I'm in the process of getting my boats'
"name" repainted . After buffing the old faded paint off a guy told me "it is bad luck to change the name of a boat " . Although my built in B.S. meter was pegged out , it made me wonder if this an old mans story has any truth to it? I assured him that the original name was going to be replaced . Has any one heard of this boating "urban legend" before?
Yah, heard the name change story, but never any actual urban legend type of stories to go with it.
The stories date back from the days of Columbus and earlier.
Did the guy give you his psychic hot line # to find out what would happen? LOL
I say change it! It is your boat. If you don't believe in that crap, then you won't problem. People who believe in it tend to make it a self fulfilling prophecy.
It's only bad luck if the boat was named "Christine".
You own a boat. You already have bad luck
The first boat I owned was named "Plans to ski"'
the first owner of the boats name was Planski some polish name I liked the graphics but not the name but the superstition thing kicked in so i didn't. My .02
The superstition stems from the days of sailing ships and the men who crewed them. If something bad happened on a ship, men wouldn't want to sail on it. Say for instance a whaling vessel came up empty after a month at sea or was caught in a storm and and men drowned. The rumor on the docks among the hired help would be that the ship was "unlucky" or cursed. The skipper would be hard pressed to get a crew together. He might have to sell the ship. When he did, the new owner would change the name to conseal the past identity and history of the ship from unsuspecting crewmen. Sometimes, the ship would have trouble after the name change, and the old salts would say "Aye, she was the old "So-and-So" before and look, she's still unlucky".
Did you hear about the pirate who had a ships wheel tattooed on the head of his dick?
"Aye matey, It drives me nuts"
Here you go...Follow this procedure and you should be good to go..
http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/rename.htm
Thanks for the replies, I guess that old salty dog had some truth behind what he was telling me. I guess I'll have to stick with "TUNNEL VISION" after all . I kind of dig the name anyways.
Well I guess I'm Screwed.....named my boat after my old lady."Sreaming Bitch" ....Now I've filed for Divorce after she shot me last week .... I was going to change the name to " Gutshot"...but I sure as hell don't need any more Bad Luck!!!! eek!
Liberator TJ1984:
Well I guess I'm Screwed.....named my boat after my old lady."Sreaming Bitch" ....Now I've filed for Divorce after she shot me last week .... I was going to change the name to " Gutshot"...but I sure as hell don't need any more Bad Luck!!!! eek! Well...I guess what they say is true...Don't mess with Texas. eek!
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