Featured in this month's issue:


This Issue:




Cool As Ice
The adrenaline rush of iceboating.





In A Fog
How to navigate if you're trapped in pea soup.





Port o' Call: Erie Islands Playground
Spend quiet days exploring quaint small towns and natural wonders, then, in the evening, join the party at Put-in-Bay.





Boat Test: Grand Banks 42 Heritage EU






Boat Test: Viking 52 Sport Yacht






Power Players: 2009 Sterndrives
Light, low-profile and green technology, with advanced corrosion to boot.





How Obama Affects the Great Lakes
Is our new president truly "a friend of the Great Lakes"?





Shoreleave
A waterfront theater in a historic Georgian Bay harbor.



   
Departments:




Scuttlebutt: Great Lakes News
The H.M.S. Detroit leaves its home port and Milwaueee gets a speedy new rescue boat.




People & Places
Getting down at SkipperBud's Raft Up





Above the Waterline
The Final Cruise: Did a haunting melody sink the famous Windjammer?





Electronics
Waterproofing your iPod and cell phone.





Marina Watch
Lake Erie's Luna Pier Harbour Club.





Lakeshore Life Real Estate
The Gatsby Estate of Spring Lake, Michigan.





Coast Guard OpSums
Man with Boy Scout troupe rescued, and other operation summaries.




Mariner's Bookshelf
Diving Door County




Classic Buy
Mainship 390 trawler.