- Date
- 2011-08
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Saint James Harbor
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 2011 Beaver Beacon profiles Berny and Gina Blough as longtime cruising ambassadors for Beaver Island. They had sailed their 47-foot Vagabond ketch Das Boot into Paradise Bay for twenty-five years and routinely encouraged other Great Lakes cruisers to visit the harbor and island services.
Evidence limits
The profile documents the reported visits and promotional role, not a complete voyage history, harbor log, or independently measured visitor impact.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "Destination Paradise Bay: Our Cruising Ambassadors."Profiles Berny and Gina Blough, their 47-foot Vagabond ketch Das Boot, their twenty-five years of sailing into Paradise Bay, and their practice of recommending Beaver Island to other Great Lakes cruisers. It is a source profile, not a complete voyage or visitor count. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held August issue scan confirms the Das Boot profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Berny and Gina Blough promote Beaver Island as cruising ambassadors aboard Das Boot, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-das-boot-cruising-ambassador-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "Destination Paradise Bay: Our Cruising Ambassadors." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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