pheran
Well-Known Member
Isn't your thinking grossly illogical? How can you dismiss<font color=blue> 'erroneous superstitions'</font color=blue> in this dogmatic fashion since all superstitions are by definition potentially erroneous - ie loosely held, ill-founded beliefs that do not lend themselves to proof in any consistent way.
Now MY understanding (which could be just as wrong as yours, of course) is that this goes back to the days of wooden sailing ships when, as well as carrying the name on the outside of the hull, it was also burned into one of the main deck beams, next to the King Post. Now when the name was changed, the chippie would plane away the old name and burn in the new, but having removed some of the wood, the beam was obviously weaker. Too many name changes and the deck would eventually cave in, mast come down or similar disaster. So you see, it wouldn't matter who changed the name, existing owner or new, they both courted the same bad luck
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=blue>A convert to steel boats and displacement cruising - the only way to go</font color=blue>
Now MY understanding (which could be just as wrong as yours, of course) is that this goes back to the days of wooden sailing ships when, as well as carrying the name on the outside of the hull, it was also burned into one of the main deck beams, next to the King Post. Now when the name was changed, the chippie would plane away the old name and burn in the new, but having removed some of the wood, the beam was obviously weaker. Too many name changes and the deck would eventually cave in, mast come down or similar disaster. So you see, it wouldn't matter who changed the name, existing owner or new, they both courted the same bad luck
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=blue>A convert to steel boats and displacement cruising - the only way to go</font color=blue>
