Wow, thanks all for the great responses! It looks like "Pat" and "Wingman" are the lucky folks who discovered SXM first in 1973. The greatest concentration of "firsts" is 1984-85 with 10.

Honestly, I can't even imagine how cool the island would have been in the 70's and 80's. It was still fairly "quaint" when we arrived in the 90's!