If you had a boat, what would you christen it?

I just don't know.

:rofl:

After my beloved late mommy.

My Mom is still living. :shrug:

Yep. For short, I'd call it dickfor. :D

for my own personal use? :rofl:

for sale :blush:

for brains :yoiks:

it boggles the imagination :D

Nick name sounds too much like Dick York. You really don't want those Bewitched fans on your case.

I just today went to visit a boat that I think will be mine very soon! She's a tiny old thing, but is already named Erin and I think I'll stick with that.

:D

past spring fever and straight to boat on the brain :D

Erin, that is nice. :hi:

I was thinking maybe

"John B."

"Sweet Dreams"

meh...I just don't know.

as it's quite quite unexpected...I am very new to this, and hadn't foreseen anything but hitching rides on boats for at least a couple more years. Totally thrilling. Friends offered her to me for free---really, so old it would be really tough to sell---as well as some assistance in mooring &tc.
:D
I've heard somewhere that it's not a particularly lucky move to re-name a boat...consequently I'm delighted she's called Erin.

Really sweet deal for you!! Hope you have plenty of elbow grease :D

to change a boats name...
it's unlucky to do so without said ceremony

A lot of wasted champagne in the water to the gods.....

just saying


:hi:


lost

:D I loves me some pie..Yum!

any paticular flavor...?

Yeah..No Comment

wonder why ;)

I don't ;) not at all.

:toast:

license :D

:rofl:

RL

Bad Debt

:D

because that's really what they are. Love 'em, but it's true.

The boat I'd really like? A retired frigate, painted black with my avatar on the bow and the stern. The good ship "Punisher" would join the Steve Irwin in Australia next whaling season.

me matey :toast:

Solace, or maybe Solitude.

I am trying to rectify the Solitude situation...so.no.go. for me on that one, thanks :hi:

I think that is what I am going to name my sailboat, when I get around to buying it.

its a keeper for sure :D

that looks totally cool, dude :thumbsup:

Didn't know he was in the starship cruiser bidness, didja? :D

he never ceases to amaze and astound ;)

It already has a name, but I want to change it. Problem is, "Architeuthis" probably won't fit on the stern.

You might find this info useful:

Does changing the name of a boat bring bad luck? Is there a way of re-naming a boat safely so that the gods are placated?This article describes how it can be done.

Vigor's Interdenominational Boat Denaming Ceremony by John Vigor Due to an overwhelming number of requests for copies of John Vigor's Interdenominational Boat Denaming Ceremony, we are rerunning it again. Now, take care to save this one! I once knew a man in Florida who told me he'd owned 24 different yachts and renamed every single one of them."Did it bring you bad luck?" I asked."Not that I'm aware of," he said. "You don't believe in those old superstitions, do you?"Well, yes. Matter of fact, I do. And I'm not alone. Actually, it's not so much being superstitious as being v-e-r-y careful. It's an essential part of good seamanship.Some years ago, when I wanted to change the name of my newly purchased 31-foot sloop from Our Way to Freelance, I searched for a formal "denaming ceremony" to wipe the slate clean in preparation for the renaming. I read all the books, but I couldn't find one. What I did learn, though, was that such a ceremony should consist of five parts: an invocation, an expression of gratitude, a supplication, a re-dedication and a libation. So I wrote my own short ceremony. Vigor's inter-denominational denaming ceremony. It worked perfectly. Freelance carried me and my family many thousands of deep-sea miles both north and south of the equator, and we enjoyed good luck all the way. I used the same ceremony recently to change the name of my newly acquired Santana 22 from Zephyr to Tagati, a Zulu word that means "magic," or "bewitched." We're hoping she'll sail like a witch when I finally get her in the water this summer after an extensive refit.I'll give you the exact wording of Vigor's denaming ceremony, but first you must remove all physical traces of the boat's old name. Take the old log book ashore, along with any other papers that bear the old name. Check for offending books and charts with the name inscribed. Be ruthless. Sand away the old name from the lifebuoys, transom, top-side, dinghy, and oars. Yes, sand it away. Painting over is not good enough. You're dealing with gods here, you understand, not mere dumb mortals. If the old name is carved or etched, try to remove it or, at the very minimum, fill it with putty and then paint over. And don't place the new name anywhere on the boat before the denaming ceremony is carried out. That's just tempting fate.How you conduct the ceremony depends entirely on you. If you're the theatrical type, and enjoy appearing in public in your yacht club blazer and skipper's cap, you can read it with flair on the foredeck before a gathering of distinguished guests. But if you find this whole business faintly silly and embarrassing, and only go along with it because you're scared to death of what might happen if you don't, you can skulk down below and mumble it on your own. That's perfectly okay. The main thing is that you carry it out. The words must be spoken.I compromised by sitting in Tagati's cockpit with the written-out ceremony folded into a newspaper, so that any passerby would think I was just reading the news to my wife, sitting opposite. Enough people think I'm nuts already. Even my wife has doubts. The last part of the ceremony, the libation, must be performed at the bow, just as it is in a naming ceremony. There are two things to watch out for here. Don't use cheap-cheap champagne, and don't try to keep any for yourself. Buy a second bottle if you want some. Use a brew that's reasonably expensive, based on your ability to pay, and pour the whole lot on the boat. One of the things the gods of the sea despise most is meanness, so don't try to do this bit on the cheap.What sort of time period should elapse between this denaming ceremony and a new naming ceremony? There's no fixed time. You can do the renaming right after the denaming, if you want, but I personally would prefer to wait at least 24 hours to give any lingering demons a chance to clear out. (Scroll down for the wording of the ceremony.) Afterwards Now you can pop the cork, shake the bottle and spray the whole of the contents on the bow. When that's done, you can quietly go below and enjoy the other bottle yourself. Incidentally, I had word from a friend last month that the Florida yachtsman I mentioned earlier had lost his latest boat, a 22-foot trailer-sailer. Sailed her into an overhead power line. Fried her. She burned to the waterline. Bad luck? Not exactly. He and his crew escaped unhurt. He was just very careless. He renamed her, as usual, without bothering to perform Vigor's famous interdenominational denaming ceremony. And this time, at long last, he got what he deserved. Vigor's Denaming Ceremony "In the name of all who have sailed aboard this ship in the past, and in the name of all who may sail aboard her in the future, we invoke the ancient gods of the wind and the sea to favor us with their blessing today."Mighty Neptune, king of all that moves in or on the waves; and mighty Aeolus (pronounced EE-oh-lus), guardian of the winds and all that blows before them:"We offer you our thanks for the protection you have afforded this vessel in the past. We voice our gratitude that she has always found shelter from tempest and storm and enjoyed safe passage to port."Now, wherefore, we submit this supplication, that the name whereby this vessel has hitherto been known (_____), be struck and removed from your records."Further, we ask that when she is again presented for blessing with another name, she shall be recognized and shall be accorded once again the selfsame privileges she previously enjoyed."In return for which, we rededicate this vessel to your domain in full knowledge that she shall be subject as always to the immutable laws of the gods of the wind and the sea."In consequence whereof, and in good faith, we seal this pact with a libation offered according to the hallowed ritual of the sea." Christening Ceremony After a boat is denamed, you simply need to rename it using the traditional christening ceremony, preferably with Queen Elizabeth breaking a bottle of champagne on the bow, and saying the words: "I name this ship ___________ and may she bring fair winds and good fortune to all who sail on her." John Vigor, an Oak Harbor resident, is a boating writer and editor. He is the author of the following books:Danger, Dolphins & Ginger Beer (Simon & Schuster) a sailing adventure novel for 8 to 12 year-olds. The Practical mariner's Book of Knowledge (International Marine) The Sailor's Assistant (International marine) For publication in 1999: The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat (International Marine) 20 Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere (Paradise Cay)

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I know a guy who bought a used sailboat (just like mine) a couple of years ago and renamed it without making the appropriate sacrifice to Neptune (his wife thought it was sacrilegious). Later that summer a turnbuckle on a shroud broke and his mast snapped clean off, and it cost him a bundle to replace it. Then, just the other day, a fairlead for the swing keel broke off somehow and he couldn't retract the keel. So he had to have that fixed, too. One ignores Neptune at one's peril.

once you have named it something.

D'OH, I need to read before I post.

"The Vessel Calling"

that way the stupid Coast Guard radiomen would always get my boat's name right

remind me NOT to sail with you :D j/k :hi:

cool.

I was gonna say that.

Yeah, my boat would be a piece of shit. :D

:hug:

:hi:

But I saw a dingy with - puss sea - in Mamaroneck NY, and a sailboat from City Island named Passing Wind.

pun-ny stuff there :D

I would play this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_W18CWypE

if I had me some Lyle...I would want to ride in his boat :D

here comes the sun :D :toast:

there's a story behind it, but it's long and sad.

best save the story for a long night on the sea :hug:

kind of sad, though.

Full of loads of good stuff...another example:

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.

that was required reading...in my senior year (I think :blush:) :D

My English teacher was a cool old dude that year. Goatee and cane and English accent.for real!

insanity rules supreme! :D

the most unoriginal name in the history of boating.

:spank:

If you have to ask why...

sail on...now I HAVE to hear it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a30_UHSKAY&

also played at the wedding, another S&G:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3uHzqNL2Y

After my brother Bo and my sweet little dog Lolly. Silly I know!

:bounce:

It has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
:D

Strict weight-limits enforced.

:D

I wouldn't "christen" it, exactly.

Not for the candy. Skittles is a chess term for a non-tournament game, played just for fun.

Everybody with a sailboat seems to want to race. If I wanted to go fast, I'd get a power boat. I bought it to have fun -- not to compete, so Skittles!

But make up your own!

:)

nice name :loveya:

Am I spelling that correctly?

pun-ny :D

saw it in a comic book many years ago, and thought it would be a nice name

"Never Again III"

:hi:

:hi:

Because even the rain can't take the fun away.

Either that or 'Majestic Sword of Justice'

For 2 very good reasons. :loveya:

My Boat (Not Yours)

Someone christened his Hatteras "Spot Remover."

A spot is a saltwater fish.

Not the tree, but the American Indian who developed the first Indian alphabet.

If it had come with a name I hated, I would have re=named it Diaspora.

Back in my merchant marine days, the company I worked for bought an old wreck and was going to fix it up and put it in the bulk grain trade. In the company newsletter, they announced a contest to name the new ship.

Being the smartasses we were, we entered the name "Corn Hauler."

We never did hear back about that, and they went and named the ship the Marine Princess.

:hi:

Haha.

...on the back, in nice letters, it said "Port of Liverpool"...:-)

I like it :thumbsup:

...inside, we had several Jethro Tull album covers framed on the wall to help with the "theme"...;-) :hi:

Odyssey
Ulysses
Dawn Treader
HMS Bounty
The Beagle
Galactica
Enterprise
Mary Celeste
QEII
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.
.


:P

I really like Odyssey :)

are ships that you might not want to name your boat after, considering their untimely demises... ;)

his new bride's new horse "Bass Boat" since he spent all the money he'd saved up on the horse...