Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Sunbeam
Avoid Bay, near Coffin Bay, South Australia
Sunbeam was a cutter built in 1901 and lost on 20/05/1977. On 18 May 1977 the lobster fishing vessel Sunbeam was anchored in Avoid Bay, west of the Coffin Bay township, while the owner Colin Gerloff went to Port Lincoln to obtain a new battery for the vessel. When he returned the wind had turned to the northwest
The oddity, explained
Why is Sunbeam unusual?
Sunbeam appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Sunbeam was a cutter built in 1901 and lost on 20/05/1977. On 18 May 1977 the lobster fishing vessel Sunbeam was anchored in Avoid Bay, west of the Coffin Bay township, while the owner Colin Gerloff went to Port Lincoln to obtain a new battery for the vessel. When he returned the wind had turned to the northwest. 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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