Please join us in welcoming Tim Boehlke, our recently appointed Rear Commodore for Region 27 - Lake Michigan Southeast. Tim and his wife Becki joined the GLCC in 2001 and currently reside in Goshen, Indiana. They own two boats; POKEY, a 48-foot Mirage and TERRAPIN is their 42-foot Florida Coaster. Tim is long-established in helping the GLCC. He has previously held the office of GLCC Director (2005-2006), and then served as Treasurer from 2007–2012. Please click here to read more.

02/08/2022 Corrected link to East Jordan. JM
Please join me in welcoming Director & Port Captain Vern Meyer as our new Port Captain Coordinator, replacing Director and Port Captain Bill Matley. I certainly appreciate Bill’s energy and contribution during his three years of leadership in that position. Vern is currently a Director and Port Captain for Charlevoix (M-6) and East Jordan (M-6.5), and also the 2011 recipient of the prestigious William J. Kivell Memorial Award. Welcome Aboard, Vern!   -Chuck Mead, Commodore

In welcoming newly appointed Deputy Port Captain Michael Brookins for Kelleys Island, Ohio (E-17), here's a little about him and his boating experiences:  Growing up on the water, I was introduced to boating at a very young age. I learned to drive our family’s Boston Whaler in my pre-teen years and owned a 19-foot Boston Whaler by the time I was 16 years old. Our family took many long distance cruises through Lake Erie, Lake Huron, the North Channel, Georgian Bay, Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario — it was during our many long distance cruises in my teenage years that I learned to pilot my family’s larger boats. Please click here to read more.

01/20/2024 Updated link to article. JM
Just in time for the 2016 GLCC Lake Superior Rendezvous, GLCC member and frequent author on Great Lakes cruising destinations, Fred Bagley, recently had his latest article on cruising Lake Superior's Isle Royale published by Sail Magazine. Check it out here! 

Please join us in welcoming newly appointed Port Captains Julie Thorndycroft & Daniel DeWeese for Old Dave’s Harbour, Ont.. (S-30). Here's a bit about Julie and Daniel's boating experiences.

Planning on visiting Isle Royale while you are in Lake Superior for the Rendezvous this summer?  Be sure and check out member Fred Bagley's article "A Royale Cruising Ground" in the April, 2016 issue of Sail magazine.  Pick up your copy now if you don't subscribe.

Please join us in welcoming newly appointed Deputy Port Captain Bill Stover for Honey Harbor, Ont. (GB-25). Here's a bit about Bill and his wife Jan's boating experiences:
   My wife, Jan, and I have cruised, since the mid 1980’s, primarily in the 30,000 Islands area of Georgian Bay. We are power boaters with most of our family time on our boat being spent in the area between Port Severn and Parry Sound along the eastern shore line of Georgian Bay. We have also extended our cruising into the Killarney and North Channel areas and also west to Michigan harbors such as Rogers City, Mackinac Island, Charlevoix, Petoskey, and Harbor Springs. Our favorite anchorages include those in the Massassauga Provincial Park south of Parry Sound, and those in the Killarney area. No summer seems complete without a few days’ rest at Killarney Mountain Lodge, which now prominently flies the Great Lakes Cruising Club burgee at their docks. Please click here to read on.

02/08/2022 Updated link to decals. JM

As a follow-up to the Wednesday 12/16 GLCC Webinar "Safety for Shorthanded Cruisers and Cruising Couples", the popular SUDDENLY ALONE (SA) program originally developed by the Cruising Club of America (CCA) and the Bonnell Cove Foundation has been repackaged as a small scale "do it yourself" presentation for sailing clubs and organizations and renamed Safety for Cruising Couples (SCC).  For more information click HERE.

Please welcome Pamela Carr-Jackson, our newly appointed Port Captain for the Bay Point  Area (E-16.4). Give her a call if you’re planning a visit! Here’s a short bio about her boating experiences:
I have been an active sailor since 2002, learning to sail from my husband, Doug Jackson. Prior to that time, I owned a 20-foot power boat that we used on local lakes in and around Central Ohio. Long ago, while in college, I sailed on a 16-foot sailboat and loved it. It wasn’t until I met Doug that I found someone who enjoyed sailing even more than I did! Click HERE to read further.