Well here i are again!!!!! Have only seen a few posts on this so here it is.The name on stern of my boat is just barely visible (she sat unprotected on the hard for 10-+ years).How about some input regarding naming/renaming superstitions and all!!
Naming,renaming?
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Make sure you get plenty of spirits... plenty of friends... heck you can even put on some sort of costume! It's a good time!
Make sure you get plenty of spirits... plenty of friends... heck you can even put on some sort of costume! It's a good time!
Some folks think this ceremony isn't important
Of course, you never hear from them again...... http://www.latitude38.com/features/dename.htm
Of course, you never hear from them again...... http://www.latitude38.com/features/dename.htm
I forgot about the naming ceremony last year
when I got a 19' Lightning and decided it would be cute to name it after my wife and nephew: 'JessieJames'. We did no re-naming ceremony as there was only a hull number associated with the boat. I believe that this was a mistake. On my first sail in it a thunderstorm blew up and it blew the boat off the beach and it capsized while lightning forked all around. It was a real pain in the ass to dig out the mast from the mud. While moored this year it dragged anchor and drifted ashore. In both cases you could say that I was to blame in that I had neglected to remove the jib before beaching the boat and that using a 15# river mushroom anchor would hold the boat. But I began to wonder and soon we stopped referring to the boat with 'that' name and we even began to get lucky with the boat. When I pulled up the boats ad-hoc mooring the 16# Danforth anchor was wrapped up in the bottom chain and still she had not dragged, much. Next year I will use a 50# mushroom for her mooring. This boat still goes by her hull number until such time as enough rum can be drunk to convince old Neptune that a new name would be acceptable. Finding the urine of a virgin may be a bit difficult though. With my 27' Tartan we kept the name and have been incredibly lucky (in spite of our own stupidity). Knock wood. Am I superstitious? Not particularly. Do I think that every boat has personality, character and perhaps a soul? Most likely.
when I got a 19' Lightning and decided it would be cute to name it after my wife and nephew: 'JessieJames'. We did no re-naming ceremony as there was only a hull number associated with the boat. I believe that this was a mistake. On my first sail in it a thunderstorm blew up and it blew the boat off the beach and it capsized while lightning forked all around. It was a real pain in the ass to dig out the mast from the mud. While moored this year it dragged anchor and drifted ashore. In both cases you could say that I was to blame in that I had neglected to remove the jib before beaching the boat and that using a 15# river mushroom anchor would hold the boat. But I began to wonder and soon we stopped referring to the boat with 'that' name and we even began to get lucky with the boat. When I pulled up the boats ad-hoc mooring the 16# Danforth anchor was wrapped up in the bottom chain and still she had not dragged, much. Next year I will use a 50# mushroom for her mooring. This boat still goes by her hull number until such time as enough rum can be drunk to convince old Neptune that a new name would be acceptable. Finding the urine of a virgin may be a bit difficult though. With my 27' Tartan we kept the name and have been incredibly lucky (in spite of our own stupidity). Knock wood. Am I superstitious? Not particularly. Do I think that every boat has personality, character and perhaps a soul? Most likely.
In a name . . .
find a simple reference to good charm and luck for the ship, not boasting in witty spin some lore of humankind, but providing kindred companion to the sea, wind and voyage, never renaming for any possibility to change name again. The name should beckon objective meaning even if not subjective to those who notice passage. Answer a name not with question but understanding. Be orginal if you can. Or copy the best! Friends of ours named their solid color dog, "Spot" . . . Sometimes, bored with stories of labeling, day dreaming of perfect not sublime, sails of greatest joy, when we forged a name surviving void a proper ceremony. Just yelled and screamed for the pull of the wheel, her name against all odds, till a rising sun nestled us through to a decision. Not by the process of making name but the endless lore of earning title. "YachtaSea" your tell tales surpass any announcement of your name!
find a simple reference to good charm and luck for the ship, not boasting in witty spin some lore of humankind, but providing kindred companion to the sea, wind and voyage, never renaming for any possibility to change name again. The name should beckon objective meaning even if not subjective to those who notice passage. Answer a name not with question but understanding. Be orginal if you can. Or copy the best! Friends of ours named their solid color dog, "Spot" . . . Sometimes, bored with stories of labeling, day dreaming of perfect not sublime, sails of greatest joy, when we forged a name surviving void a proper ceremony. Just yelled and screamed for the pull of the wheel, her name against all odds, till a rising sun nestled us through to a decision. Not by the process of making name but the endless lore of earning title. "YachtaSea" your tell tales surpass any announcement of your name!
Have some fun
Androctus, Heathens? The ceremonies are just for fun and a good excuse to drink a few beers and have some friends over to tour your new pride and joy. I don't think any of us really take them seriously. Superstitions are part of the folklore of the sea and remembering them is part of the rich history of our sport.
Androctus, Heathens? The ceremonies are just for fun and a good excuse to drink a few beers and have some friends over to tour your new pride and joy. I don't think any of us really take them seriously. Superstitions are part of the folklore of the sea and remembering them is part of the rich history of our sport.
What's in a name?
I love looking at boat names. I always wonder what was in the mind of the owner when he/she chose a name for the boat. What really tickles me is when I see a name on the stern of a boat and it is very hard, or impossible, to pronounce. My mind envisions that owner calling on the VHF to report an emergency. Trying to spit out that name three times under pressure....and expecting the recipient of the emergency notice to reply with that name. My favorite name continues to reside on the stern of a large powerboat at my marina: "The Office." I can just hear the owner responding to a call from his wife or boss asking him where he is...
I love looking at boat names. I always wonder what was in the mind of the owner when he/she chose a name for the boat. What really tickles me is when I see a name on the stern of a boat and it is very hard, or impossible, to pronounce. My mind envisions that owner calling on the VHF to report an emergency. Trying to spit out that name three times under pressure....and expecting the recipient of the emergency notice to reply with that name. My favorite name continues to reside on the stern of a large powerboat at my marina: "The Office." I can just hear the owner responding to a call from his wife or boss asking him where he is...
Look At This!!
Folow to the link and see a neat renaming ceremony that our Commodore wrote into our Newsletter back in June 2006 on Page 3 (just give it time to load): http://www.mainehuntersailing.com/files/2006Files/2006Newsletters/June_2006_MHSA_Newsletter.pdf Then feel free to browse atround to the other newsletters and anywhere that you can in the site.
Folow to the link and see a neat renaming ceremony that our Commodore wrote into our Newsletter back in June 2006 on Page 3 (just give it time to load): http://www.mainehuntersailing.com/files/2006Files/2006Newsletters/June_2006_MHSA_Newsletter.pdf Then feel free to browse atround to the other newsletters and anywhere that you can in the site.
Jim...
I would suggest removing your post if you know what's good for you. At the very least... remove the !'s and insert a pen name so Neptune can't track you down.
I would suggest removing your post if you know what's good for you. At the very least... remove the !'s and insert a pen name so Neptune can't track you down.
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