On Nov 4, 4:03 pm, Bob wrote:
On Nov 4, 1:43 pm, Joe wrote:

Anyone know where the custom of putting a coin under a mast started?
What's it for?

My Swedish step dad commercial fished the PNW all his life said, you
put a silver dollar under the mast for good luck. He also said a boat
painted any other color but what was trying to hid something. When I
was running some DC wire in the ceiling of my 1979 Freya I found a
1979 penny glued to the over head. I smiled.

When I pull my mast this winter Im going to glass in an 1879 silver
dollar for the same reason I:
1) removed anything with the boats original name on it.
2) completed a de-naming and christening ceremony.

Bob

Under my main mast I have a 5 dollar coin from the Bucket of Blood
casino, and under the mizzen a JFK 50 cent coin.

What coin is under your mast?
Joe

Bucket of Blood??? Humm, my mom welded WW2 Liberty Ships for JA Jones
in Miss. She talked about a place called the Bucket of Blood. Same
place?

Mine is from the original bucket of blood ..A quait little Saloon up
in the High Serria's.... Virginia City .

Joe

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:30:06 -0800, Joe wrote:


Mine is from the original bucket of blood ..A quait little Saloon up in
the High Serria's.... Virginia City .


Original? Maybe in this country, but you forget the Old World.

http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/photos/img188.htm

Joe wrote:
Anyone know where the custom of putting a coin under a mast started?
What's it for?

Under my main mast I have a 5 dollar coin from the Bucket of Blood
casino, and under the mizzen a JFK 50 cent coin.

What coin is under your mast?

Joe

I have a silver dollar that General Motors paid me for a patent.
Couldn't spend it because it's molded in acrylic with my name and the
patent's name. I drilled holes in the four corners and screwed it down
to the step.

Bernard