RENAMING

In the event we purchased a boat that did not have a name do we still undergo the re-naming ceremony to foster good luck?
 
Guys I am not supersticious at all. However, given our long maritime history in Greece we have also the following traditions:

1. Gold coin in vessel's keel. This is done only during construction when a golden coin is permanently placed on the vessel's keel. That is a tradition of Ancient Greeks done on triremes.
2. Naming at this point is limited only to the fitting of name letters on the hull. This is done for registration, flag and insurance purposes and is official for all legal functions.
3. The true naming ceremony is done upon launching to the sea. There, an orthodox priest will perform a eulogy and ceremony as done during baptisms. He will use a piece of Basel in order to spray the vessel with holy water while reading the holy bible. In the meantime he will burn holy frankincense around.
4. The picture of St. Nicholas, patron saint of all seamen will be placed somewhere in the cabin. For large vessels it will be placed in the wheelhouse and in the Engine Control Room.
5. An entire garlic will be placed permanently in the Engine Room and under the wheel (protected).
6. After all these are done we also break the champagne and you are good to launch.

I have done 1 and 2 and upon launching we will do 3-6 with my family.

Brgds

Lampros

Wow...that's a lot of superstition.. I think I may have broken every rule in naming and launching a boat here and abroad... I just ripped that old name off like a band-aid...slapped the new one on and away we went :)
 
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One should never P.O. the water Gods with the sin of omission. That said, I'm not superstitious because that would be unlucky.
 
Just finished our renaming ceremony. I'm too superstitious to with superstitions!
 

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Every time I've renamed a boat I've followed the accepted nautical procedures....except one time. Guess which time this was...
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Do you have a detailed list of the accepted nautical procedures? Asking for a friend LOL.
 
Here is the ceremony.
That's basically the standard, however I purged the old name and waited 24 hours to rename. There is a old man in our marina (that looks like the sea spit him up) that said it was best to wait 24 hours so that any bad juju leaves the boat with the name... im very superstitious, I waited 2 days.
 
Ha! We had old name removed during winter lay-up so I waited months...Then dropped my phone in the lake so I have no video of our ceremony.
 
I don't, but if you google "renaming a boat" I'm sure you'll find it.

Bring lots of champagne to the renaming.
Two Magnums were barely enough. One of the Points on the Globe got shorted.....
 

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