A new buoy to test for wind strengths on Lake Michigan will be stationed 6 miles off the Lake Michigan east shore. The buoy is designed to gather data for use in deploying offshore wind turbines.
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Port Captain Gerry Krause passed away on November 14, 2010.
The December issue of the Lifeline is now available HERE.
If you don't already refer to it regularly, you might want to know about the Great Lakes on-line almanac, published jointly by the Canadian government and the US Environmenal Protection Agency.
Marge Beaver of Muskegon has just published a 208-page hard cover book, Above the Lighthouses: Lake Michigan, featuring all the 100 lighthouses on the lake in full color aerial photos. Area views show why each lighthouse site was required for safe navigation..
Now that the season is ending (and before the memory fades), please send in your updates to the harbor reports.
Changes may be in the offing for Mackinac Island ferry service. News story here.
GLCC member Roy Eaton has prepared a history of his North-Channel Cruiser's Net. You can download the 2-part history by clicking on:
A good new full-color cruise guide is now available, covering Chicago to Paducah, Kentucky. Details here...
Cruise ships will be back on the Great Lakes late next summer, after an absence of several years.
Photos of the July 25 party honoring new GLCC honorary members, Dr.
The GLCC fleet gathered for the Wilderness Rally, Burnt Island, Beaverstone Bay, July 27-29. It was a windy affair, with plenty of anchoring practice.
The latest soundings indicate that the water depth in the channel into Beaverstone Bay from the Collins Inlet is 5' 6".
U.S. foghorns are increasingly becoming boater-activated.
A new 250-slip marina is underway in Port Hope, Ontario, with completion expected in 2-3 years.
There's a new historical exhibit on the Challenger, the oldest "Laker" still operating on the Great Lakes. She is 104 years old this year.
The Michigan DNR has a new website to help boaters find and map lake launch ramps and access sites throughout the state—especially helpful for trailer sailors.
04/27/2023 Corrected link to harbor report. JM
Here's a good travelogue article on the St.
Our GLCC Fleet Surgeon Gail Bowdish is featured in an article entitled “You Can Only Blame Yourself” in the May issue of SAILING.
Torresen Marine in Muskegon will be finishing up the largest solar-panel installation in Michigan, in time for Earth Day, April 22.
Photo by Mel Wallbank, showing the Alpena stuck in an ice jam off Port Huron, March 20.
Toronto native, Diane Reid, is preparing for the gruelling trans-Atlantic singlehanded sailboat race, the 4000 mile Mini-650, for boats 6.5 meters (21 feet) long. Her first trial sail aboard her new boat will be off Toronto, April 7.
On May 29th, 2010 at 1:00 PM, GLCC members and friends are invited to attend a Celebration in remembrance of Al (Skip) Penniston, a long time GLCC member and Port Captain. This event will be
04/28/2023 Corrected link to article. JM
A great new group boat-insurance plan will soon be available to GLCC members. Click here for details...
Port Captain James Morrin has posted a news update on the Chicago Harbor System. Details here...
A Port-Huron/Sarnia group, The Mariner's Coalition, has produced a handy business-card with border-crossing contact information, as well as a CD-ROM explaining customs and immigration regulations for Canada-U.S.
Attendance at Strictly Sail in Chicago, January 28-31, was surprisingly strong, and the GLCC booth did very well signing up new members. Read more here...
About 90 members and guest attended the GLCC's Lake Superior Mid-Winter Dinner on Jan. 16.
The Toronto International Boat Show was a success for the GLCC. Read more here...
GLCC member Roy Eaton of Little Current has been honored as Volunteer of the Year by the Canadian Safe Boating Counci (CASBA).
The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee is establishing a new Fresh-Water Sciences center on the waterfront. Details here...
Scientists are developing batteries based on paper, made from fresh-water algae—the stringy stuff that washes up on beaches and clogs your water-intake strainer.
A WWII Navy Hellcat fighter plane was pulled from Lake Michigan last weekend, the second trainer plane to be recovered this year, and the sixth since the end of the war.
The Lauren Harris sketch, "Old Stump, Lake Superior," sold for $3.5 million at auction.
The on-line Great Lakes Echo is cataloging recent songs about the Great Lakes, and looking for songs they may have missed.
ScienceDaily (Nov.
Michigan Tech University will soon be building a new research center for studies of the Great Lakes. Details here.
Tiara Yachts of Holland, Michigan—in a year of slow boat sales—has formed a sister company to build wind turbine blades. Info here...
November 7-10 is the anniversary of the Great Storm of 1913, usually considered the worst Great Lakes storm of recorded history.
President Obama has signed into law a $475 million Great Lakes clean-up bill. News story here...
Nearly 100 GLCC members and guests attended the recent Annual General Meeting and Change of Watch Ceremony at Windsor, ON. J.E.
GLCC members Bill and Sylvia Mueller spent the last 19 years building their 52-foot cutter Eos, and have now successfully embarked on