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Old 07-11-2006, 03:54 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Loren Schweizer
By the by, check out the 'Video of Server's Break' for some interesting history of what preceded the plain old breaking of a bottle of bubbly on the bows.

On "my" boats, we use to pour some champagne over the bow and then share a drink on what´s left. This is something I picked up in Denmark long ago and maybe a tradition used on wooden boats where a bottle would just bounce, or worse, damage the boat...!?

More civilized anyway!
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