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Frank Hopper
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Initially Posted - 02/23/2005 :  18:16:23  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
June
18
40th Anniversary of the Club
Blessing of the Fleet at 4:00 P.M.
June Block Party at 6:30
Women's Learn to Sail

I was looking at our club calendar and noticed this date. We have had a blessing of the fleet every year since the club began, (I think; close to it anyway). For some reason there never seems to be a shortage of clergy around sailboats! (Is it the rum?) We hold a meeting where people bring up significant things relative to old members and everyone gets a chance to reflect on those events and people that we owe so much to. There is a prayer and then everyone goes to the boats and sails past the shelterhouse point where a blessing is given to the boats as they sail by. Regardless of a person's religious persuasion, sailors tend to be a superstitious lot and most people take advantage of the blessing and karma that comes with it. It is a nice event.

What do others do that is similar?
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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 02/24/2005 :  16:58:27  Show Profile  Visit Ben - FL's Homepage
There is a Blessing Of The Fleet here in river city every Palm Sunday. They get the Orthodox Bishop to sprinkle Holly Water on your boat as eveyone files by. It is a pretty big deal here with at least fifty or more boats. The Captains Club sponors it and they put on a big breakfast at the River Walk. I had my C-22 "Desiderata" and Chick-a-pea blessed the first year I had them.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 02/24/2005 :  18:17:36  Show Profile
We have a "Blessing of the Fleet" on Canyon Lake every Memorial Day weekend - for both sail and power boats.
The sailboats dress overall and everyone motors slowly by a minister on the back of a large powerboat, while the official Club Photographer takes pics of all the boats.
(We had a great pic one year of the religious person (denomination to be held secret) blessing a boat while he had a beer behind his back in his other hand!)
Then we take the flags down and go sailing....
Derek
P.S. The "blessing" doesn't always take - the second year we had our C22 blessed - she sank...
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reuben
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Response Posted - 02/28/2005 :  14:22:43  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The "blessing" doesn't always take - the second year we had our C22 blessed - she sank...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
... but you didn't, Derek. I'd say it took ...
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 02/28/2005 :  18:57:19  Show Profile
On second thought, maybe it did take - we were able to move up to "This Side Up"
Derek
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