Renaming Boat

[S/V SoundWave]

Well, it begins.

We bought a 1979 M382 project boat, Good hull (#120, formerly sailed as "LAD I", Yanmar runs smoothly, good rigging. Rest is a mess. Thankfully, the project boat was priced nearly at couch-change, so we can budget repairs.

Every opening above the waterline leaks. So, first thought was to rename the boat "COLANDER"
Started changing out ports (Becksons are going in) and cabin fascia first.
Next will be Lewmar Ocean 60s. overhead.

Ripped out the headliner over Labor Day weekend, lots of bad wood in interior.
Cabin fascia and ports are being replaced next week. Hatches after that, and once it's dry, new headliner and cabin sole.

Here's what your boat might look like without the ceiling:

Does make it easy to rewire


As I dug into the wood and headliner removal, I also considered renaming the boat the
"LAMONT SANFORD" (you big dummy...)

Finally, as I drove home from the marina, and thought about the really cool future boat and the experience, I toyed with renaming it "TUITION" because of the expensive lessons I'm learning.

In the end, decided to stick with SoundWave, because when we finish, it will be music to my ears...

Ever thought about an alternate name for your boat?

 

[rene_m]

Yes, not my Morgan though.. I bought a Cal 29' after IKE down here. I asked a friend to run the hull number down and he came back with a story. Evidenty the coastguard was call to investigate a Rogue boat crossing the shipping channel several weeks after IKE. They found this Cal with two half cups of coffee on the saloon table un spilled and no one on board. the boat was dragging behind it 8 foot of finger pier that it left with.
By the time the owner was notified his ins had already paid him. he bought her back and sold her to me. I renamed her ROGUE.
The boat had traveled 60 miles on her own and other than three pulled out cleats was solid .

 

[scundy2]

Chip, good info. my 1979 382 is hull # 119. One of my headliner 'battens' was apparently originally allocated to hull # 118.

 

[tfrere]

If you ever decide to rename your boat, you must follow this ritual:

Boat - Renaming
After a boat is de named, you simply need to rename it using the traditional christening ceremony, preferably with Queen Elizabeth breaking a bottle of champagne on the bow, and saying the words:


"I name this ship ___________, and may she bring fair winds and good fortune to all who sail on her."

This article was taken from Good Old Boat Magazine, Volume 2, Number 4, July/August 1999

 

[rene_m]

I found a very old boat naming ceremony if a book sea stories from the time of square rigged. It went in to bribing Neptune to strike the old boat name from his logs and then you bribed him again to add the new one....... a day later. It was a very fun ceremony and involved as many people as you could muster.
If anyone want it i can dig it up.. it was quite fun and my boat did have very good luck from then to now.

 

[Lantzalot]

I’ve always been told it’s bad luck to completely remove the original name if you rename a boat the original Name must not be completely removed from boat but covered over with new name !

 

[john english]

I heard that it needed to be run aground 3 times before it could be renamed.

 

[Lantzalot]

I’ve always wondered why bananas Are bad luck on a boat and Aren’t allowed ?anyone else heard this ? And no whistling aboard or youlle blow up a storm lol I’ve had many captains inforce this when I was just a mate on many boats they have signs everywhere and would inspect peoples coolers and if they found any would throw them overboard !lol

 

[Warren Holybee]

Bananas let off a gas that causes all other fruit and veggies to go bad very quickly. Many boats carry them by hanging them outside under the Bimini. They will cut the whole bunch from a tree (not a bunch like you buy in a store but the whole branch thing) and they keep a long time like that.

I think historically there was also a bug problem with bananas.