After rebuilding Grenadine’s mast step supports and stepping the mast last offseason, I happened to find a 1972 US quarter in my pocket. I figured that was lucky, since Grenadine was built in 1972, so I placed the coin in the mast step. I took her mast down again this offseason to inspect the rebuilt mast step supports (they’re solid as rock). So when I step the mast before launching this year, I’ll properly attach the coin to the step under the mast, heads up and rotated sensibly.
I’ll stick with the US coin since I’m a US citizen and don’t know what currency the ferryman accepts :) No disrespect intended to the greatest Canadian yacht builder of all time. But it looks very hard to find a pure silver 1972 US coin. For a couple hundred bucks I could get a relatively rare “Ike dollar” with 40% silver, but the rest have little or no silver content. Cheers, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO > On Jan 3, 2018, at 7:49 AM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] <mailto:[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 >
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