The 1979 Canadian coin I got for my boat is like this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Canada-Silver-Dollar-Specimen-Griffon-Free-U-S-Shipping/231950211379?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41375%26meid%3D4ca124b06e9f4184b552b38f2d6bfb23%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D132373189984&_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850 <https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Canada-Silver-Dollar-Specimen-Griffon-Free-U-S-Shipping/231950211379?_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIM.MBE&ao=1&asc=41375&meid=4ca124b06e9f4184b552b38f2d6bfb23&pid=100011&rk=4&rkt=12&sd=132373189984&_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850>
I thought since I was only going to do this once (hopefully) in a long time, I’d get something special. — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Jan 3, 2018, at 7:54 AM, Bruce Vineberg via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In sailboating and shipbuilding > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipbuilding>, Mast Stepping is the process > of raising the boat's mast. It also refers to a ceremonial occasion which > occurs when the mast is stepped, towards the end of a ship's construction. > The ceremony involves placing or welding one or more coins into the mast step > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_step> of a ship, and is seen as an > important ceremonial occasion in a ship's construction which is thought to > bring good luck.[1] > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_Stepping#cite_note-1>[2] > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_Stepping#cite_note-2>Although the coins > were originally placed under the main-mast > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main-mast> of a ship, they are now generally > welded under the radar mast. > > Bruce Vineberg
_______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
