which has received a couple of accolades this year. It was rated the "Most Beautiful Place in America" in a recent "Good Morning America" poll. And this past spring, "Dr. Beach" (Stephen Leatherman, director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research) ranked it as the best Great Lakes beach. Not everyone agrees with these rankings, of course, not even many Michiganians. Be that as it may, the northern Great Lakes offer some beautiful cruising grounds.