On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 22:01:52 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

On Mar 2, 5:38*pm, Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:41:16 -0800 (PST), Bob

I'm not sure whether you would number the Royal Navy among your elite
group of "those who had knowledge and a respect for ....


Nope. Those limie war ships do not qualify. As our miltary also names
their boats after just about anybody. Hell even Ronald Rayguns got a
boat.

SO if your going international lets take a look at the Polish fishing
fleet under Soviet rule.
First the Polls refer to their boats as HE... as do several other
cultures. Polish boats ive worked on:
Kantar = small salt water fish
Admmiral Archischisky = Polish Naval skipper
Kalmar = Squid
Mustel = not sure
Dolphine = porpoise
Riekin = another fish

Now for there merchant fleet... their cargo boats are all named after
moutains as in Gorda

SO I guess we could go all over the world and get another slant on
"maritime history n tradtion"

So what do those "you buy me drink" girls call boats n your
neighborhood??



It appears Sir, that you do not know what you are talking about.

Bruce-in-Bangkok

Sorry Bruce I do, its just that your mind works a little to
international. Once you cite the Limmies as a source it opens th whole
world as potential examples.

I was thinking a bit more local.........

Here is something else for you to research. SOME de-naming events say,
EVERYTHING on a boat with the old name must be removed befor the new
naming act occures. Ever wonder why? I dont know if its the "true
origin" but I came up with a rather practical reason for removing
EVERYTHING with teh old name from the boat.

Whats your take Bruce?
Bob

You used the term "those who had knowledge and a respect for ...." so
I assumed that you meant what you said. However, perhaps you actually
mean it to apply only to the U.S. and exclude all other countries, or
do you mean some specific area of the U.S.; New England Coast?
Chesapeake Bay? San Francisco bay?.

As far as changing a vessel's name I'm afraid that you need to quote a
source for that as certainly as far back as the 1500's we have written
evidence that vessel names were changed, with apparently no problems.
Quite the contrary, some of them were unbelievably lucky after the
name change. .

In my own case I just painted a new name on the stern and went sailing
and seeing that I rode out the recent Thai tsunami some 15 miles off
the island of Phi Phi, in Pha Nga Bay, I can't believe that any bad
luck was accrued by the name change.

No, what you HAVE to do is set off a string of firecrackers at the
stern of the boat when you leave anchor. This scares the devils off
the boat and allows you to sail off and leave them rather then having
them stay aboard where they can cause innumerable problems.

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct email address for reply)