BlueSkyNick
Well-Known Member
Well the deed has been done. At 1800 yesterday we had 22 people on the deck, including the lady vicar. She had prepared a lovely, yet brief, blessing ceremony which involved a couple of poems, one short bible reading, and three opportunites to slurp champagne.
SWMBO had to pour some over the bow before anybody could drink any.
The whole thing took only about 15 minutes. An hour later, there were 8 empty champagne bottles !! THen we went to a barbecue in the sailing club, involving copious red wine. Needless to say, I am feeling a little under the weather today, but at least will be out on the water after lunch /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
So all in all, it was a fantastic evening. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Oh , the boat name. For the uninitiated it was previously Lechwe of Salcombe. A lechwe is a type of antelope in southern Africa, mainly Botswana, which elegantly prances around in wetlands. We were not overly inspired by the name when we bought the boat and had several conversations about changing it. We have just had her fully polished - looks almost new - which involved taking the old name off. Also we chose to re-register her as Part1, so it was a good opportunity to change it.
The blessing was agreed between us, to overcome any superstitious negative thoughts.
The new name is Fiddler's Dream. Nothing to do with violins, I hasten to add. It is because I have a reputation for always fiddling around with something, whether it be electronics, mooring lines, or sails, and many more things !!
When we first took the boat over, some very close friends came aboard, and the lady sad "You are going to love this boat Nick - she is a fiddler's dream !!" we immediately knew that was the name for us.
So now Fiddler's Dream, she is.
Now ..... where did I leave those Alka Seltzer ?? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
SWMBO had to pour some over the bow before anybody could drink any.
The whole thing took only about 15 minutes. An hour later, there were 8 empty champagne bottles !! THen we went to a barbecue in the sailing club, involving copious red wine. Needless to say, I am feeling a little under the weather today, but at least will be out on the water after lunch /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
So all in all, it was a fantastic evening. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Oh , the boat name. For the uninitiated it was previously Lechwe of Salcombe. A lechwe is a type of antelope in southern Africa, mainly Botswana, which elegantly prances around in wetlands. We were not overly inspired by the name when we bought the boat and had several conversations about changing it. We have just had her fully polished - looks almost new - which involved taking the old name off. Also we chose to re-register her as Part1, so it was a good opportunity to change it.
The blessing was agreed between us, to overcome any superstitious negative thoughts.
The new name is Fiddler's Dream. Nothing to do with violins, I hasten to add. It is because I have a reputation for always fiddling around with something, whether it be electronics, mooring lines, or sails, and many more things !!
When we first took the boat over, some very close friends came aboard, and the lady sad "You are going to love this boat Nick - she is a fiddler's dream !!" we immediately knew that was the name for us.
So now Fiddler's Dream, she is.
Now ..... where did I leave those Alka Seltzer ?? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
