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Great Lakes Boating magazine has a very nice article about GLCC's 2011 Rendezvous in Gore Bay. The article is in the June 2011 publication on page 44.
Read about the GLCC’s Spring Break adventures in the BVIs; the success of the GLCCSchool’s first season; the report from the Grosse Pointe Regi
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As part of Michigan's tight budget problems, the Lime Island park and docks on the St.
An interesting story about one of the invasive species on the Lakes—the quagga mussel.
The Great Lakes Cruising Club has worked with Mariners Learning System to provide members a way to enhance their boating knowledge on-line from their own homes.
The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is developing future clean-boating requirements for all recreational boats in the next few months, and they need to hear from boaters.
Researchers have discovered the shipwreck of a 60-foot sloop in Lake Michigan, off Saugatuck. The wreck may be from the 1820s or 1830s.
02/08/2022 Corrected broken link. JM
The March issue is now available HERE.
Thinking of chartering either in the Great Lakes or elsewhere? The Caribbean? The Med? Like to receive a discounted rate on your charter vacations?
02/08/2022 Corrected link to profile. JM
The 25th Annual Lake Superior Mid-Winter Dinner Meeting was held Saturday, January 15, at the Fort Snelling Officers Club, St. Paul, MN.
Each year Golden Wrench Award is given at the GLCC's Lake Superior Mid-Winter Dinner.
04/27/2023 Updated link. JM 02/08/2022 Updated link to profile JM
This is Your Opportunity to get your "Boating Stuff" for sale in front of a captive audience (GLCC members only).
The cruise ship that has made national news (for suffering through a wild storm off Cape Horn) will be familiar to GLCC cruisers. She is the Clelia II, shown in the Jim-Wooll photo (left), approaching the dock at Little Current.
A new buoy to test for wind strengths on Lake Michigan will be stationed 6 miles off the Lake Michigan east shore. The buoy is designed to gather data for use in deploying offshore wind turbines.
Port Captain Gerry Krause passed away on November 14, 2010.
The December issue of the Lifeline is now available HERE.
Marge Beaver of Muskegon has just published a 208-page hard cover book, Above the Lighthouses: Lake Michigan, featuring all the 100 lighthouses on the lake in full color aerial photos. Area views show why each lighthouse site was required for safe navigation..
Now that the season is ending (and before the memory fades), please send in your updates to the harbor reports.
Changes may be in the offing for Mackinac Island ferry service. News story here.