Archive - Boating

Tips on Boater Safety from a Coast Guard Responder

Tips on Boater Safety from a Coast Guard Responder

Tom Rau, a Coast Guard responder, talks boater safety tips and shares the lessons learned from a Manistee boating accident on Lake Michigan.

Kids Up North: Kayak Camp in Harbor Springs

Kids Up North: Kayak Camp in Harbor Springs

This week's Kids Up North features the three-day Kids Kayak Camps for kids ages 9-12 offered by The Outfitter in Harbor Springs.

How To: Wake Your Boat From Hibernation—Tips For Northern Michigan Boaters

How To: Wake Your Boat From Hibernation—Tips For Northern Michigan Boaters

Tips for getting your boat ready for some Michigan boating on Lake Michigan or an inland lake like Glen Lake, Torch Lake, Crysal Lake, Lake Leelanau, Lake Charlevoix or any Northern Michigan lake.

Kids Up North: Paddling the Crystal River in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Kids Up North: Paddling the Crystal River in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

When it comes to safe, family-friendly waters, Glen Arbor’s Crystal River that winds through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is THE place to paddle. MyNorth caught up with Becky...

Traverse City's Backcountry Outfitters Hosts Kayaking Legend Stan Chladek

Traverse City's Backcountry Outfitters Hosts Kayaking Legend Stan Chladek

Free talk and slideshow about adventure ocean kayaking at InsideOut Gallery.

Kayak Safety Tips for Fall Color Tour Paddling

Kayak Safety Tips for Fall Color Tour Paddling

Kayak safety tips for autumn paddling when beauty lures paddlers to the water, but cold water calls for a safety check.

Restaurants and Inns Fill This 4-Day Kayak Tour on Chain of Lakes

Restaurants and Inns Fill This 4-Day Kayak Tour on Chain of Lakes

Here's the day-by-day itinerary of Paddle the Chain Kayak Voyage, a four-day kayak tour of the Chain of Lakes that includes fabulous meals, cozy inns and Camolot Inn's Don Weeks to make sure it all...

Chain of Lakes Kayak Tour With Great Food and Cozy Inns

Chain of Lakes Kayak Tour With Great Food and Cozy Inns

All you have to do is paddle on this early Autumn, four-day kayak tour down the Chain of Lakes that includes fine restaurants and cozy inns waiting.

Color Cruise Comes to Charlevoix

Color Cruise Comes to Charlevoix

Color tour from the waters of Lake Charlevoix and Lake Michigan aboard the Keweenau Star, a comfy, 100-foot tour boat hailing out of Charlevoix.

Riding the Waves of Endless Summer at Sleeping Bear Surfest 2009

Riding the Waves of Endless Summer at Sleeping Bear Surfest 2009

Share Lake Michigan's surf with like-minded folk at Michael Gray's October weekend event near Traverse City.

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