Did you properly DE-name the boat first? If you don't Poseidon and the other
gods will be all confused about what boat it is, and bad things will happen.
Here are a couple of ceremonies...

http://www.sailnow.com/sail/denaming1a.html
http://boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/rename.htm


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Keith
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That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their
shoes.
"Blue Turtle" wrote in message
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Very interesting: I, too, sank mine after changing the name (Shalmar to
Aiki). Indeed, she hit a reef in Indonesia and was totally lost only a few
days after receiving the new registration certificate. I didn't even have
time to paint the new name on the boat.....

Rgds

Andy W
UK


"Vince LoRusso" wrote in message
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I'm not really superstitious but the last 2 boats I changed the name
of sunk. How does a person change the name of a boat without
aggravating the marine Gods?