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