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Around 9/4/2005 8:20 AM, Misifus wrote:


Well, I've seen those newreel images of some woman trying to christen a
large ship and not being able to break the bottle. They're pretty tough
bottles. g

Nah, they make special christening bottles now, with pre-scored glass
and a net to catch the broken shards. :)

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...1/10001/151851


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~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows


Understood, but I"m pretty sure I still don't want to whack my fiberglass
boat with a bottle, scored or not! Maybe a boat made of steel, but not
fiberglass.
On small boats, you pour the bubbly over the bow.

People are kind of snotty about their wine in my neck of the woods (Sonoma
County); does the boat know the difference between good sparkling wine and
inexpensive sparkling wine? Does it have to be Champagne from France?

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Around 9/4/2005 8:20 AM, Misifus wrote:


Well, I've seen those newreel images of some woman trying to christen a
large ship and not being able to break the bottle. They're pretty tough
bottles. g

Nah, they make special christening bottles now, with pre-scored glass
and a net to catch the broken shards. :)

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...1/10001/151851


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows


Understood, but I"m pretty sure I still don't want to whack my
fiberglass boat with a bottle, scored or not! Maybe a boat made of
steel, but not fiberglass.
On small boats, you pour the bubbly over the bow.

People are kind of snotty about their wine in my neck of the woods (Sonoma
County); does the boat know the difference between good sparkling wine and
inexpensive sparkling wine? Does it have to be Champagne from France?



Nope...nor should you care about the ritual. Make it a fun time. Let each
member of your family decide on how he/she wants to christen the boat. If
your kids want to christen it with root beer and bubble gum while quoting
something Square Pants Sponge Bob said, all the more memorable. :-)

Remember to keep a log of your maintenance and personal EXPERIENCES (as with
the christening) of/on the boat. We kept daily logs with all our boats and
continue to cherish the memories expressed when reading those logs,
especially during cold and snowy nights when we look forward to boating

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Around 9/4/2005 8:20 AM, Misifus wrote:



Well, I've seen those newreel images of some woman trying to christen a
large ship and not being able to break the bottle. They're pretty tough
bottles. g

Nah, they make special christening bottles now, with pre-scored glass
and a net to catch the broken shards. :)

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...1/10001/151851


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows


Understood, but I"m pretty sure I still don't want to whack my fiberglass
boat with a bottle, scored or not! Maybe a boat made of steel, but not
fiberglass.

On small boats, you pour the bubbly over the bow.


People are kind of snotty about their wine in my neck of the woods (Sonoma
County); does the boat know the difference between good sparkling wine and
inexpensive sparkling wine? Does it have to be Champagne from France?


The 'Vigor' character says...don't displease the sea gods by being
cheap. Get the best you can afford....after all, only some goes over
the bow...the rest you drink.

Harry Krause wrote:
*JimH* wrote:


Nope...nor should you care about the ritual. Make it a fun time.
Let each
member of your family decide on how he/she wants to christen the
boat. If
your kids want to christen it with root beer and bubble gum while quoting
something Square Pants Sponge Bob said, all the more memorable. :-)



I think I'm going to puke.

Oh boy! Now that he's a boater again we expect better.
After my experiences with our skipper buying a boat and just changing
the name by getting large lettering on the topsides....resulting in a
string of bad luck including a de-masting, I say 'do it right'!

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Around 9/4/2005 8:20 AM, Misifus wrote:



Well, I've seen those newreel images of some woman trying to christen
a
large ship and not being able to break the bottle. They're pretty
tough
bottles. g

Nah, they make special christening bottles now, with pre-scored glass
and a net to catch the broken shards. :)

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...1/10001/151851


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows


Understood, but I"m pretty sure I still don't want to whack my
fiberglass boat with a bottle, scored or not! Maybe a boat made of
steel, but not fiberglass.

On small boats, you pour the bubbly over the bow.


People are kind of snotty about their wine in my neck of the woods
(Sonoma County); does the boat know the difference between good sparkling
wine and inexpensive sparkling wine? Does it have to be Champagne from
France?
The 'Vigor' character says...don't displease the sea gods by being cheap.
Get the best you can afford....after all, only some goes over the
bow...the rest you drink.

Oh yeah, you betcha. With that in mind, only the finest will do.

Try this for a christening ceremony.

Fredo

http://www.yachtsee.com/christening.htm
"Bryan" wrote in message
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My daughter wants to put her name for our little boat on the boat.

What are freshwater boat naming rituals?
What heading do I look under in the yellow pages for someone that can do
the graphics?

"FREDO" wrote in message
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Try this for a christening ceremony.

Fredo

http://www.yachtsee.com/christening.htm

Now there's a good ritual christening. Why wasn't there any orchestrated
drinking of champagne at my christening!