​We are saddened to report the loss of Port Captain (Ret) David A. Jeffries.  David was a long term member of the GLCC serving as Port Captain of Rocky River from 2005-2012.  He was an avid single-handed trailer sailor, taking his Catalina 22, WYNDANCER to many GLCC events.  He was found frequently in the North Channel during the summer.  He was the proud recipient of the Commodore's Award at the 2014 Leamington Rendezvous.  As he said, he sailed up I75 at 70 MPH bringing his boat from Florida for the distinct purpose of attending the Rendezvous. Later he attended the Wilderness Rally at Turnbull Island and the Georgian Bay Rally at Keyhole.  He died on April 9 in Florida spending his last hours comfortably with his son.  There are no immediate services planned but a memorial service is expected to be held this summer on Lake Erie.

The website Members List has been enhanced to include all GLCC members. Click on the Members List.  For web site members, their username is in blue; click on that to see the member's information. For non web site members without a user name, their last name is in blue; click on that to see the member information.

Prior to this change, the member list on the web site has been limited to only those who have registered for web site access (web site members).  Thus one could not find members who had not registered for the web site. This has been confusing to those who have looked for GLCC members on the web list but we're unable to find them because they weren't registered web members. 

We hope this enhancement will eliminate confusion in finding members.  

​Please welcome Ben and Dana Liss, as newly appointed Port Captains for Burns Waterway, Ind. (M-29) both grew up around the water: Ben spending his summer vacations fishing in Door County, Wis., and Dana with her family as a certified Lake Michigan beach bum. When Ben and Dana first met nine years ago, Dana encouraged Ben to get his old 1973 Starcraft up and running for use on Lake Michigan. They are now boating on a Four Winns 268 Vista, named Seapickle II and moored at Marina Shores at Dune Harbor, in Portage, Ind. Please click here to read further.

The famous freighter Arthur M. Anderson finally made it into port for winter lay-up on March 4.  It's month-long futile slog from Indiana to Ohio to pick up cargo ended with it returning to Sturgeon Bay, WS with empty holds.  It looks like this winter's ice build up on the Great Lakes will be a repeat of last year's deep freeze when the shipping slowdown cost 4000 jobs and $705 million in economic losses.  See full article here. 

A link has been added to the Weather, Navigation & Marine section of Links to view maps of the ice buildup on the Great Lakes.

An update to the "Introduction to the Great Lakes Cruising Club" presentation is now available for member download and use. The update incorporates information on the club's new Facebook page, information on current membership pricing, and other enhancements. PowerPoint and PDF versions of the slides and a PDF notes view document with presentation suggestions are available for immediate download to present at yacht clubs or other organizations.

NOAA and the British Geological Survey recently completed the most current update of their World Magnetic Model (WMM). For information on this model and what it means to you, click HERE.

Philip and Ann May's boat ZEPHYR, a Tartan 37, is featured as the boat review in the November issue of Soundings Magazine. Click here to read the article. Philip is editor of the GLCC quarterly magazine Lifeline and chairman of the club's publicity committee.

This not-to-be missed 40-minute video imagines what could be learned about each Great Lake and the overall Great Lakes system if the lakes could be drained to reveal the secrets of their bottoms in detail. The result is amazing and incredibly insightful. Click here for more information and to view.

Edward T. "Ted" Youngs was recently awarded the prestigious William J. Kivell Award for outstanding Port Captain.  Ted has been Port Captain for Wiarton, ON (GB-12) since 1996.  Ted was unable to attend the 2014 Annual General Meeting where the award was announced; Georgian Bay Rear Commodore David Brace accepted the award on Ted's behalf. David presented the plaque to him on Nov. 14 with his daughter and son-in-law, GLCC members Kathryn and Harold Braun in attendance. Harold is Deputy Port Captain of Wiarton.

Help get the word out about GLCC and GLCCSchool with a new mini-webinar recording created to serve as a "ready-made" program for presentation at local Yacht Club, Power Squadron or similar meetings. For more information about how you can provide this program to your local boating organization, click HERE.