Classic Boat Show 1986

This year's Classic Boat Show will be held in Suttons Bay on Saturday, July 21st.  Here are some photos of the 1986 event.  If you have a classic or just unusual boat, please contact me for registration information. 

Gasoline One-Lunger Launch

Gracie L (background), Lyman Runabout & Gannet (foreground)

Cruising Dory

Cygnet just after returning from 4,000 mile "Loop" voyage

October 1986 - Record High Water on Lake Michigan

-Capt. Tom Kelly  231-271-3077

This Week at ISEA

Monday Morning 1-9-2011 at ISEA



This Week at ISEA:

Tueday 1-10-12: ISEA Great Lakes Seminar on Climate Change and Great Lakes Water Levels.  7pm at the Education Center in Suttons Bay.  Free.

Wednesday 1-11-12: Great Lake Association of Science Ships meeting, Traverse City. 

Wednesday 1-11-12: ISEA Volunteer Instructor Training Class #2.  Free.  Call ISEA to register.

Thursday 1-13-12: Great Lakes Captain's Meeting, Traverse City.

Friday: 1-14-12: Great Lakes Captain's Meeting, Travrese City.

Friday: 1-14-12:  "Handy Billy" a great Maritime band will be performing live at Horizon Books on Friday, Jan. 13 at 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm. Come on down and plan to tap your toes, clap your hands, and join a sing-a-long or two.  Check out Handy Billy on Facebook. 

Next ISEA Great Lakes Seminar to Feature Climate Change and Lake Levels

Global Climate Change and the Changing Great Lakes Levels - Presented by Drew Gronewold

Remember last January?

Suttons Bay, MI – The Inland Seas Education Association will present a seminar focusing on the changing Great Lakes levels and Global Climate Change at 7:00pm on Tuesday, January 10th, at the Inland Seas Education Center in Suttons Bay. The program will be presented by Drew Gronewold, Hydrologist and Physical Scientist with NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor. This seminar is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere. Groewold will be speaking about his research in the field as well as the implications from human activities.

A little bit about Drew Gronewold:
Education:
Ph.D., Duke University, Environmental Science and Policy, 2008
B.S., Cornell University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995

Research Interests:
Hydrological and water quality modeling with a focus on propagating uncertainty and variability into model-based management decisions. Specific research areas include predicting runoff in ungauged basins, recreational water quality dynamics in Great Lakes Beaches, and incorporating probability theory and Bayesian statistics into watershed-scale forecasting models.

For further information contact the Inland Seas Education Association at (231) 271-3077 or on the web at http://www.schoolship.org/.

Low Tide on Lake Michigan

Low tide...don't I wish.  These photos show our docks yesterday afternoon with the lake level at about 577.15 ft. above sea level.  The long term average for Lake Michigan is 578.83 ft. The record low was in 1964 at 576.48 ft.  You can keep track of the day to day changes in lake level at the NOAA Great Lakes Level Data web page. 

Floating docks aground at Inland Seas, Suttons Bay 3-21-11

The dock in the background has been lifted by the ice and will have to be re-set.

Looking East along the old Coal Dock

Hoping for a wet spring, --Capt. Tom