The GLCC now has a Facebook page, but we'd like help in reaching more Great Lakes boaters. You can start helping by simply inviting your Facebook friends to like the GLCC Facebook site. It's as simple as 1, 2, 3! To start click HERE.

Please welcome Jay Bishop, newly appointed Port Captain for Dunkirk, New York (E-3). Here is a brief summary of Jay’s boating history. Jay has been boating on Lake Erie since 1991 when he moved from his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa. to the Dunkirk-Fredonia N.Y. Prior to that, he had learned to boat and waterski on the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. One of the big attractions for his move to western N.Y. was the water and the boating recreational opportunities available on Lake Erie. Please click here for further reading.

The GLCC  has announced a new collaboration with the Cruising Club of America (CCA) to help make the CCA’s “Safety for Cruising Couples” seminar more widely and very affordably available over the internet. A news release was sent to 54 Publications, 101 US Yacht Clubs and 84 Canadian Yacht Clubs as part of the larger announcement on the start of GLCCSchool’s 2015-16 school year. For more information, to view the news release, and to learn how you can help further spread the word, click here.

Please welcome Dennis Kunc, newly appointed Port Captain for Chagrin River, Ohio (E-9). Here is a brief summary of Dennis' boating history.

​I have sailed and fished on Lake Erie for the better part of my life. My wife Rose and I enjoy sailing, cruising and being part of the boating community. When our children were three and five, we purchased our first family sailboat, a C&C 33. We spent many great years racing and cruising around the lake. Please click here to read further.

Please welcome Deputy Port Captains David and Susan Barnum for Isle Royale National Park (S-150). Here is a little about their prior ventures in boating.

David grew up in Duluth, Minn. His family had once owned several islands near Isle Royale, and there is one that bears his name located in Washington Harbor (S-163). He spent my summers at their cabin up at “the island” from an early age. His great-grandfather purchased Barnum Island in 1895, and enjoyed his summers there until he passed away in 1936. Please click here for further reading.

The GLCC has a new and exciting service for its members. We have just activated a GLCC GEAR tab above on the website’s tab bar page. When you click on it — or HERE — the link will take you to our partner site at Crowley’s in Chicago, which provides GLCC logo-branded clothing and other great gear to GLCC members.

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.

Have you noticed something new on the home page?  We have replaced the rotating pictures with a new capability to view charts of the Great Lakes (or any place else in the world).  Navionics, known for their extensive set of charts for many brands of chart plotters, has provided the ability for users to look at charts in depth.  We are pleased to give our members and others this opportunity to explore the waters of the Great Lakes and further with this new tool.  Please note that one cannot create routes with this tool. Click on the Acknowledgements for further information.  Although this tool is rather intuitive to use, one can click here for further instructions.

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.

The July 8th PBS News Hour featured a report on concerns about the aging oil pipeline crossing the Straits of Mackinac. To view click http://www.pbs.org/newshour/videos/#149344