Lakeland Boating — July 2017

BOAT TEST PHOTOS COURTESY OF CARVER I hear people, both young and old, use the phrase “Back in the day...” in reference to how t ...

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From the top Let’s start at the top. The word “Command” is apt for the C52 bridge. First, it has a commanding layout thanks to a ...

What’s interesting is that Carver built in a second Nova Kool fridge/freezer unit across in the lower section of the entertainme ...

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T here aren’t many boatbuilders left where the founder is still hard at work designing new models. A fact that made the debut of ...

Pursuit of Perfection Master craftsmen at Michigan’s Van Dam Custom Boats create one-of-a-kind wooden boats. STORY BY SUSAN R. P ...

W hen he wasn’t working on TV shows, doing voice-overs or narrating audiobooks, Ed Hermann, the actor best-known for portraying ...

A MARRIAGE OF ART AND ENGINEERING Located on the southern tip of Lake Charlevoix in Boyne City, Van Dam Custom Boats started in ...

The cost of their custom wooden boats reflects the quality and painstaking workmanship involved in every step of the process — a ...

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M y husband, Mark, and I had just moved from Chicago to Duluth, bringing with us our 38- foot Marine Trader trawler, Mazurka. We ...

offer protected anchorages and some docks for almost any weather, yet are close enough to the towns of Bayfield and La Pointe, w ...

Mark and I sat alone on the flybridge, enjoying the sunset. Along the beach, small campfires popped up. Further out on the horiz ...

Har Herita b Heathe Steinbere I don’t remember the fi rst time I saw Sturgeon Bay. It was in the early 1980s as I drove ...

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PHOTO COURTESY OF STURGEON BAY VISITORS CENTER Sturgeon Bay was our home for nearly 10 years. Our daughter was born there; we ke ...

PARADE PHOTO COURTESY OF DOOR COUNTY MUSEUM & LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY; MARINA PHOTO COURTESY SKIPPER BUD'S; CENTERPO ...