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Page 2 MEMBERSHIP NOTES • Several members inquired about the late mailing of the November Telescope with the membership renewal notice inserted. We apologize for the late mailing and beginning this year, we will return to inserting your renewal notice in the September issue. We have also decided to print the list of items available from the museum's gift shop in the March issue. There are always several new books available near Christmas and updating the list in January will provide readers with more gift selections. Marine artist Jim Clary has written Ladies of the Lakes II which details the ships lost during the Great Storm of 1913 and also includes stories on the USCG Mackinaw, Noronic, Stewart Cort, Seeandbee, Huron Lightship and Aquarama. As in Volume I of Ladies of the Lakes, each chapter contains a short history of the vessel, accompanied with photos and a color portrait of the ship by the artist. The book is available from the gift shop at $45.00 and members receive a 10% discount. MEETING NOTICES • Again in 1993 joint entertainment meetings with the Marine Historical Society of Detroit will be held on the third Saturdays in January, March, May and November. The March meeting will be on Saturday, March 20th at 11 am at Dossin Museum. Our guest speaker will be Douglas Short showing films of Great Lakes ships. CONTENTS• Membership Notes, Meeting Notices, etc. One Hundred Years of Fire Boats on the Detroit River Thoroughbreds The "U" Number in Gold Cup Racing: Schafer's Such Crust Boats Were First and Last Great Lakes & Seaway News Published at Detroit, Michigan by the GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by Macomb Printing, Inc. OUR COVER PICTURE ... Institute member Jim Sprunt caught the car ferry Jiimaan on her maiden trip on July 3, 1992. The car ferry was built at Port Weller Drydocks Ltd. as Hull #76 for the Pelee Island Transportation Services. The Jiimaan has a capacity of forty cars and four hundred passengers. She will sail from Leamington, Kingsville and Point Pelee to Sandusky and from Pelee Island to Sandusky. 2 by Wm. Cahill 3 by Richard Gebhart 7 by Steve Garey 13 Edited by Don Richards 16 Telescope is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an agency with the Historical Department of the City of Detroit.