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If you cruise the Great Lakes, you may see a distinctive burgee with five interconnected chain-links that form a complete circle. It identifies the boat's owners as members of the Great Lakes Cruising Club (GLCC).
We proudly fly our GLCC burgees from the bow staffs of our power cruisers or from the spreaders of our sailboats. And we do get around. GLCC members take their boats far and wide on North America's five Great Lakes and their tributaries. We are found on the water from Duluth to Quebec; from Chicago to Buffalo; and from Toledo to Toronto. Some members are partial to the legendary North Channel, while others prefer cruising the secluded wilderness of Lake Superior's North Shore. The club has more than 2,500 members in the U.S. and Canada. We are known to be a friendly bunch of serious boaters who warmly welcome new members and are willing to share our love of the lakes and our knowledge about how to cruise them.
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In “Howling Winds”, author and historian Ric Mixter shares the most famous mascot stories on fresh and salt water. You will hear about incredible survivals in the 1913 and “Black Friday” 1916 Storms, as well as the dog that helped search for 29 men lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Join for fun and entertaining stories of Gold medal rescues, treasure ships and mascot stories from all five Great Lakes in this new GLCC School addition presented by one of Michigan's favorite story tellers.
Messages in bottles were last ditch efforts calling for rescue or desperate goodbyes to loved ones. History has recorded thousands of bottles, but are they all real? GLCC's favorite history story teller Ric Mixter investigates and adds new information to famous and unknown messages on the ocean and the Great Lakes.
Having plenty of electric power on board while cruising can make the difference between a fantastic experience and a marginal one. Solar energy is an excellent source of electrical power for the cruising sailboat or power boat. However, figuring out the size of solar panels you need and matching them up with the various accessories required for a complete high-performance system can be a daunting task.
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Welcome to GLCCSchool! Now well onto its second decade, the GLCCSchool offers a broad range of webinars that will appeal to all Great Lakes cruisers. Take a look at our Open Classes, Recording Library or Class Schedule see what is currently available.
GLCC offers its members the most extensive information on Great Lakes Cruising available anywhere, plus the comradery of over 2500 like minded Canadian and US cruisers, 200 port captains to consult for local knowledge, an extensive web site with access to almost everything Great Lakes, a quarterly magazine, scores of social and cruising events, educational opportunities like GLCCSchool, Great Lakes stewardship through the Great Lakes Foundation, and more ...