[C320-list] De Nenaming Ceremony

[pat reynolds]

with all that libation, bad luck won't be from any
name change
Pat R.

--- "Lachance, Michael B (ISD, IT)"
<MLaChance at thehartford.com> wrote:

> Correct. Remember liberal libations at denaming is a
> key ingredient. Equally important is to have the
> naming ceremony on a completely different day, again
> with libations. Makes we wonder why we don't change
> names more often!
> Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
> To: C320-List
> Sent: Tue Apr 18 20:43:30 2006
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] De Nenaming Ceremony
> 
> I recall reading that the ceremony does not have the
> intended effect 
> unless all traces of the old name are removed from
> the boat first.  Even 
> a small forgotten slip of paper with the old name
> will cancel the effect 
> (whatever it is) ...
> 
> Scott Thompson, C320 #653
> (who kept the old name "Surprise")
> 
> Richard A. Walker wrote:
> > More 
> > 
> > Vigor's Interdenominational 
> > Boat Denaming Ceremony 
> > by John Vigor 
> >  
> > 
> > "In the name of all who have sailed aboard this
> ship in the past, and in the
> > name of all who may sail aboard her in the future,
> we invoke the ancient
> > gods of the wind and the sea to favor us with
> their blessing today.
> > 
> > "Mighty Neptune, king of all that moves in or on
> the waves; and mighty
> > Aeolus (pronounced EE-oh-lus), guardian of the
> winds and all that blows
> > before them:
> > 
> > "We offer you our thanks for the protection you
> have afforded this vessel in
> > the past. We voice our gratitude that she has
> always found shelter from
> > tempest and storm and enjoyed safe passage to
> port.
> > 
> > "Now, wherefore, we submit this supplication, that
> the name whereby this
> > vessel has hitherto been known _____________ , be
> struck and removed from
> > your records.
> > 
> > "Further, we ask that when she is again presented
> for blessing with another
> > name, she shall be recognized and shall be
> accorded once again the selfsame
> > privileges she previously enjoyed.
> > 
> > "In return for which, we rededicate this vessel to
> your domain in full
> > knowledge that she shall be subject as always to
> the immutable laws of the
> > gods of the wind and the sea.
> > 
> > "In consequence whereof, and in good faith, we
> seal this pact with a
> > libation offered according to the hallowed ritual
> of the sea." 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> >  
> > Dick Walker
> > 740 Olive Ave.
> > Coronado, CA 92118-2136
> > 619.435.8986
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
>
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