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Originally Posted by shurlock
considering he's owed me the money for quite some time I think I'll let him work it off I wanted to change the name of the boat anyway right now it's called miss Stephanie heard a lot of nonsense online about boat name changing ceremony any of you ever done such a thing
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There is quite a lot of "lore" about how you should never ever change the name of a boat, and then it goes on to say that if you do change the name you first must do a certain ceremony. It's all hogwash. I mean, it's fun and all, but really, there's nothing to worry about. I don't think I've ever kept the name that came with any boat that I've owned, and absolutely nothing bad has ever happened by changing it... and that's more than two dozen boats over 40 years.
There is however, one exception to this rule. If for example, your wife's name is Jane, and you change the name of the boat to ...say... Susan... something bad probably will happen. Otherwise, you're good to go.
If you "really" want to carry out a ceremony for the fun of it, the following will point you in the right direction.
http://www.bluewatersailing.com/docu...ngceremony.pdf
There are other's, but I particular like method number 3, as outlined on page two.
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