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sethp001
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Initially Posted - 08/22/2017 :  17:06:38  Show Profile
After dropping the mast for the first time in my ownership of the boat, I figured out why nothing bad has happened yet.

They were covered in 3" of dirt and almost were swept away.


Seth
"Outlier" 1987 Catalina 25 SR/SK/Traditional Interior #5541
"Zoo" 1977 Morgan Out Island 30
"Nomad" 1980 Prindle 16
"Lost" 1988 Catalina Capri 14.2 (sold - yay!)
"Marine Tex 1" Unknown Origin POS 8' Fiberglass Dinghy
https://whichsailboat.com/2014/07/27/catalina-25-review/
Edited by - sethp001 on 08/22/2017 17:07:33

islander
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Response Posted - 08/22/2017 :  17:43:42  Show Profile
Amazing, You better put those back before the Gods get mad.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 08/23/2017 :  06:33:37  Show Profile
There's a tradition of placing coins under the mainmast for good luck.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 08/23/2017 :  06:52:05  Show Profile
And often a St.Christopher medal to ensure save voyages.
Derek Crawford
Chief Measurer C25-250 2008
Previous owner of "This Side UP"
1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
San Antonio, Texas
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 08/23/2017 :  11:30:27  Show Profile
Always. I try to use British coins for some reason.
Frank Hopper
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sethp001
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Response Posted - 08/23/2017 :  17:53:36  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by pastmember

Always. I try to use British coins for some reason.


Both of these had a sailboat on one side. One was Bahamian and the other British.


Seth
"Outlier" 1987 Catalina 25 SR/SK/Traditional Interior #5541
"Zoo" 1977 Morgan Out Island 30
"Nomad" 1980 Prindle 16
"Lost" 1988 Catalina Capri 14.2 (sold - yay!)
"Marine Tex 1" Unknown Origin POS 8' Fiberglass Dinghy
https://whichsailboat.com/2014/07/27/catalina-25-review/
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 08/23/2017 :  19:08:03  Show Profile
Where should I put one in my boat?
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage before going over to the Dark Side (2007-2025); now boatless for the first time since 1970 (on a Sunfish).
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sethp001
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Response Posted - 08/23/2017 :  20:41:12  Show Profile
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Originally posted by Stinkpotter

Where should I put one in my boat?


Throw it in the radar housing, or epoxy it to the outside of the housing base?

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=47020


Seth
"Outlier" 1987 Catalina 25 SR/SK/Traditional Interior #5541
"Zoo" 1977 Morgan Out Island 30
"Nomad" 1980 Prindle 16
"Lost" 1988 Catalina Capri 14.2 (sold - yay!)
"Marine Tex 1" Unknown Origin POS 8' Fiberglass Dinghy
https://whichsailboat.com/2014/07/27/catalina-25-review/
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 08/27/2017 :  06:57:20  Show Profile
I have a 1980 U.S. Quarter I place under the mast each year I rig my 1980 boat for "luck". Have always used a coin from the year the boat was built (1965 Corinthian/1964 Electra/1967 Renegade/1980C-25)
Peter Bigelow
PO - C-25 TR/FK #2092 Limerick
Rowayton, Ct
Port Captain: Rowayton/Norwalk/Darien CT
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