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Scooter
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Initially Posted - 08/30/2004 :  17:14:21  Show Profile
I wonder if there's any opinions out there about the traditions behind changing a boat's name? I did a search and haven't found anything in detail.

The only one I overheard was something about P'ing in the bilge. Can I do it or must it be a Siren that's also a virgin (while drinking rum)?

Is there a good source for this kind of thing? Don't want to anger Neptune. I've stood before his court before and want to stay in good standings.

Scooter
C25 '89 SR/WK #5878 "Square Knot"
Vandemere NC.
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austin72
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Response Posted - 08/30/2004 :  17:48:00  Show Profile
There's probably tons on this forum if you search under 'rechristen', or you can go to this link here: http://tinyurl.com/4o9vw

Next, I suggest finding a good champagne supplier.
Good luck!
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 08/30/2004 :  17:50:55  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Scooter my man, being the true sailor with a heatlthy dose of stuperstition.........You'll get lots of responses here, as there have been before, 'caus folks are going to cut and paste their favorite ritual, most involving some sort of lewd and debaucherous behavior. It's probably just another excuse to kill some braincells, and with a hint of historical correctness they all feel like there should be a feature article on them in "Traditional Sailor."

Well, I see things a little differently (Surprise..). To dename a boat you take a heatgun and some VOC, and remove the old name, while mumbling something like "What a moron to name a boat this", and "If you knew it was there you can still see it, but it looks good from fifty feet", Then you call the Graphics Emporium and order the usual name, which must include some reference to The One Who Will Be Obeyed, (Lady Kay in my case). Proceed to stick the new name on the boat without screwing up the sticky plastic letters, stand back and say "That looks good to me." Then have a cup of herb tea and get busy scraping, sanding or whatever else you're supposed to be doing. (If you look around you and there is no one looking you can gently slap her on her rear end and mumble something like "Hey kiddo, be good to me and I'll be good to you". (The boat, not the admiral, although if I remember correctly I said something like that when we got married too....)

Enough ranting.....go ahead make a spectacle, drink too much Andre and enjoy the hangover...)

Oscar
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 08/30/2004 :  20:57:40  Show Profile
A keg of beer, gallon of whisky and a bevy of bare-bosomed women are required... nautical tradition dictates that a full account of the re-christening event be published on the association site with plenty of high-resolution photos included. ;>)
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roberoo
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Response Posted - 08/30/2004 :  21:01:03  Show Profile  Visit roberoo's Homepage
It's all true.....I renamed first sailboat and the following weekend it fell off the trailer while retrieving it. When I got the replacement cat 25 I waited a full season and all is good. So follow whatever you hear : )
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 08/30/2004 :  22:08:37  Show Profile
http://www.48north.com/mr_offline/denaming.htm
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 08/31/2004 :  08:52:23  Show Profile
Check out this [url="http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/rename.htm"]Ceremony for Renaming your Boat[/url] from the [url="http://www.boatsafe.com/"]Boatsafe[/url] website.
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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 08/31/2004 :  10:29:33  Show Profile
Do you ceremonial guys also purposefully toss a nice piece of stainless hardward into the water as a sacrifice each year?
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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 08/31/2004 :  11:22:48  Show Profile
Come on guys. Just do it!
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