Beaver Island Marine and rescue boat free the disabled S Mar Sw II, 1988

Locator map: Saint James Harbor highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Saint James HarborLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 1988-08-27
Kind: Occurrence
Where: Saint James Harbor
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimeemergency-managementtransportationpublic-servicecommunication
Within: Saint James Harbor

Summary

On August 27, 1988, Beaver Island Marine staff and the rescue boat freed the S Mar Sw II after its anchor line fouled the propeller in heavyening seas. The account also records a recommendation for a larger, better-equipped rescue boat.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper rescue narrative and operator assessment, not a Coast Guard incident report or engineering evaluation.

Sources

Boat in Trouble, Beaver Beacon, November 1988.
Reports John Barrett, Allen Muma, Bill Freese, and the rescue boat freeing the S Mar Sw II after its anchor line fouled the propeller in 4–5-foot seas; the report says Coast Guard assistance was unavailable and identifies equipment deficiencies to address. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the rescue report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Marine and rescue boat free the disabled S Mar Sw II, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-s-mar-sw-ii-rescue-1988/, accessed [date], citing Boat in Trouble, Beaver Beacon, November 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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