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Friday, April 18, 2025

Marine Trades Institute Announces Michael Kletti Memorial Scholarship Marine Trades Institute is proud to announce the establishment of the Michael Kletti Memorial Scholarship, a new scholarship opportunity designed to support students pursuing marine industry careers. This scholarship was created by Sandy Kletti and her

by: Tom Coates

tags: Awards, Boat Building, Education, Feel Good Story, Marine Industry, Scholarships

Monday, April 7, 2025

Sea-Doo Media Content Alert Sea-Doo sponsors “Rebirth of a Dream” documentary Canada’s first female surf photographer, Bryanna Bradley suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2022 doing what she loved most, capturing images of her friends surfing while in Mexico. The three years that followed saw Bryanna experience

by: Tim Olson

tags: Boat Dealer, Community Outreach, Event, Feel Good Story, Industry News, Women In Boating

Friday, February 14, 2025

Highfield Boats, in Partnership with Tohatsu America, Announce “The Big Pink Charity Auction” of a Special Pink Edition Highfield Sport 360 Powered by Tohatsu to Benefit Cancer Research and the National Breast Cancer Foundation Highfield Boats USA, America’s leading supplier of rigid inflatable boats (RIBS), in

by: Michael Carroll

tags: Beyond the Great Lakes, Boat Show, Company Partnership, Destination, Event, Feel Good Story, Inflatable Boats, Marine Industry

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

I Learned About Boating from That - Trawler Trouble In August of 2016, I was taking a number of my yacht club's junior water polo players and a few parents to a nearby yacht club for a water polo match aboard my 56’ Vicem, Serenity. Not long after entering the harbor in Stamford, CT, I heard a “Pan-Pan” distress

by: Capt. Gregg Clark

tags: Boating Safety, BoatTest, Distress Calls, Feel Good Story, Save a life

Saturday, January 4, 2025

Tony Gadzinski Named Burger Boat Company’s 2024 Associate of the Year Burger Boat Company, is proud to announce Tony Gadzinski as the recipient of its 2024 Associate of the Year award. This prestigious recognition celebrates Tony’s exceptional dedication, craftsmanship, and contributions to the company’s

by: Burger Boat Company

tags: Awards, Feel Good Story, Industry News, Marine Industry, Yacht

Monday, September 16, 2024

10 Million Pieces of Litter Collected from Great Lakes Shorelines Chicago, IL (September 4, 2024) – The Alliance for the Great Lakes announced an Adopt-a-Beach milestone. In the twenty-one years the Alliance has been tracking trash collected by the organization’s dedicated volunteers, more than 10 million pieces of

by: Don Carr

tags: Community Outreach, Conservation, Environmental Impact, Feel Good Story, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Sustainability

Monday, August 12, 2024

Epic Mackinac Affairs It was a year for the record books and the ages for both of the Races to Mackinac Island as the 100th Anniversary for the Bayview Yacht Club’s Race from Port Huron and the Chicago Yacht Club’s 115th Race checked off all the boxes with a pair of exciting and suspenseful, action-packed sailboat races

by: Mark Reid

tags: Awards, Event, Feel Good Story, Great Lakes, Lake Huron, Sailing, Women In Boating

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Sometimes ya just gotta do something nuts. At least, I find that I do. The day-to-day grind starts to get to me, and for me, the way to break that feeling is to do something that, I guess, in most people's minds, is a little nuts. I found this out while we were sailing in Bora Bora a few days ago. We were on one of our Share The Sail

by: Bob Bitchin

tags: Feel Good Story, Sailing

Thursday, January 5, 2023

There are many components that need to come together in creating and maintaining a successful team. First and foremost is finding the right people who share a common goal and the means to collectively work towards that end in an environment of hard work, discipline, and fun while learning along the way, whether you win or not. The

by: Mark Reid

tags: Feel Good Story, Racing, Sailing

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Bay Marine, one of the nation’s leading family-owned and operated boat and yacht dealerships, prides itself on providing high-quality boats, excellent service, and, most importantly, a connection with its customers that goes beyond business. I had the pleasure of speaking with the co-owner of Bay Marine, Mark Felhofer, who,

by: Frankie Krutsch, Content Manager at Great Lakes Scuttlebutt

tags: Dealerships, Feel Good Story

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