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Italy Mac26x wrote: I could not change his name so far 'cause in Italy seafaring tradition involves a complex procedure (superstition I believe) to change the name of a boat!

As far as tradition goes, do you regard the boat as a masculine thing, or a feminine? We mostly call our boats 'she' in this part of the world (not that there's anything wrong with that!).

I'm not an expert but in Italy it is usually used the feminine for boats .... often a dedication in honor of their women!

But having women on board was considered bad luck, at least to the superstitious sailors from long ago.

Go figure.

Italy Mac26x wrote:I'm not an expert but in Italy it is usually used the feminine for boats .... often a dedication in honor of their women!

That is interesting, in spanish powerboats are femenine (lancha), and sailboats are masculine (velero), but boats in general are maculine (bote). I think the latter is because a boat uses the neutral pronoun which by default is masculine.

Exceptions to the rule must prevail!
My Admiral's got a German background so I guess it's 'Das Boot'

our holidays are over in Croatia .. 33 wonderful days .. Cap Vega is already on the trailer ... I greet you and go to sleep because tomorrow we start at 06:00 .... Have 700 km to do ...

Bye bye

Great Enrico! Can you tell the cruise in the details?

Ps. Attendo resoconto dettagliato su Mdt. Ciao! Ps. Sono Fidi!