Changing boat name

[General Zod]

Has anyone here changed there boat name? Did u do any rituals to please the sea gods or just changed and all was good. Anyone know anyone that does this.

[stevefish]

be strong, just change it.

otherwise where does it all stop? just dont take bananas out on the boat.

[Linc]

Here's a rational explanation of why changing a boat name was considered bad luck in days of early mariners and mysticism. I don't think any of this will have any effect on your fishing

"For thousands of years, boats were built exclusively for commercial or military purposes. Commercial boats, defined as fishing boats, cargo, utlity and passenger vessels were owned and operated by businesses whose primary goal was to make a profit. Taxes, fees and assessments on these transactions were awkward to define and enforce. Unless a "change of ownership" was documented and provided to the taxing authorities it was difficult to collect taxes associated with these transactions.

Changing the name on a vessel was perhaps the most obvious way to advertise that a large transaction had just taken place, attracting unwanted attention from taxing authorities and other opportunists. It was therefore considered “unlucky” to bring attention to the change of ownership. Keeping the vessels original name implied that all her documents and affairs were in order. To this day, most US ships are registered in foreign countries to avoid these "unlucky" taxes and regulations."

And about the bananas, I still stick by the rule and check any newbies coming aboard my boat to ensure they didn't bring any bananas, but the one time I didn't check was when i took my neighbour out, first trip out in Sydney and landed my first (and only so far) legal king... so i'm not 100% convinced

Edited March 11, 2014 by Linc