Name change ritual

Btcowboy

Btcowboy

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I am just curious as to how many forum members believe in the ritual to change the name of ones boat.

When we bought our boat we instantly fell in love with her, 1994 290 DA. We fell in love with everything except her name, Playbuoy. We have since decided to rename her my wife did some reading and wants to follow the ritual. I at first said why bother we will just change the name. However after me doing some reading I am starting to think I I don't follow it and I have a bunch of issues I will wish I had done the ritual. If I do the ritual and a bunch of issues come up i can't blame that lol

Just looking for some banter back and forth on the subject
 
Never followed this; however, this is what I found with a quick search.

http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/rename.htm

I have owned 11 boats in my life and changed the name on all gut one of them. Never any bad luck; however, it does look like you can host a hell of a re-naming party if you would like.
 
I've had several boats and always went through the ritual. My philosophy is....what can it hurt? At the last one we had 24 "guests" attend and it was one of the best marina parties ever. It even made the local boating magazine.

So the choice is truly yours. Some boaters don't believe in it and never have a problem. Others like myself feel that with all that can go wrong on a boat, why not get a bit of luck on your side.

Enjoy the party!
Shawn
 
Btcowboy said:
my wife did some reading and wants to follow the ritual.
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Some site Neptune and other mythological reasons. Based on your post, I'd say your answer and directions are crystal clear. Therefore your subsequent actions should be just as clear. Imagine what you would hear if you had a problem out on the water on a hot humid afternoon.
 
I've looked into it a great deal...

I'm not a superstitious person, but I have a healthy respect for the sea and water in general. I think it's a great ritual for two reasons. One, it's a nice reason to get people together. Second, it's a way to solidify your respect for the sea and pay tribute to a vessel.

When I studied it, I wanted to understand the origins and the words. The standard words I found online didn't fully resonate with me, so I rewrote my own. I also included the vessel in the ceremony which was lacking in all the "scripts" I found online.

Additionally, there are a lot of "rules" on sites that think they have some lock on what you can and can't do. One will say, "make sure all records of the name are removed from the vessel" another will say, "Always keep the old name of the vessel on her for respect".... To me all these little things sound ridiculous and, in my opinion, take away from the true reason for the ceremony, which is respect for the water and your vessel. I think if you approach it with the right mindset I wouldn't think any ruler of the sea is going to care about all these little human influences.
 
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We did the ceremony, it's a good excuse for a get together:) BTW things still keep going wrong:)
 
BritLady said:
We did the ceremony, it's a good excuse for a get together:) BTW things still keep going wrong:)
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Lol! So true, I have never had a boat that didn't consume all the extra money I had, renamed or not. That being said, we are going through the process as we'll to rename our newly purchased boat. It's just a great way to get together and too make it your own.
 
Your all right, I think just to have a good marina party would be fun. That said I will have to wait until next summer or else it will be just me and mrs. The new name of her does speak to the cost of boat ownership. Her new name will be Every Last Dime
 
Did the ceremony as well. Funny how fast rum goes on an spring day between new dock neighbors and old friends. The Coke seems to tapper off and the rum seems to increase ever so slightly. . All it took was a few slow cookers, veggies / dip, beverages, Ice, and a reason to gather. Very nice way to introduce old friends to new dock neighbors. Truly a memorable day.
Our 2cents is to go for it!
 
I copied and pasted this from a thread about this topic from about a year ago...

Do the denaming ceremony and you're good to go. When you decide on a new name, then do the naming ceremony.

I think I told this once before on CSR, but here it is again...

An interesting thing happened to us when we changed our current boat's name. We did the denaming and naming ceremony all in the same day. It was a beautiful, sunny day with light winds and we did it right at the dock, even though the boat would eventually go back out to the mooring. In attendance was my wife, our two kids, my parents and grandmother. The ceremonies, themselves, went off without a hitch as we happily shared the bubbly refreshments with Neptune.

All was well and I motored the boat out to the mooring with the skiff in tow. I tied the newly named Lazy Daze up to the mooring, jumped in the skiff and rowed the 300' back to the dock. I tied the skiff up and started up the ramp to the house when all of a sudden the skies got dark, the wind started howling and what was once a calm, reflective sea turned into a dark mass of mean looking white caps.

At once, I realized that I did the naming ceremony wrong! I did it from the stern when it should of been done from the bow! I wasn't sure what to do as we were out of the bubbly stuff. My only chance was to hope that another form of alcohol would do. I rowed back out, cautiously hopped back on the rocking, and incorrectly named, Lazy Daze and climbed up to the bow. I braced one leg against each side of the rail at the bow and performed the naming ceremony again.

Hoping I did it correctly, I made my way back into the skiff and back to the dock. As I finished tying the skiff to the dock, I stood up and looked out across the sea to our boat. Within the next 60 seconds the skies lightened, the seas calmed and Lazy Daze sat still and happy... even brightly gleaming as the sun broke through the clouds. Lucky for us, Neptune is a Miller Lite fan.
 
Do the ritual.We did 7 years ago when we were about to bring our 450 up the bay to it's new home port.
We did everything by the book but left out one thing, we didn't mention the FOG GOD and when we hit the Chesapeake from Norfolk we couldn't see 50 feet in front of us even though it was sunny when we left.
We talk about it now but will never forget those stressful hours bring her home.
 
Oh jeez, God of fog? We never toasted him, didn't know he existed, perhaps that's why every week-end we have to fix something or other LOL! Don't expect we shall ever have to rename another boat but if we do we'll invent and add our own all encompassing toast for every type of sea God that ever existed and those still to come down the pike:) ......Who knows had we done that before it may have saved us a buck or two (thousand).
 
We did the ceramony as well. Best $100 of champagne I ever spent. You'll feel a little silly but in the end mother nature and all her fury is too much for me to handle on my own.
 
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