- Date
- 2003-08-07
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimerecreationtransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On August 7, 2003, the schooner Madeline took Beaver Islanders on an afternoon sail from the Gillespie dock, with passengers helping handle lines, touring the ship, and sailing beyond Paradise Bay.
Evidence limits
The first-person feature does not state the vessel’s ownership, ticketing, or full itinerary beyond the reported sail.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 2003, “A Wonderful Afternoon Sail”.Describes the August 7 sail from the Gillespie dock, passengers helping with lines, children at the helm, a tour of the vessel, passage out of Paradise Bay, and Captain Rod Jones’s crew. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the September 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The schooner Madeline carries Beaver Islanders on an August afternoon sail”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-madeline-afternoon-sail-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2003, “A Wonderful Afternoon Sail”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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