name change

[dnickj]

is it bad luck to change the name - whilst we love the new boat we hate the name - and if it is bad luck is there a sacrifice we could make to the gods to come out evens

 

[hornblower]

Have bought it yet?

 

[dnickj]

paid the deposit and had the survey

just the painfull balance to pay next week

 

[MoodySabre]

Change it - there's no reality in superstition (fingers crossed). I looked at a boat last year called Ballerina. If I had bought it the first job would be to change name. If it's yours then do what you like with it I say.

 

[hornblower]

After I purchased my first boat we changed the name because the original owner wanted to keep the name and she was part 1 registered - that boat looked after us well for 14 years on many rough North Sea crossings and Channel crossings including a two month voyage to the Baltic and back.

 

[Slow_boat]

It is and always has been common practice to change the name of merchant ships when they change hands. Let's face it, B.P. are hardly going to allow another company to run one of their old ships called B.P Premium or whatever, are they?

 

[johnalison]

didn't do much harm to the Golden Hind

 

[robavery]

Have a look at this link

http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/rename.htm

 

[Slow_boat]

According to the link Neptune changed his name to Poseidon so I don't see how he can complain.

 

[Deleted member 478]

The superstition came from the days when a boat's name was carved into one of the main beams. Every time the name was changed, the beam would become thinner, resulting is an eventual loss at sea when the beam broke.

 

[brianrunyard]

Just change it.