changing a boats name

Jonas Pilot · 06-19-2012, 11:52 AM

... It’s bad luck to change the name of a boat. but if you have to: write the soon-to-be-exorcised name on a piece of paper, fold the paper, and place it in a small cardboard or wooden box. Burn the box. Scoop up the ashes and throw them into the sea on an outgoing tide. If you live on a lake, do it at night and only during a new moon. River dwellers should send the ashes downstream.

Anchor Management · 06-19-2012, 11:57 AM

well, i guess you better leave the name alone, bad luck is bad luck.

Greene's Basin Girl · 06-19-2012, 02:14 PM

I do not want my life surrounded by bad luck. I am glad I bought a new boat. I can name it anything I want. What a relief!!!!!

Rangervx · 06-19-2012, 02:35 PM

what about adding a name to a boat with no current name?? i am original owner, but it's 9 years old...anything to worry about there??? i have the perfect name picked out and everything...just need to pull the trigger...IF...no bad luck involved. reading above...i guess i can have a party, get drunk and call it good????

Redwing · 06-19-2012, 03:34 PM

Perhaps we can arrange to have a blessing of newly named boats (from their former names) at the next Forum Fest....speaking of which, when will that be??????

tis · 06-19-2012, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rangervx

what about adding a name to a boat with no current name?? i am original owner, but it's 9 years old...anything to worry about there??? i have the perfect name picked out and everything...just need to pull the trigger...IF...no bad luck involved. reading above...i guess i can have a party, get drunk and call it good????

I think you are safe. Go ahead and name her and have that party.

Rangervx · 06-19-2012, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tis

I think you are safe. Go ahead and name her and have that party.

ok TIS...but if i get into trouble...i'm blaming it on you!!!!!! thanks for the good graces

tis · 06-20-2012, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Rangervx

ok TIS...but if i get into trouble...i'm blaming it on you!!!!!! thanks for the good graces

That's ok. Go right ahead.

Jonas Pilot · 06-20-2012, 07:56 AM

... if this means you will both end up with bad luck?

AC2717 · 06-20-2012, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Rangervx

what about adding a name to a boat with no current name?? i am original owner, but it's 9 years old...anything to worry about there??? i have the perfect name picked out and everything...just need to pull the trigger...IF...no bad luck involved. reading above...i guess i can have a party, get drunk and call it good????

No worries here at all

Rangervx · 06-20-2012, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by AC2717

No worries here at all

thanks AC...good to know

pm203 · 06-20-2012, 11:10 AM

It is not bad luck to change the name of a newly acquired boat. It is bad luck and unproper to change the name of a boat that you already own.This was settled in one of the yachting magazines after much debate.

06-19-2012, 11:52 AM	#1
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Some pirates thought ... ... It’s bad luck to change the name of a boat. but if you have to: write the soon-to-be-exorcised name on a piece of paper, fold the paper, and place it in a small cardboard or wooden box. Burn the box. Scoop up the ashes and throw them into the sea on an outgoing tide. If you live on a lake, do it at night and only during a new moon. River dwellers should send the ashes downstream.

06-19-2012, 11:57 AM	#2
Anchor Management Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Merrimack, NH Posts: 16 Thanks: 9 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well, i guess you better leave the name alone, bad luck is bad luck. __________________ only dead fish go with the flow...

06-19-2012, 02:35 PM	#4
Rangervx Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: VIRGINIA / WINTER HARBOR Posts: 82 Thanks: 28 Thanked 28 Times in 15 Posts	adding a name??? what about adding a name to a boat with no current name?? i am original owner, but it's 9 years old...anything to worry about there??? i have the perfect name picked out and everything...just need to pull the trigger...IF...no bad luck involved. reading above...i guess i can have a party, get drunk and call it good????

06-19-2012, 03:34 PM	#5
Redwing Deceased Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Haven, Connecticut and summer resident of Moultonborough, NH since 1952 Posts: 216 Thanks: 324 Thanked 43 Times in 27 Posts	Blessing new names Perhaps we can arrange to have a blessing of newly named boats (from their former names) at the next Forum Fest....speaking of which, when will that be??????

06-20-2012, 07:56 AM	#9
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	I wonder ... ... if this means you will both end up with bad luck?

06-19-2012, 02:14 PM	#3
Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	I do not want my life surrounded by bad luck. I am glad I bought a new boat. I can name it anything I want. What a relief!!!!!

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06-20-2012, 11:10 AM	#12
pm203 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 225 Thanks: 41 Thanked 86 Times in 46 Posts	It is not bad luck to change the name of a newly acquired boat. It is bad luck and unproper to change the name of a boat that you already own.This was settled in one of the yachting magazines after much debate.

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