Adding name decals
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Previous name was in a) Chinese if you asked the Japanese or b) Japanese if you asked the Chinese. I knew I wanted her new name in Finnish. Therefore, much champagne was needed to de-name and rename her.
I know it sounds stupid, but on very calm days I can usually conger up some wind by "cussing the bitch", mother nature. I call her names and dare her to just try to blow me, and so far it has worked out well. Of course, I head back to the marina so that she doesn't make a thunderstorm or tornado to throw my way!
I love this thread. Lots of good laughs. When I bought my boat it had the old name painted on. Two problems with it. First I am in Southern Calif and the name was from an area on the east coast. Second it was so faded it looked terrible. The admiral decided we needed a Hawaiian name. We went to a shop that specializes in putting names on ships, boats, dingys etc. He told us we needed to have the stern really cleaned down to the gel coat so the letter, (stick on) wouldn't peal off in a few years. Long story short we got it renamed. The Admiral liked "Ka Makani Olu Olu" a friend of mine joked that repeating that in an emergency to the Coast Guard might be difficult to be understood, and we could be treading water before they got the name right, so we use the English translation of "Perfect Wind" as in the sense of a God provided wind. We read the "proper procedure" of renaming a boat along with the usual stories of how some ignored them and the boat was at the bottom by the end of the year. Being Christians we weren't going to pray to a non-existent deity so we got a bottle of Champaign and dedicated it to the Lord. In times past dedications were done by pouring some wine on the ground, but we were on the water so just a few drops went overboard. The rest went in our glasses. We weren't launching her just renaming so we felt a bottle of Champaign was better used in toasting rather than smashing. Didn't want to put a ding in the bow either. Had a good time with it. The Christian celebration of Christmas is a Christianized version of a pagan one so we felt it was OK if we did the same for renaming a boat.
LOL.... longterm, you may not see the humor in it, but you have already taken part in the lunacy and nonsense of it all... just by being an outspoken contestant of the idea of itSuperstitions are just that; as to doing a ceremony, that's just nonsense and I won't be taking part in such lunacy.
.... and theres nothing you can do about it now
without taking this out of context or implying that anyone should believe otherwise, I want to say that there are a lot of people making stupid mistakes yet today, because they have an inability to learn from past history....
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No, I started this thread to say that I'd put decals on my boat; the responses then went in this nutty superstitious direction.centerline said:LOL.... longterm, you may not see the humor in it, but you have already taken part in the lunacy and nonsense of it all... just by being an outspoken contestant of the idea of it
I was trying to be helpful to others who have thought about putting decals onto their boats.
Snooty? I don't think so. I was sternly warned to pray to water gods and such, and merely replied that I thought it was nutty... which it is. As to whether I have a sense of humor, my friends would tell you I have a huge sense of humor, but little regard for certain "religious" superstition.
Nuff said.
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