It is an honor for my wife Lauri and me to be appointed Port Captains of Ashtabula Harbor (E-6). My sailing experience began at the age of eight when my Dad bought his first boat, a 21-foot day sailor known as a Highlander. Later we sailed, cruised and raced on the Entson, a Tartan 34C. When Lauri and I met, she had never sailed before. Now she has two loves. Please click here to read more.

John and Holly Hall are the newly appointed Port Captains for Huron, Ohio (E-15). They live in Sagamore Hills, Ohio, south of Cleveland. John comes from a boating family. His father’s family took their 30-foot wooden powerboat from Rhode Island to the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City. They anchored in New York harbor while visiting the fair. His Grandfather was a Commander in the Navy during WWII. Holly also has a love of water and has previously done boating on Lake Erie. Please click here to read more.

Angèle and Jim Passe are the newly appointed Deputy Port Captains for Port Superior/Pikes Bay (S-192.5) on the south shore of Lake Superior, across from the Apostle Islands. They live in Minneapolis, and started sailing together on Lake Calhoun, a small city lake in 1971.

From generation to generation, the history of GLCC continues on...
Edward “Ted” Youngs had been Port Captain with GLCC since 1996 and has recently become Deputy Port Captain of Wiarton, Ont. (GB-12), passing the torch of Port Captain on to his daughter Kathryn and son-in-law Harald Braun.
Harald’s passion for sailing began about 30 years ago when he took his White Sail Dinghy Sailing Course at Conestogo Lake, near Kitchener, Ont. Please click here to read more.

Great Lakes Marine Weather Guru and GLCCSchool weather instructor Mark Thornton recently created several new climatology pages on his marine weather company's web site. To view the more detailed post about this analysis with links to each Great Lake click HERE. To look at a sample analysis for Lake Huron click Huron.

Fred Collins is GLCC's newly appointed Port Captain for Michigan City, Ind. (M-28). Let's give him a warm welcome!
When his family moved to the shore of Lake Michigan, Fred Collins, age 14, built his first boat. It was an 11-foot kayak. With that boat, he set about exploring the Lake Michigan shoreline east of Gary, Ind. During college he learned sailing on a Sailfish, the smaller sister to the Sunfish, and resolved to own a boat for overnight or longer trips. Please click here to read further.

We can all cite innumerable examples of radio abuse by people keying their mic without first learning VHFbasics. Plus the potential life-saving capabilities of VHF Digital Selective Calling (DSC), not to mention its convenience, seem to remain a mystery to many. Today's issue of Sail Magazine's electronic publication addresses both of those subjects. The article is short and well worth a read by both captain and crew.

Newly appointed Port Captains of Thompson Island, Ont. (S-136.5) Dave and Colleen Wray live in Buffalo, Minn., and currently sail out of Port Superior in Bayfield, Wis. Since meeting 16 years ago, they have enjoyed sailing together. Dave is originally from Thunder Bay, Ont.; Colleen from southwestern Minnesota. They look forward to serving as Port Captains for Dave’s home area of Thompson Island in Canada. Click here to continue reading.

Let's give a warm welcome our newley appointed Port Captains (from Deputies) Paul and Paula Lundberg, for Bayfield, Wis. (S-192). They have lived in Bayfield, Wis. for the past 12 years, after having lived in many other attractive locations. During most of that time, sailing has been their main summer activity. Click here to read more.

Coincident with Earth Day BoatUS made its Clean Boating course available free. For more information and links to register click HERE.