Renaming Your Boat

[Dream]

Me again!

I've been doing a lot of reading about the "right" way to rename a boat that was purchased from a previous owner.

Do you all adhere to the "De-naming" & "Re-naming" ceremonies/traditions/superstitions?

I really don't want the wrath of the sea & wind gods "raining" down on me.

 

[TOGO]

I think this will get you what you want to know http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=15246 I rename to TOGO and the times have been good.

Guy

 

[potter water]

I renamed "FIREALARM" to be STILL C-RAZY by removing the old name with a hair dryer assist, and sticking on the new name. I stood back and told the boat it never should have been named FIREALARM in the first place and I wished it a long and happy life as Still C-razy. So far it has rewarded me with years of safety and happiness. No dancing, no howling at the moon or anything. (I tried to get my wife to do a dance naked while I was removing the old name, but no dice. Something about the neighbor kids who were watching me hair dryer the old name off).

 

[shellndanm]

Just rename it! Forget about the ceremony. My boat was named "Grin" and it had a cheesy smily face after the name. The name had to be changed

 

[thataway]

I have friends who have gone thru the entire ceremony including sacrificing a 1/5 of Captain Morgan's best to Neptune in front of over 100 people, with all of the pomp and circumstance involved--and his boat was destroyed by the next hurricane which came along!

I have always done like Potter Water and shellndanm--and never had a problem. On the other hand, if the boat already had a name I liked, I often kept that name.

However, when you re-name the boat, be sure that you remove all traces, including paperwork of the old name from the boat. You really don't want to tempt fate!

 

[patrick and linda]

I personally open a cold bottle of beer, take a sip, then pick up a razor blade and remove the old name. If i start to worry about breaking some kind of sea law, I then open a second bottle of cold beer and drink it. Works every time and I've done this renaming thing 14 times. Good luck my friend!

 

[hardee]

I guess it all depends on who you Trust.

My boat was renamed, with all the pomp and circumstance of the hairdryer and scrapper method. As to Neptune, it's all fun, but I think a personal invite to a guardian angel goes a long way.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[gulfcoast john]

If you're going to do it right… I found that by the time I paid for the required graphics, the Official Coast Guard Observer, the Rent-All fee for the sacrificial alter (they only have 12, so you can hardly ever get one on weekends around here), the Captain Morgan, the exorcist, the Eucalyptus bonfire, the exotic dancer from Turkey (and his airfare), the priest, the virginal young female goat, the silver-plated scimitar, the goat’s vet fees and VD labs, the Mississippi Department of Boat and Cat Re-naming Application (which requires the signatures on the same date of both the OCGO and the cat or young goat), that it's cheaper and easier to just keep the same name and spend the dough instead on a couple of fill-ups (that’s 300 gallons of ethanol-fee midgrade plus StarTron plus Yamalube Ringfree [which is, at $48 a quart, seven times more expensive than our favorite Black Box Chardonnay, but lacks the subtle oaky flavor, the smooth finish {as well as the 10% case discount}, and is far too flammable to enjoy by candlelight])…BUT NOT BY MUCH!!!

P.S. I hope to win the Longest Single Sentence Post of the Year Award; am I in the running?
John