Google “boat renaming ceremony”. There are resources available there. And there are variants. Blue Water Sailing has a document that is quite comprehensive: http://www.bluewatersailing.com/documents/renamingceremony.pdf. Boating How To has a page dedicated to it, as well: http://www.boatinghowto.com/content/renaming-your-boat-ceremony-steeped-tradition-lore-286/.
Additionally, be aware that there are detractors out there. I was admonished once for suggesting a ceremony (“your vessel will be safe if you master the sailing skills, not because you follow some stupid tradition” (or superstition), etc.). Generally, the process consists of multiple parts: - removing all instances of the old name (but one) - denaming - renaming There should be a copious amount of some beverage, preferably derived from grape juice. Long and winded speeches are common. Some food could be ingested, but it is not essential. good luck Marek From: Violeta M I via CnC-List Sent: Friday, August 4, 2017 04:39 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Violeta M I Subject: Re: Stus-List Renaming ceremony Hi Doug and everyone, I've always wondered about the proper ceremony to rename a boat. I'll have to do it, too! How do you "dename" a boat? I've heard one should write the old name on a piece of paper, burn it, and throw the ashes in the sea. What do you do with the champagne (other than drink some/lots)? Do you break a bottle? (Fire and glass on board ... great.) Are there separate ceremonies for denaming and naming? Doug's email seems to suggest so. What does one do on naming day? When it comes to appeasing the sea gods, one might as well cover all bases. Fair winds, Violeta On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 1:42 AM, svpegasus38 via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Renaming my new (to me) 1988 Landfall 39 on Friday. Significant Other will be stricken from Poseidon's records, and I will ask him to watch over all that sail on Rebecca Leah (after my daughters) from here on out. My daughter's will be at the ceremony and then a nice sail out on Puget Sound. I hope I haven't jinxed everything by posting this early. Just had the denaming ceremony. Lots of champagne both for us and the gods. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Doug Mountjoy POYC Pegasus (for sale) Lf38 Unnamed LF39 _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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