- Date
- 2008-04-29
- Kind
- Transportation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetourismcommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 2008 Beacon profiled Brigitte and Rolf Baumgartner as they resumed their return voyage from Beaver Island to Basel, Switzerland. Their route had included the Caribbean, the Intracoastal Waterway, and the Great Lakes; they planned an Atlantic crossing after reaching New York and used satellite communications for weather forecasts.
Evidence limits
The source records their plans and recollections, not the completion of the 2008 Atlantic crossing.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 2008, "Happy Landing," Basel, Switzerland.Profiles Brigitte and Rolf Baumgartner, who returned April 29 to prepare their Jeanneau 34 for the eastbound voyage from Beaver Island toward New York, the Azores, Gibraltar, and Switzerland; describes their satellite weather communications. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifty-two-page issue scan confirms the sailing profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Happy Landing sailors resume voyage from Beaver Island to Switzerland, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-happy-landing-sailing-voyage-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2008, "Happy Landing," Basel, Switzerland. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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