- Dates
- 1983-10-09 – 1983-10-11
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Saint James Harbor
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetourismcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1983 Beaver Beacon reported that Max Riely and Sandy Young anchored their 32-foot sailboat in Beaver Harbor for two days while traveling from an Australian home base toward Panama.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper observation, not a vessel log, harbor register, or travel record.
Sources
- Reports Max Riely and Sandy Young anchored a 32-foot sailboat in the harbor after four years on the water; their home base was Australia, with plans for Panama by Christmas, and they stayed two days before departing October 11. It is a first-person newspaper observation, not a harbor register, vessel log, or immigration record. 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 · 1983-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the visiting-sailboat note.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Australian sailboat visitors stop at Beaver Island, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-roaming-reporter-sailboat-1983/, accessed [date], citing “The Roaming Reporter,” Beaver Beacon, November 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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BibTeX for “Australian sailboat visitors stop at Beaver Island, 1983”RIS for “Australian sailboat visitors stop at Beaver Island, 1983”