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Margot and Warren

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Oppositepage:
Top: Herbert and Iargot Gardner
aboard Smiles.
Bottom: The Saitersteins
of Franklin - 4Aan, Debbe,
Noah and Leciii,enjoy their boat.

warm and friendly on the water."
Arnold and Bev Lantor's passion for
boating was fueled 20 years ago when
their 15-foot boat on Cass ,Lake was
used by their family14`tii
chil-
dren. Now, every Friday afterna•ji, the
West Bloomfield . Couple ki*
urban madness behind for their
foot Carver power boat, Rags 2 Riches.
On the verge of retiring from their
retail `business, Campau Clothing in
Hamtrarnack, they say that the bdat "is
an escape to travel and see new places."
Members of the Great Lakes Yacht
Club for 10 years, the socializing is also
a big allure of their boating lifestyle.
"The key is to find something you
enjoy doing," Lantor says. "For some,
it's golfing. For us, it's boating." ❑

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during the race, says Margot. "Eyes are
glued on thesiil and with the intensity
of the air and hypnotic motion of the
boat, therEWan engrossing thrill."
"When we are not racing," she
says, "and it's just two us out on the
water, we can hold intelligent conver-
sations. It takes our mind off of
everyday concerns, and brings us
smiles, which is the name of our
boat." The name may derive from
Herb's dental practice in Livonia or
the pleasure sailing gives them.
For Arnold and Carolyn
Gordon of Bloomfield Hills,
their 44-foot cabin cruiser
Summer Home is
aptly named.
Unable to obtain member-
Gordon is an an
ship elsewhere, a small
attorney, was com-
group of aggressive Jewish
modore of the
"would-be-sailors" incor-
Great Lakes Yacht
porated the Island Boat
Club last year and
Club in May of 1962, just
has been a mem-
east
of Waterworks Park
ber since 1968.
on
the
Detroit River.
The water is part
The
club leased its
of the couple's
current
site in 1964 and
family life, often
Beverly
with S35,000 borrowed from 17 members of
hosting their five
and
the Jewish community, they began construc-
children and seven
Arnold
tion of a clubhouse.
grandchildren.
Lantor
Granted membership in the Detroit River
Summer Home
aboard
Yachting Association nine years after the initial
has two separate,
Rags 2
application was made, the Great Lakes Yacht
air-conditioned
Riches.
estate rooms, and
Club became sponsors of the first of the season's
two bathrooms.
weekly Detroit River Yachting Association
The family tours all five Great
regatta& Great Lakes developed ajimior racing
Lakes and invites guests for day
program, and among those early graduates are
trips and weekend sleepovers.
a number of second-generation GLYC members.
"It's sheer enjoyment," says
Initially, the club had few power boaters
Arnold Grodon. "The mechani-
and activities were geared toward sailing. But
cal part and maintaining the
the club encouraged power boaters to join and,
boat satisfies my yearning for
by the mid-1970s, Great Lakes broke tradition
tinkering. And the boat
to become one of the first clubs to grant mem-
becomes a pure release.
bership to women.
"Our summer months are
Great Lakes has a membership of about 100
devoted to the water. It
— more than three-quarters are Jewish.
becomes almost a sub-culture,
Members can use the club's own sailboats and
as over the years you build rela-
non-members
can enroll in the the junior sail-
tionships with people you cruise
ing
program
for
8-16-year-old&
with. Club members meet at
Great
Lakes
Yacht
Club is at 23900
ports, yet you can pull into a
Jefferson, SL Clair Shores.. (810) 778-9510.
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