From the lines in the song:
"Tall and strong she dips and reels,
I call her Silver Heels, and shee tells me how she feels"

I always though the boat was called "Silver Heels"

Who knew............

Cheers,
Doug

On 6/27/08, Ian Allan <ian.allan@bmts.com> wrote:
>
> Missed my Fryday chance last week.
>
> Re: Gordon Lightfoot.
>
> Golden Goose: The Goose was a masterpiece wood strip plank 39 ft. +/-
> sailboat that Lightfoot had built by a master craftsman named Vic
> Carpenter at his boatyard in Southern Georgian Bay. Lightfoot does
> not refer in song (so long as I remember) to to his sailing interest
> except "In the Lee of Christian Island".
>
> Vic Carpenter went on to build some larger wood sailboats culminating
> in a 48 +/- sloop named "Passing Wind"
>
> Both of these guys, Carpenter and Lightfoot, should have had a
> Westfalia.
>
> Ian Allan
>
> 94 Eurovan Westfalia
> 86 Syncro
> 85 Westfalia/Bostig
> 02 Jetta 1.8t
> 89 Audi 80Q
> 02 Duramax 2500
>

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