by Lake Michigan's mid-lake southern buoy on Friday—the highest since readings began in 1981.

  •  The North-Channel Cruisers' Net performs valuable service for cruisers. Here are two tales of recoveries from 2011...