from the helm
Crazy for Keweenaw
EDITORIAL STAFF Editor: Lindsey Johnson Senior editor: Dave Mull Editors-at-large: Heather Steinberger & Roland Schultz Field editor: Tom Thompson
CONTRIBUTORS Elizabeth Altick, Billy Black, Chris Caswell, Mark Corke, Maria da Silva, Bill Fink, Mike Harris, Andrew Hind, Jerome Kellagopian, Paul Kemiel, Capt. Frank Lanier, Raymond j. Malace, Zuzana Prochazka, Colleen H. Troupis, Dave Wallace, Bill Wittenbach BUSINESS STAFF Advertising sales representative: Mark Conway Regional and classified sales manager: Kirsten Moxley Marketing director: Linda O’Meara Circulation director: Sharon P. O’Meara EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING OFFICE 727 South Dearborn | Suite 812 | Chicago, IL 60605 phone: 312-276-0610 | fax: 312-276-0619 email: staff@lakelandboating.com website: lakelandboating.com
Check out our cover boat, the Viking 42 Open, on page 18. This is a quality flybridge yacht that is beautifully fitted out. The 42 Open allows you to trade up or down without sacrificing the quality or aesthetics of a larger vessel. This is a yacht for the times. And finally, do not miss our review of Beneteau’s Swift Trawler 44 on page 26. She’s a real beauty with all the comforts of a high-end trawler, not the least of which is her warm cherry interior. If need be, she can get you where you need to go—swiftly. Enjoy fall!
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ur port of call feature this month is the Keweenaw Peninsula. “Keweenaw” is an Ojibwe name meaning “place of the crossing.” The peninsula juts out into Lake Superior, the biggest, bluest and cleanest of the five Great Lakes. The Keweenaw Peninsula is the only destination in the Midwest on the list of “America’s Top Ten Summer Sports Meccas,” according to National Geographic Adventure magazine. It’s also rated one of the top “fall color” drives in the region. Come winter, the area is known for some of the most scenic snowmobiling trails in the U.S. The peninsula reaches out into the middle of Lake Superior, affording a spectacular view of the lake from any angle. Summer or winter, this area has it all, including mountains not normally enjoyed in the Midwest. Fishing villages reminiscent of the Northeast can be found in the deep water bays tucked along the lakeshore. Longtime Lakeland Boating editor and contributor Heather Steinberger has touched the soul of the area and hit on why so many people have come to this place for generations. Check out her detailed and informative story on page 46. When you go to the Keweenaw, don’t forget to plan a visit to Isle Royale, the largest freshwater island in the world, with both habitat and wildlife unique to the island. Spectacular hiking trails and canoe and kayak rentals are a mere 40 miles away by ferry from Keweenaw’s Copper Harbor. On another note, if you haven’t yet made winter storage plans for your boat this offseason, we have some solid suggestions to offer. Read up on the options available to you as written by Lakeland contributor Capt. Frank Lanier on page 34.
October 2011 Volume LXV, No. 10
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