Boat christening

[hvolkhart]

Help,
we are planning to go on her maiden voiage tomorrow (62 deg).
Does anyone has a ceremony description for a boat christening?
Thank you

[Sloop John B]

Yes,

Tonight find a virgin and have her take plenty liquids and we will send you further instructions in the morning.

[Helaku]

Hehehehe a virgin with a full bladder is the number one option to appease Poseidon. I did the renaming and suprisingly I was able to find the papers to lead to the full ceremony for both renaming and christening. The christening is the same whether new or used. This is the same ceremony that has been used for 4,000 years with the full script, have fun!

http://www.bluewatersailing.com/documen ... remony.pdf

[Scott]

Shave your right leg only

[NiceAft]

I'm Jewish, so I just cut two inches off of the bow.

Ray

[Bill at BOATS 4 SAIL]

I think Roger took care of that: MacGregor 26 / 25' 10"

[Sloop John B]

Boy, I donno. I just slapped the name on and away you go.

That champagne bottle on the bow bit. You old timers remember Margaret Truman trying to bust that bottle on a huge tanker. I think she dented the thing and the bottle wouldnt break.

Blue Water has good advise on choosing a name. I named my boat after the mate, sloop Peggy C. Slurred it is referred to as the Pegisee

Funny sequence leading up to it. I ordered the letters from that guy up in Canada who would have you make your check out for the humanities. His handwriting is terrible and his crew sent me the stick on letters for Jenny C. By some ghastly coincidence I used to date a gal named Jenny.

Yes, the mate found these letters hidden in an old year book. I thought I would have to flee and live on whatever I happened to have in my pockets. Fortunately, Id got it straightened out with the Canuck and had the correct letters pasted on the hull for her surprise. I was able make it to the boat and throw back the tarp and do some real fast talking

Liked that part about a powerboat having to go aground three times to avoid bad luck.

[hvolkhart]

We went to Lake Geneva. Suprisingly no docks where installed jet. We did the Christening with champagne and invited 2 spectators. Then we went out on the lake and learned sailing by doing. We had a wonderfull day.

Helaku, thank you for your tip, we used the succestion as a guide line for our christening.

[Helaku]

Glad to hear your first experience was very enjoyable. It is amazing the gremlins that can pop up your first trip out.

[LOUIS B HOLUB]

Ceremony, who needs a ceremony...I hung my "plexi-glass" nicely on the bow pulpit, with my name..."HOLUB" nicely imprinted...and stepped back and smiled gleefully... it looked so good, that I placed name plates on the back guard rails too. And by the way, the lettering is reflective and easily seen at night. This wasnt my personal idea, since I saw this done in a neighboring marina.
If I or anyone eventually wants to change the boat name, no problem. Just remove the "plexi-glass) hangers. (edit add on) - Holub is a Czech word for Pigeon...and theyre such friendly birds, and seem to always find their way back home.

[Sea Pony]

You guys who are tempting Posiedon are crazy.

As for me, I have given Neptune more than enough cause to smote me from the seas after crossing the Equator twice without paying Homage. On my 3rd crossing I finally got the chance to become a Shellback (Golden Shellback if you please) The experience was...um...arduous. (if you haven't served in the west coast U.S. Navy you might not know what I'm talking about... www.desausa.org/pollywog_to_shellback.htm )

I'll not tempt the Gods of sea and wind again by using half measures in the cristening or rechristening of my eventual hole in the water. Anyone have any Dom Perignon they wouldn't mind parting with?

[Beam's Reach]

I found the whole ceremony on the internet and had big plans to do it right. We launched and cruised to a friend's house and slept aboard. Next day we trailered to another lake and spent another night aboard. Next weekend we trailered to our cottage on a third lake... and remembered that we hadn't done the christening at all. We didn't have the print out of the ceremony and the only liquid on board was bottled water, so I just winged it and tossed water to the four winds and hoped for the best. We had several minor problems early in the summer but nothing major and by August everything was running smoothly, so either the gods were gently punishing us, or we just worked the bugs out and learned how to actually sail. But maybe we should do it over properly just in case.