Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Pastime
Between Stansbury and Wool Bay
Pastime was a cutter built in and lost on 23/05/1909. Unknown. On 17 May 1909 Pastime departed Edithburgh bound for Port Adelaide with one person on board (Wilson). The other usual crew members (1-2 persons) were left in Edithburgh and one stated that the vessel was leaking badly when it left. It was towing
The oddity, explained
Why is Pastime unusual?
Pastime appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Pastime was a cutter built in and lost on 23/05/1909. Unknown. On 17 May 1909 Pastime departed Edithburgh bound for Port Adelaide with one person on board (Wilson). The other usual crew members (1-2 persons) were left in Edithburgh and one stated that the vessel was leaking badly when it left. It was towing. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.
Evidence and further exploration
The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.
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