Dan and Linda Cline, the newly-appointed Port Captains for Port Sheldon, Michigan (M-23.5), reside in Midland, MI, and describe Port Sheldon as a lovely anchorage just 9 statute miles north of Holland Harbor on the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan. Dan is an attorney in private practice and Linda is a public school administrator. Please read more about the new Dual Port Captains here.

Having left the North Channel, this month we find ourselves in Tobermory.  The 1951 report for the gateway to lower Georgian Bay is rather sparse, it does, however, get you there.  We are blessed with a much fuller picture of the town and its amenities in the Club's current edition.  Please click here to view the old report, then visit the current report.

04/27/2023 Corrected link. JM
It won't be long before mariners and the boating public will have a wider choice of options and special services when they purchase NOAA paper nautical charts, thanks to NOAA's expanded "print-on-demand" chart production and distribution system, Coast Survey officials announced April 4, 2014. Coast Survey recently certified new print-on-demand chart printing agents, and gave them the flexibility to offer different color palettes, various papers, a cleaner margin, and a range of services.

Please give a warm welcome to our new Port Captain of Metro Beach, Lake St. Clair (D-44)!

Dave grew up in Ohio and joined the US Navy at the age of 18. He was a radioman, while on active duty. His first tour at sea was on a fleet tanker. From the tanker Dave was transferred... Read on here.

Elk Rapids (M-7) is located on the east shore of the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, about 10 miles north of Traverse City and the foot of East Bay. This is where Dual Port Captain Barbara Lyon, along with her husband Tom, will assist you in finding what you need on your visit to M-7. Click here to read some tidbits about Barbara.

Dual Port Captain Rita Cederholm assists GLCC visitors in Washburn, WI (S-194) alongside of her partner Dale Anderson. Tooling around Lake Superior soon? Stop by this small town harbor and say "Hi"! Here's what Rita has to say about her cruising ventures:
My love of boating started as a teenager when my parents purchased a lake home on Lake Wissota... Click here to read on.

The 2014 GLCC Spring Break, March 1-8, provided a change from the venues of the past few years by being a Caribbean Cruise aboard the 1,047-foot long Celebrity Reflection from Miami to San Juan, St. Thomas, and St. Martin. It proved to be a very welcome and pleasant adventure for the GLCC members and guests, who managed to escape the unusually severe winter of the Great Lakes region to attend the event.  To read the full story, please click on the headline above.

We'd like to introduce Dual Port Captain Donna Steffens who, alongside of her husband David, represents Port Superior/Pikes Bay, WI (S-192.5). Here's what Donna has to say about boating and her GLCC Port Captain duties:

I was introduced to boating 10 years ago when... Click here to read more!

I’m often asked, if I been to the North Channel. I say yes, and the next question is have I been to Baie Fine? Again, I answer in the affirmative. Even non-boaters are intrigued by the place. It’s been said the rocks don’t move. The trick is: to know where they are. The information in 1949 was a little sketchy, but thanks to hundreds, maybe thousands, of cruises by our members things are a little clearer now. The rocks and the Pool are still there, but our report makes it a little safer to venture in. Enjoy the look back in time to the Club’s 1949 report (Click here), and then check out the current report, NC-83, for the latest.

We'd like to take a moment to welcome Dennis (Denny) Dutcher as one of our newly appointed Port Captains! Denny hosts West Harbor, Catawba Island (E-16.8). Click here for a quick introduction to Denny and his wife Sharon...