Bad luck

[Guest]

I am thinking of changing my boats name . Has anyone had more bad luck than usual since changing their boats name?

 

[jfm]

Ha been covered extenively in other threads, you can get from archive.

I changed one of our boat names a short while ago and we have not suffered any.....AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH-----CLUNK

JFM

 

[byron]

Have the boat out of the water when you change the name so the sea gods don't know. The worst that will happen is that you will not win the lottery that week. This is a fact, I know because thats what happened to me.

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[ChrisP]

The old wives tale stems back to when we had a merchant navy. Ships were owned by the companies that imported goods from all over the world and were therefore recognised in all the worlds ports and associated with the companies that owned them. When the companies hit hard times the ships were sold off and the new owners changed the name so as not to be associated with the failing company. As the smaller companies failed the ships names kept changing whereas the ships ownerd by the sucessful companies stayed the same. In time the folk law evolved that bad luck was associated with changing ships names.

I've changed the names of my last 3 boats and the only bad luck we've had is running out of beer on a couple of occasions. The boats themselves have always met our fullest expectations and brought us home safely.

 

[c_j]

I did a bit of research on this and posted what I thought to be the answer at
www.stone.uk.com/rename

Hope this helps. I changed the name and it appears to be very expensive ;-)

 

[longjohnsilver]

Lottery...........

So does that mean that you win the lottery every other week?

If so please publish your numbers here so that we can all buy new boats!!!!

 

[ChrisP]

Re: Lottery...........

Since when did Byron need to win a lottery he owns half of oxford shire now.

 

[byron]

Re: Lottery...........

The week after changing the name of my new (second hand) boat was the only week I tried the lottery.


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[KevL]

Hummm, so the little picture under your name being broken hasn't got anything to do with this then? I'd go check the boat tonight if I were you ;-)

Kev

 

[ChrisP]

Don't need to Pauline's down there today and she loves the boat. God help anybody that touches her.

 

[duncan]

I trust you have your priorities right and mean the boat........

lol

 

[Col]

Once bought a boat called "Sea Reason",wasn't mad on the name so spent a couple of hours with a hot air gun peeling off the vinyl stickers only to find the name "Jolly Charlie" painted on underneath.Anyone know how to re apply sundry bits of vinyl sticker??