Great Lakes Cruising Club
On-Line Cruising-Related Webinars

We're pleased to announce an exciting new partnership arrangement with the Great Lakes Cruising Club (GLCC) in which all GLCC on-line cruising-related webinars are available to USPS members at reduced USPS registration rates. Over forty webinars are planned for the 2012-13 GLCCSchool curriculum year, which runs from October through April.

This year's topics include introductions to several new subjects such as Solar Power, Safety for Cruising Couples, Using (and when not to use) Weather GRIBs, Fiberglass and Epoxy Repair, Radar-Assisted Navigation, and more, along with a newly-extended complement of Great Lakes cruising webinars, marine weather, negotiating locks, boat and engine maintenance, energy management, provisioning, and refrigeration plus many more.

All Webinars are open to GLCC and USPS members and the public alike, with GLCC and USPS members receiving discounted registration rates.

Important Note

To ensure that you automatically receive all notices regarding upcoming GLCCSchool webinars and related events, we recommend you "open an account". GLCCSchool accounts are free ... it's just a matter of filling out an on-line registration using the "Create an Account" link in the "Guest Login" box at the upper left of the GLCCSchool web site screens. This way, you won't miss an announcement of a webinar that might be of special interest to you.

Quick Program Overview

The GLCCSchool is a program of "webinar" tutorials conducted by knowledgeable boaters and industry experts discussing their subject in live on-screen presentations with visual aids. Students also have the ability to interact on-line with the instructor and each other—a virtual classroom. Sessions typically run for 60 to 90 minutes. Students also are given the opportunity to view a recording of the webinar for approximately six weeks after the live presentation, both for review purposes and in the case that participants were unable to attend the live presentation.

GLCCSchool participants need only a computer with speakers and a browser (no special software required), an Internet connection and a desire to learn. The Great Lakes Cruising Club School aims to provide the practical cruising pointers and insight recreational boaters need to cruise the Great Lakes and other waterways. There are no tests, only information from GLCC-accredited sail and power boaters and other acknowledged experts having first-hand knowledge of their subject. Registration costs are low because of volunteer involvement and the school's goal of reaching as many cruising boaters as possible.

Additional information about the new web-based GLCCSchool is available on the USPS web site and on GLCCSchool. On the USPS web site, logged-on USPS members will find links to the member-only discount codes needed to secure reduced rates to GLCCSchool webinars.

Click GLCCSchool to learn more about upcoming scheduled webinars, review instructor backgrounds, and register for the GLCCSchool site and courses. Note that even though you are registered for the USPS web site you will need to register yourself for the GLCCSchool web site. This is required since GLCCSchool courses are being made available to both USPS and GLCC members and the public alike. GLCCSchool web site registration is free to all.

We think you'll find this new partnership providing discounted GLCCSchool webinar access to all USPS members very exciting. We and the Great Lakes Cruising Club look forward to you visiting the USPS web site for discount information, as well as the GLCCSchool web site to register and sign up for classes.

Happy boating... and happy learning!