The 25th Annual Lake Superior Mid-Winter Dinner Meeting was held Saturday, January 15, at the Fort Snelling Officers Club, St. Paul, MN. Port Captain (Port Superior) Dave and Donna Steffens, the recipients of GLCC’s prestigious William J. Kivell Award for 2010, were the featured speakers for the evening.

Each year Golden Wrench Award is given at the GLCC's Lake Superior Mid-Winter Dinner. This year, the honor went to the Port Captain of Superior, WI, Vic Kliensteuber and his First Mate Judy Summers.

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 Party Invitation - GLCC members are invited to a party on the Columbia Yacht Club Ship in Chicago, as guests of Richard and Joan Miller, following the Strictly Sail Show.  Saturday evening, January 29,  7:00 - 11:00 p.m.   Live music, dinner buffet ($24), and dancing.  No cost of admission.  Dutch treat on food and drink (your credit card will be accepted).   Casual attire.

 This is Your Opportunity to get your "Boating Stuff" for sale in front of a captive audience (GLCC members only).

Best of all its FREE to advertise! One more GREAT reason to be a member!

Your ad will be in both places: the internet & in the Lifeline.

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The cruise ship that has made national news (for suffering through a wild storm off Cape Horn) will be familiar to GLCC cruisers. She is the Clelia II, shown in the Jim-Wooll photo (left), approaching the dock at Little Current. A video of the storm is here. 

 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. News story here...

Port Captain Gerry Krause passed away on November 14, 2010. Gerry had been a member of GLCC since 1983 and was a long time Port Captain of White Lake M-21 on Lake Michigan. The obituary may be seen at this LINK.

The December issue of the Lifeline is now available HERE. This issue has the event reports from the Annual Meeting at St. Joe, the Wilderness Rally, and the Lake Superior Rally.