Hi there,

This is a serious question even if it is a little unusual, if you are
a liveaboard how do you get post or mail? Do you have a PO box, or
something? If your moving constantly how do people send you things? or
don't they? Is it a life free from junk mail????

I'm thinking of one day living on a narrowboat as it sounds like a
fantastic life, perhaps I'm a little young at the moment (only 20) but
who knows anything is possible!

Many thanks,

Nick

(Nickoli) wrote:

Hi there,

This is a serious question even if it is a little unusual, if you are
a liveaboard how do you get post or mail? Do you have a PO box, or
something? If your moving constantly how do people send you things? or
don't they? Is it a life free from junk mail????

I'm thinking of one day living on a narrowboat as it sounds like a
fantastic life, perhaps I'm a little young at the moment (only 20) but
who knows anything is possible!

Depends on where and how you are living. Living aboard does not
always mean moving around. Lots of people live aboard at marinas or
in some relatively fixed location. There are even people that do that
who have regular jobs. In that case you can get mail at the marina or
at the PO.

If you are moving around, lots of people use a mail forwarding service
which has what is referred to as a PMB (private mail box). The
service holds or forwards mail as directed. You pay for this as you
would for a PO box in a regular PO, but a little more to account for
the cost of forwarding stuff. Sometimes the people that run the PMB
will also open mail and pay bills etc. Depends how you set it up.

In our case, we still have a house, so the PO forwards all our mail to
one of our children who takes care of things for us. We are not free
from junk mail, but it is thrown away by our daughter and I think
would also be thrown out by a PMB.

grandma Rosalie

Cheers!

I have another question that springs to mind, if I were to buy a boat
would I be legally required or perhaps moreover bound by etiquette to
keep the name. The only reason being that a boat has been in my family
for a few years, and I would want to 'keep the name in the family' as
it were.

Any thoughts?

Nick

In (Nickoli) writes:

Cheers!

I have another question that springs to mind, if I were to buy a boat
would I be legally required or perhaps moreover bound by etiquette to
keep the name. The only reason being that a boat has been in my family
for a few years, and I would want to 'keep the name in the family' as
it were.

Any thoughts?

Some superstitious people say, that to change a boat's name will bring
her bad luck. Then the same people say that you have to follow a certain
procedure to change the boats name. I think this procedure has been
repeated in this forum for some 5 times during the last 15 years, so you
might be able to find it by using your favourite search engine.

If the boat is somewhere registered the keeper of the records must be
notified, but otherways there should not be any trouble with the change
of the boat's name. People and even towns and countries change names.

I have kept the name but changed the boat for a few times, makes it
easier in some bureaucratic procedures. The telecommunication
authorities did not demand a new VHF licence as long as the name of the
boat was the same. They did not have any interest that the lenght of the
boat grew a few feet and the weight about doubled. (You see what good
care can do.)

- Lauri Tarkkonen

(Lauri Tarkkonen) wrote:

In (Nickoli) writes:

Cheers!

I have another question that springs to mind, if I were to buy a boat
would I be legally required or perhaps moreover bound by etiquette to
keep the name. The only reason being that a boat has been in my family
for a few years, and I would want to 'keep the name in the family' as
it were.

You would not be legally required. Whether your family would care
that you didn't keep the name is something you will have to ask them.

Any thoughts?

Some superstitious people say, that to change a boat's name will bring
her bad luck. Then the same people say that you have to follow a certain
procedure to change the boats name. I think this procedure has been
repeated in this forum for some 5 times during the last 15 years, so you
might be able to find it by using your favourite search engine.

If the boat is somewhere registered the keeper of the records must be
notified, but otherways there should not be any trouble with the change
of the boat's name. People and even towns and countries change names.

I have kept the name but changed the boat for a few times, makes it
easier in some bureaucratic procedures. The telecommunication
authorities did not demand a new VHF licence as long as the name of the
boat was the same. They did not have any interest that the lenght of the
boat grew a few feet and the weight about doubled. (You see what good
care can do.)

You must be bringing that little boat up right - lots of good
nutritious food LOL


grandma Rosalie

In Rosalie B. writes:

(Lauri Tarkkonen) wrote:

In (Nickoli) writes:

Cheers!

I have another question that springs to mind, if I were to buy a boat
would I be legally required or perhaps moreover bound by etiquette to
keep the name. The only reason being that a boat has been in my family
for a few years, and I would want to 'keep the name in the family' as
it were.

You would not be legally required. Whether your family would care
that you didn't keep the name is something you will have to ask them.

Any thoughts?

Some superstitious people say, that to change a boat's name will bring
her bad luck. Then the same people say that you have to follow a certain
procedure to change the boats name. I think this procedure has been
repeated in this forum for some 5 times during the last 15 years, so you
might be able to find it by using your favourite search engine.

If the boat is somewhere registered the keeper of the records must be
notified, but otherways there should not be any trouble with the change
of the boat's name. People and even towns and countries change names.

I have kept the name but changed the boat for a few times, makes it
easier in some bureaucratic procedures. The telecommunication
authorities did not demand a new VHF licence as long as the name of the
boat was the same. They did not have any interest that the lenght of the
boat grew a few feet and the weight about doubled. (You see what good
care can do.)

You must be bringing that little boat up right - lots of good
nutritious food LOL

The Britons say, that a man should have about one foot of boat for every
year of his age. Whatver I do, the boat does not keep up with my
advancing age. The last desperate effort was a rear extension of a bit
more thatn a foot, but the boat is now lagging some twenty feet behind.

On the other hand I am sure that I would have much more trouble hoisting
a mainsail for a 60 footer then what I do with my present 40 footer. :-)

So every coin has two sides.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

Vigor's ceremony. Do it if you change the name on your boat.

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

Nickoli wrote:
Cheers!

I have another question that springs to mind, if I were to buy a boat
would I be legally required or perhaps moreover bound by etiquette to
keep the name. The only reason being that a boat has been in my family
for a few years, and I would want to 'keep the name in the family' as
it were.

Any thoughts?

Nick

The is no reason not to change a boats name. In the very old days a
boat's name was carved in the mast - so then constant changes weakened
the mast. That's how the superstition arose.

Regards,

David


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Rosalie B. wrote in message . ..
(Lauri Tarkkonen) wrote:

In (Nickoli) writes:

Cheers!

I have another question that springs to mind, if I were to buy a boat
would I be legally required or perhaps moreover bound by etiquette to
keep the name. The only reason being that a boat has been in my family
for a few years, and I would want to 'keep the name in the family' as
it were.

You would not be legally required. Whether your family would care
that you didn't keep the name is something you will have to ask them.

Just reviewing some of my old posts again whilst I have 5 mins to
spare. I explained badly! What I want to do is buy a boat and change
the name to that of my grandfathers boat. Not from a name established
with my family to something else!
Thought I'd just clear that up!

Thanks Again!
Nickoli