Lake Lanier Sailing Club’s Reggae Regatta ~ June 19-21, 2015

The Lake Lanier Sailing Club (LLSC) will host what they are calling “The biggest regatta on Lake Lanier in all its glory!” — The Reggae Regatta — the weekend of June 19, 2015. Don’t know the difference between a mizzen gaff, a lugsail and a jib-headed …

Lanier Islands Memorial Day Weekend Celebration Starts May 22nd!

Memorial Day for 2015 takes place on Monday, May 25th.  That’s weirdly early, because the last day of May is Sunday the 30th.  So … the Memorial Day Weekend begins on Friday, May 22nd at Lake Lanier Islands, near Buford, Georgia on spectacular Lake Lanier. …

Governor Deal Declares Safe Boating Week on Lake Lanier

Governor Nathan Deal proclaimed the week of May 16-22, 2015 as Safe Boating Week all across Georgia, in conjunction with National Safe Boating Week. Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Rangers, along with other state and local agencies, will buckle on their life jackets, get out on the water and …

Celebrate National Safe Boating Week ~ Lake Lanier Association

Our friends with the Lake Lanier Association (LLA) invite you to an event that will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Aqualand Marina from 10 AM until 3 PM. They’ll be celebrating the beginning of National Safe Boating Week (May 16th-23rd) with lots of information …

Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club Paddlers Pass Competitors

Our pal Brenda Miller from the Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club (LCKC) shared some good news with us about how our local paddlers fared at the USA Canoe/Kayak Sprint National Team Trials recently held in Oklahoma City. According to Brenda, seven of the eleven paddlers …

Lake Lanier Campgrounds

It’s time to go camping at one of more than a dozen Lake Lanier campgrounds! Lanier has almost 700-miles of shoreline, with bunches of islands that beckon to be explored in the middle of the lake.  (No campfires or overnight camping, please.) Some of the most …

Lake Lanier Association’s 2015 Progress & Goals

The Lake Lanier Association held its annual meeting on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Port Royale and everything went swimmingly.  Ken Cook, local meteorologist and lake dweller, spoke to almost 400 people who braved rainy weather forecasts to attend the event. This is the group …

Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club & U.S. National Team Trials

Our pal Brenda Miller tells lakelanier.com that paddlers from the Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club (LCKC) are among those headed to Oklahoma City for the US National Team Trials on April 24-25, 2015. Twenty-one paddlers who call Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club their home team …

Lake Lanier Association’s Annual Meeting April 18, 2015

When you think of business meetings, you might imagine boring managers (who don’t have a clue about what’s really happening at the company) droning on about TPS Reports. Forget that. The 2015 Lake Lanier Association Annual Meeting, scheduled for Saturday, April 18th from 4:00 until 6:00 …

Hall County Fire & Rescue to Replace Marine Rescue One

If the red boat on the right looks like a ski boat, that’s because it was originally designed to be a ski boat before it became the Hall County Fire & Rescue’s primary emergency response vessel for Lake Lanier.  Honest. That 23-foot, 2005 Yamaha with twin jet-propelled …