You'll need two bottles of good liquor, a virgin and 2 ceremonies. First the
removal of the old name and all references to it on the vessel, equipment
and remove the old logs. Have a denaming ceremony and announce to Neptune
the decommissioning of the old name. Use your imagination and do up some
nice words. Place the new name on the boat..... then have a christening
with the new name... make certain a virgin christens the vessel. [ I
borrowed my friend's 4 year old daughter to swing the bottle to make sure]
Drink the spare bottle in celebration on your first trip out with the
renamed vessel.

CM

"Mike" wrote in message
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| I know it's been covered, but I don't remember what the best way was to
get
| old names off transoms. I have paint as well as vinyl stickies to deal
| with. Was it oven cleaner that was suggested? The new documentation
papers
| say I need to get the name and hailing port changed "before operating the
| boat" which will be in a couple of weeks when I bring her up from Ensenada
| across the border into the US.
|
| By the way, in case you were wondering. It's OK getting paid to sail that
| 50' catamaran up and down the coast all day, but I don't think I'd want to
| do it more than this one season. There's the distraction from all the
| beautiful, scantily clad women (I have the best one waiting for me at
home),
| the irritation from the darn dolphins and sea lions always getting in my
| way, and the people insulting me by offering $100 tips for two hour trips,
| among other things, that really kind of spoil it. But when I can sail
that
| great heavy barge 5 knots for hours, dead down wind, wing and wing,
without
| the need for a whisker pole or preventer (main traveled clear over, and
the
| natural spread of the genoa sheeting point doing the trick) listening to
| some good reggae and soaking up the beauty of the Santa Barbara coastline,
| well, it's almost worth it.
| I really do miss the long hours cooped up in a tiny office staring at a
| computer screen and having you all as the only entertainment available in
| the midst of stress-filled days, honest!
| Thanks in advance for any ideas about getting the old name off my "new"
| boat.
| Life's a beach, then you go sailing,
|
| Mike
| www.sailinglinks.com
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