Summary
When the Beaver Islander was laid up for a week with a failed clutch, the Beaver Island Boat Company chartered the former Emerald Isle from the Arnold Line. Captain Russ Green brought the smaller, slower ferry back from Mackinac Island and restored service.
Evidence and limits
The report gives an operational emergency but no repair invoice, charter contract, exact dates, or later disposition of either vessel.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 1973, “Emerald Isle Returns.”Reports that a Beaver Islander clutch breakdown caused a week of repairs, after which the Boat Company chartered the former Emerald Isle from the Arnold Line; Captain Russ Green brought it back from Mackinac Island and returned it to the run. It does not give exact repair dates, charter terms, or a later vessel disposition.