Lou Bruska

Lou Bruska has been a sailor for fifty years. He and his wife, Laurel, bought their first boat in 1978, and started racing. Since 2003 they've been cruising on their Catalina 36 out of Holland, MI.

With 50+ years of sailing experience on the Great Lakes as a racer and a cruiser, and after 15 Chicago-Mac races and countless buoy races, Lou now devotes his time to cruising. He’s a member of the Great Lake Cruising Club and was the chairman of the GLCC's Harbor Reports Committee from 2012 to 2019 and a GLCC Webinar Instructor since 2012. He has covered over 10,000nm cruising the Great Lakes from his home port in Holland, Michigan; for which he is the Port Captain. In 2014 completed 1325 nm round trip to Lake Erie. In 2020 he cruised to Isle Royale in Lake Superior and back. Past cruises included trips to the North Channel, Georgian Bay and multiple cruises along both coasts of Lake Michigan and into Grand Traverse Bay and down the Lake Huron shore.

Related webinars

Cruising Lake Michigan's Northeast Shore
Plan to cruise Michigan north of the 45th parallel? Join experienced Lake Michigan cruiser Lou Bruska as he guides you through this highly accessible yet special cruising area.
Lake Huron North of the 45th
Lake Huron is blessed with many wonderful and interesting ports and small towns up and down both the Canadian and Michigan shorelines. This season the GLCC will present two Lake Huron webinars roughly dividing the lake at the 45th Parallel. In this webinar GLCC Log Book Editor Lou Bruska will share his cruising experiences of Lake Huron North of the 45th.
Cruising Green Bay
Whether you like visiting quaint lakeside villages, exploring state parks, fishing in protected waters, or anchoring in pristine settings, Green Bay will more than satisfy your interests. Don't miss this new-this-year webinar covering Lake Michigan's cruising gem ... Green Bay