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On May 31, 10:20*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Tim" *wrote in message

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On May 24, 5:21 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:









A couple of friends I met through the Open Mic nights we conducted
recently bought a used 30' sailboat. * They are both new to boating
and excited about their upcoming launch date. * I happened to
remember
coming across this years ago via this newsgroup and passed the link
along to them to have some fun. *Thought I'd re-post the link here
also for anyone about to re-name a boat. * It's the famously
effective
(and all in fun):


Vigor's Interdenominational
Boat Denaming Ceremony


Here's the link:


http://www.48north.com/mr_offline/denaming.htm


Richard, It didn't matter if it was 'christened' before my ownership.
I just called 'em 'boat' and didn't worry about it...

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Neptune will not be pleased.


However, there have been times that calling them 'boats' would have
been complimentary... Maybe Neptune did get the last laugh after
all...

Oh well....