[alberg30] Name change?

[FINNUS505 at aol.com]

From: FINNUS505 at aol.com

Hi Thom,
Sailors can be a superstitious lot, their fates and destinies determined by 
the vagaries of the seas, and mermaids they meet along the way. It seems only 
natural that in their inability to control their environment they would 
develop their own explanations of why their lives were as they were.

Don't sail on a boat named 'Kitty Poo', though.  It's almost as bad as the 
Bristol 27 I saw once, kept in total dissaray by two slobs, named 'Breaking 
Wind'.

I've read a couple of tongue in cheek articles about rituals involving safe 
name changing, that will appease Triton and Aoleus. Basicaly, you remove any 
and all traces of the old boat name from the boat-letters on the hull, 
paperwork in the cabin, etc.  Let the boat sit 'fallow' for 3 months, then 
have a big ceremony to rename the boat, and pour champagne, (or Bass Ale, if 
that is more dear to your heart) into the sea to appease the god's.  Do it,if 
it will make you feel better.  If I was Triton, I wouldn't want a boat named 
Kitty Poo sailing on my ocean, so I think anything you do will be 
appreciated!!!!  :) 

Enjoy,
Lee
Stargazer #255

(f you are wondering where we got our name from, here is the story;
Rona and I, besides being stargazers, loving the constellations, are avid 
Star Trek fans.  We were watching an episode of Next Generation-the one in 
which Picard and Riker find Scotty, who had saved his own life by putting 
himself in the transporter beam of his wrecked ship, hoping someone would 
find him before the ship's power ran out.  Revived, and learning about the 
new Enterprise and 100 years of new technology, he obviously became depressed 
at lost friends, and lost time, and he had the old Enterprise' bridge 
simulated in the holodeck, and got drunk on scotch.  Picard joined him, and 
as the two reminisced about their early ships and commands, Picard explained 
that his first command had been the 'Stargazer'.  I knew right then, that my 
next boat was to have that name. About a year later, we found #255 at the 
Long Island Maritime Museum in Sayville, NY.  She had been donated by a 
fellow who had bought her with plans to modify her into a singlehanded, blue 
water cruiser, and was going to sail the world.  Unfortunately, he ran out of 
steam and cash, and had to abandon the project, his modifications only partly 
completed.
Her name was Aui Quoay, or something like that, which was explained to me 
that it was french for 'the dock', and a play on a former owner's wife's 
name, Kay.  Well, like Kitty Poo, that name had to go!!!!  Lucky thing we had 
a name all lined up already!!!)

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