Reply To: New owner – davits and sprayhoods

Re-naming your boat. Ooooerrr…very tricky!

Voile-la will have her name recorded by Poseidon in the “Ledger of the Deep”. It is absolutely critical you do NOT change her name until you have undertaken the correct ceremony to ask permission of Poseidon. You should not re-name her until ALL recordings of her current name are expunged from the boat. The new name should NOT be brought aboard until this has been done and the ceremony carried out to the exact detail.

“Poseidon keeps track of every vessel on his waters. His Ledger of the Deep is said to contain records of every vessel’s construction, owners, routes, cargo—and, of course, its name.

Mess with Poseidon’s Ledger by renaming your boat, and you ensure all manner of disasters and bad luck.”

The simple point being that if you change the name it will not be in the Great Ledger so Poseidon will not be able to keep track of her and ensure her safety

http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/rename.htm

This might help but there are other sources of information.

I have heard that having a virgin pee over the bow helps but with a cat you would have to find two which seems highly unlikely nowadays.

Good luck…lovely boat