I have a silly question. My husband and I are buying a sailboat. We have heard it is bad luck to change a boats name so we did not intend to change it. However, through some research I found the boats original name given to it by the original owner. The next owner changed the name, and he in fact had very bad look shortly thereafter. Now we are not really supersticous or anything, but would it be bad luck to change the name back to the original name? The original owner had the boat for 25 years with no major probs. The second owner had it for about a year, with much bad luck in his life and he ended up having to give up the boat. Any thoughts?
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Name ChangeDon't be superstitious. Make the boat yours by naming it something you will enjoy calling it for yrs. The other thing that happened with that boat before you got it was just bad luck, nothing else. Happy Boating!
Boat names....
Change the name back to the original tonight! Follow the secret procedures for doing so. They are classified so I can't reprint them here. FWIW, I've owned and sailed boats for over 30 yrs. I now own my sixth sailboat. The only one I had a problem with was the one I was about to change the name of. I picked out a new name and was preparing to change the name. I was just about to buy the new vinyl letters. Then came Hurricane Isabel. The boat was totaled after owning it for a mere 7 weeks. My latest boat came with a name on it....you can bet I'm sticking with it!
Change the name back to the original tonight! Follow the secret procedures for doing so. They are classified so I can't reprint them here. FWIW, I've owned and sailed boats for over 30 yrs. I now own my sixth sailboat. The only one I had a problem with was the one I was about to change the name of. I picked out a new name and was preparing to change the name. I was just about to buy the new vinyl letters. Then came Hurricane Isabel. The boat was totaled after owning it for a mere 7 weeks. My latest boat came with a name on it....you can bet I'm sticking with it!
Boat renaming ceremony
Hopefully, we'll have the same conondrum soon. I AM somewhat superstitious, and haven't decided if we'll change her name or not. Anyway, Here's a link that tells you how it should be done and an excellent excuse to drink some good champagne... cheers!
Hopefully, we'll have the same conondrum soon. I AM somewhat superstitious, and haven't decided if we'll change her name or not. Anyway, Here's a link that tells you how it should be done and an excellent excuse to drink some good champagne... cheers!
Renamed
We renamed our Hunter 335 to Feng Shui after purchasing it. We followed the tradion of removing everything off the boat that had the prior name on it before adding the new name and asking the sea gods to watch over our boat as we added the new name. The new name ment more to us than the old and the old name was in latin was was almost inpossible to pronounce correctly slowly much less than an emergency. Our boat loved its new name and treated us very well and always took good care of us. It isn't bad luck unless you believe it is. Many boats and ships have thier name changed! So do it. just don't forget to honor the sea gods...just kidding
We renamed our Hunter 335 to Feng Shui after purchasing it. We followed the tradion of removing everything off the boat that had the prior name on it before adding the new name and asking the sea gods to watch over our boat as we added the new name. The new name ment more to us than the old and the old name was in latin was was almost inpossible to pronounce correctly slowly much less than an emergency. Our boat loved its new name and treated us very well and always took good care of us. It isn't bad luck unless you believe it is. Many boats and ships have thier name changed! So do it. just don't forget to honor the sea gods...just kidding
Use a ceremony it’s not just and excuse to party
Shortly after my young bride of five years passed suddenly due to a brain aneurism I became the proud owner of my first sailboat that was named NEVERENUFF. I fell in love with the boat but not the name. Whenever I sailed I thought of Lisa's plans for retirement of an RV and seeing America and my thoughts of buying a boat and seeing the World. Anyway after much discussion I found a graphics outlet that would work with me substituting the shape of an eye for the dot above the little i. As soon as the new graphics arrived we asked the blessing as described in the link SusanW posted. For the maiden voyage of “I miss Lisa” Lisa’s mother served as Admiral and her son as Mate. I have never regretted the name change. On the small lake in Nebraska most assume her name is Miss Lisa and refer to her that way. But those that matter know the true name.
Shortly after my young bride of five years passed suddenly due to a brain aneurism I became the proud owner of my first sailboat that was named NEVERENUFF. I fell in love with the boat but not the name. Whenever I sailed I thought of Lisa's plans for retirement of an RV and seeing America and my thoughts of buying a boat and seeing the World. Anyway after much discussion I found a graphics outlet that would work with me substituting the shape of an eye for the dot above the little i. As soon as the new graphics arrived we asked the blessing as described in the link SusanW posted. For the maiden voyage of “I miss Lisa” Lisa’s mother served as Admiral and her son as Mate. I have never regretted the name change. On the small lake in Nebraska most assume her name is Miss Lisa and refer to her that way. But those that matter know the true name.
protocol schmotocol...
Protocol seems to be whatever inactive sailors used to do and think is written in stone. I remember reading a recent book on boating etiquette that insisted the only place for the national flag was flying from somewhere up on the topping lift, with your yacht club burgee on some little stick on top of the mast; transom flagpoles were for powerboats who couldn't do better. Well, you won't see the flag flying from anything other than a transom flagpole these days and they look just great. And I don't know of any sailboat these days that keeps its old name when it gets sold. My boat had been named after the previous owner's girlfriend and that has been unceremoniously erased without guilt...
Protocol seems to be whatever inactive sailors used to do and think is written in stone. I remember reading a recent book on boating etiquette that insisted the only place for the national flag was flying from somewhere up on the topping lift, with your yacht club burgee on some little stick on top of the mast; transom flagpoles were for powerboats who couldn't do better. Well, you won't see the flag flying from anything other than a transom flagpole these days and they look just great. And I don't know of any sailboat these days that keeps its old name when it gets sold. My boat had been named after the previous owner's girlfriend and that has been unceremoniously erased without guilt...
Protocol is really about maintaining traditions
Some are just good manners...others are superstitions that go back to the days of Roman, Norse and Greek mythology...still others had practical reasons that may no longer exist as ship design and systems changed...but whatever the origin, traditional protocols are the the the unbroken line that connects all the mariners of past to all of us and to all the mariners of the future. Discarding them breaks that link. But fortunately, there still--and hopefully will always be--a few "old fuddy duddies" who continue to value and respect them and pass them on to future generations.
Some are just good manners...others are superstitions that go back to the days of Roman, Norse and Greek mythology...still others had practical reasons that may no longer exist as ship design and systems changed...but whatever the origin, traditional protocols are the the the unbroken line that connects all the mariners of past to all of us and to all the mariners of the future. Discarding them breaks that link. But fortunately, there still--and hopefully will always be--a few "old fuddy duddies" who continue to value and respect them and pass them on to future generations.
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