What’s in a name?
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You just found your dream boat but plastered
on the transom is a name that “shivers your A1 Yacht Trade Consortium 82 Northrop and Johnson 63
timbers”. Now, you have the perfect name in mind
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but, as the old superstition goes, never change its
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name and never paint it green.
A dutiful sailor will do all he can before
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dropping the bow line to make sure he and his Asia Superyachts 50 Pearl Motor Yachts IBC
boat are ready. And since the old sailor’s tale
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decrees that it’s bad luck to change the name
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of the boat without a ceremony, the reasoning
becomes: “better safe than sorry”. Would it hurt
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to have a simple ceremony just to make sure? Charter and Charter 58 S&D Yachts 84
But what form should it take? Should you follow
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another superstition and retain the first letter of
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the old name in the new name and re-christen
with generous libations for the sea gods? And as
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for the bubbly – will Cava do? Drettmann Group 59, 85 Sunseeker London 92
Well, we’ve done extensive research on these boat re-
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naming ceremonies. And, regardless of which you choose,
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they all involve these steps: an invocation, an expression
of gratitude and a supplication all before the official re-
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dedication, and then finally some kind of libation. The Fairline Spain 70 Ventura UK 52/53
following was our favourite:
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Materials required:
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2 bottles champagne (preferably imported,
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but domestic has been successfully used)
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1 rabbit’s foot
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1 red hair (must be from a genuine redhead
and must be exactly six inches long)
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Procedure:
1. Wrap the red hair around rabbit’s foot.
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2. Soak rabbit’s foot in champagne. Maiden Marine 68
3. Rub soaked rabbit’s foot over old boat
name (very vigorously)
4. Without turning around, throw rabbit’s
foot over left shoulder into the sea. If
the boat is positioned where this cannot be done, it is
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6. Apply new name to boat.
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