Name: Coast Guard search for Picton Castle crew member is suspended after storm loss, 2006
Start: 2006-12
End: 2006-12
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006-12
Kind: Disaster
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimeemergency-managementweatherdeathcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 2007 Beaver Beacon reported that the Coast Guard had suspended an aerial search after Laura Gainey was swept overboard from the tall ship Picton Castle during a storm. The article recalled that Picton Castle had visited Beaver Island the previous summer.

Evidence limits

This is a regional maritime news report, not a complete Coast Guard case file or independent account of the search.

Sources

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Sources

"Laura Gainey," Beaver Beacon, January 2007.
Reports the suspension of an aerial search after Laura Gainey was swept overboard from the tall ship Picton Castle during a storm and recalls the vessel's Beaver Island visit. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-01_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, January 2007, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the maritime report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard search for Picton Castle crew member is suspended after storm loss, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-laura-gainey-picton-search-2006/, accessed [date], citing "Laura Gainey," Beaver Beacon, January 2007. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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