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Turmoil cutter arrives in Beaver Harbor before the Mackinaw Race, 1988

Also Turmoil 54-foot cutter · Mike and Jo Moneyhan Beaver Island

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TypeEvent
Date1988-07-23
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1988-07-23
Kind
Transportation
Where
Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1988 Beaver Beacon profiles Turmoil, a 54-foot cutter owned by Gary Comer. Mike and Jo Moneyhan brought the boat to Beaver Island after a long route through the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf, and inland waterways; the boat was scheduled to enter the July 23 Mackinaw Race.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper vessel profile and travel account, not a registry entry, navigation log, or race result.

Sources

  1. Profiles Gary Comer’s 54-foot cutter Turmoil, Mike and Jo Moneyhan’s transatlantic and inland-waterway route to Beaver Island, vessel specifications, and its planned entry in the July 23 Mackinaw Race. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Turmoil cutter arrives in Beaver Harbor before the Mackinaw Race, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-turmoil-cutter-arrival-1988/, accessed [date], citing “A New Sail Boat in the Harbor,” Beaver Beacon, July 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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