GLCC News

  • 2014 GLCC Rendezvous at Leamington, Ont.

    Come one, come all,

    We know you’ll have a ball!

    It will be here before you know it, “The 2014 Great Lakes Cruising Club Annual Rendezvous.” This year (2014) is the 80th anniversary of the club and is being held at the Leamington Municipal Marina, Leamington, Ontario, July 12th – 16th, 2014.

     

    There will be a WINE TASTING (optional @ $25.00 per person) during your stay. We have 6 local wineries coming to visit us with many different samplings with food paired to the wine. Please click HERE for more information.

  • Not Every Change Is A Good One

    In this month’s installment of our look back in time, we’ll view not an expansion of facilities or services, but, sadly, the loss of a well known and once thriving facility.

  • GLCC to Play a BIG Part at the Cleveland Boat Show

    Are you looking for a diversion from your winter wonderland? The Cleveland Mid-America Boat Show is sure to keep the boating season in mind and prepare you for the good times ahead. It will take place at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio on January 16-20, 2014.

     

    Thanks to a handful of our wonderful volunteers, GLCC will have a booth where attendees can learn about our friendly club and a chance to partake in all the fun things that we’re about. Mark Gagyi, Jim Erhman & Rich Barzyk will present an intriguing boating seminar entitled, Great Ports on a Great Lake. We really hope to see you there! Please visit the Mid-America Boat Show website here for more information on this once a year event!

  • Visit Detour Channel, circa 1950.

    In this month's installment of our look back to the 1950’s, we visit the Western gateway to the North Channel.  Cruisers from the lower Lakes, would mostly likely pass this way as they proceed to their favorite cruising grounds, and it is telling.  The Great Lakes Cruising Club has, sur

  • The Straits of Mackinac Before The Bridge

    The year is 1952 and the Mackinac Bridge is still in the talking stages.  GLCC members, who passed through the Straits of Mackinac on their way to the North Channel and beyond, had a very different view.  En route, they probably visited one or more of these locations.

  • Michigan DNR announces new reservation system

    The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) new Central Reservation System (CRS) for state parks and harbors is now open for reservations of all types at

  • Belle Isle in the Detroit River to become Michigan State Park

  • Do Great Lakes Boaters Need to Track Hurricanes??? ... You Bet They Do!

    Click HERE to read Great Lakes marine weather expert Mark Thornton's recently published review and analysis of Hurricane Sandy’s destruction of two Cleveland, Ohio, marinas. (Note - Mark recently joined the GLCCSchool faculty and will be teaching a class on Great Lakes thunderstorms this winter - see GLCCSchool for class details)

  • Announcing the NEW GLCCSchool

    The All NEW GLCCSchool is now open for business with additional faculty members, a refreshed and expanded curriculum, a totally new web site and more. For more information click here or click directly to the new www.GLCCSchool.com to take a look.

  • Free to Members ... Introductory Good Old Boat Magazine Subscription

    6/2/2020 Updated artcle about magzine.  JM

    5/28/2020  Update link to magazine. Note that Good Old Boat is offing their latest issues free at this time.  JM

    The crew at Good Old Boat magazine created a brand-new digital subscription offering. To spread the word they’re offering free introductory issues.