BLUEMOMENT

has to get the wednesday ball rolling so ..

is it a good idea to re-name a boat or is it unlucky as some claim ?

Never been superstious never worried about anything like that at all and I suppose I think superstition a bit silly, except when it comes to boats, I was lucky I liked the name of my boat when I bought it and glad I didn't have to think about changing it.

However if it had been called Lady Penelope of Hamble or some such, I would perhaps have taken the chance but it would have worried me I have to confess.

I've renamed a couple of boats and know of several others similarly treated. There is no evidence in my experience that renamed boats are more or less likely to have problems or difficulties. Perhaps we should press the RYA to add to their portfolio with a booklet on 'renaming your boat and avoiding the wrath of Poseidon'. I think it would be quite short:
Chapter 1 removing the old name
Chapter 2 painting or sticking on the new name
Chapters 3-5 amending official records including the Registry, CG66, insurance company, Offcom, class association and yacht club.

what about the elaborate re-naming ceremony that the cousins seem to favor ( sic ) - would it be prudent to follow in their footsteps ?

Done lots of renaming over the years. Major problem is that I always seem to think of a better one after the deed is done. ~Latest thought was "passing wind" or breaking wind 2" , but having registered at great cost we stay with our favourite cala on Formentera... No retribution from Neptune yet ~ ~ unless all this keech weather is my fault.

little boy blue wrote:what about the elaborate re-naming ceremony that the cousins seem to favor ( sic ) - would it be prudent to follow in their footsteps ?

That would be Vigors then, all that dancing naked around the mast in the moonlight stuff, you would look a real pretty sight, mind do it before comming to the yard, as I have been known to sell some pics to interested parties in the past.

it`s getting too late in the year for the naked dancing
probably just stick to the local tradition - drink & mair drink

I'm having real problems renaming my boat.

When I bought her she was called "Saxon", painted with hard black paint on the stern and either side of the bow.

("Saxon", not a group with whom I feel much affinity; maybe too much cultural baggage in the New Scotland.)

Last winter I reregistered her as "Hyskeir", changed the name on the insurance etc.

("Hyskeir", can see the loom of the light from where we holiday in Ardnam.)

On TOP I was advise to use a chemical called dilunet to get rid of the paint. I left it on for 24 hours.

As you see it did not get rid of all the black paint




I never managed to get rid of "Saxon" from the bow before the time came to go in the water



This has left me even more confused than normal, sometimes I call the boat Saxon, sometimes Hyskeir.

What happens if I sink, the Epirb says Hyskeir, the wreckage Saxon.

So, when it comes to changing a boat's name my experience suggests forgetting about old Poseidon and stick to the practicalities

I think this winter I'll have another go with the finest sandpaper I can find and if that does not work then perhaps I'll just have to put on new name boards

Good Luck

well i may be fortunate in that the name only appears on the transom and has faded over time to a condition not far removed from yours. hopefully a modicum of work will complete the process.

SWMBO didn't care for the name our trailer sail came with.

So we changed it.

The following year had a week on the Caledonian Canal and we were squished against the side of the lock at Fort Augustus by a bloody great fishing boat.

Coming home with the boat on the trailer one of the trailer wheels came off just Nth of Newcastle.

Trying to fit the spare we found the tyre was flat.

Then for no apparent reason the car engine packed up - so we then ended up with the car towed home on one tow truck and the boat on another.

Which was enough - but the jinx hadn't finished with us

We had the repairs carried out locally at a company which made narrowboats - and very nice ones too. Coming home from their place with the newly repaired boat on the newly repaired trailer I went a bit too quickly over a road bump and one of the trailer mudguards came off - obviously damage from the initial wheel loss which had been missed - Having come loose it caught in the wheel and was driven through the bottom of the hull.

So I turned around and took it back to the builders.

It may be coincidence, or superstition or whatever - but I won't risk it again.

olive, very sorry to hear of your troubles i hope matters have improved since then.

you will understand if i don`t invite you to carry out the re-naming ceremony

I quite understand - although it was some years ago now.

What amazed me was that the insurers paid up without a murmer. Which is good because I don't think they ever got anything from the fishing boat owners.

With some effort I can smile about it now, almost.

Ocklepiont.
Why dont you try Farecla rubbing compound on a compounding sponge in a polisher unit? not the two handed cheap rubbish machines, but the one which looks like a 7" angle grinder, Silverline tools do them for about £35 and I reckon no grp boat owner should be without one, they are great for sanding, compounding and applying and polishing up wax.
If you were near me you could have borrowed mine, but it looks like you are up Oban way,??
I reckon by the looks of it that the compound will take it off, as the paint wont have permeated into the gel coat, so will only be on its surface which means you wont lose much gel coat, but do a bigger area than just the wording.

Hi Mr Wanderer of Clyde

Is this the sort of thing you mean?



What sort of grade of Farecla do you recommend

Thanks

Paul

I used No 6 grade, which is also good for doing small areas by hand, and yes that machine is the one I have,only orange in colour.
What you should do first is use 1200# wet n dry paper first with a little fairy liquid in the water, then compound and polish n wax,
I used that technique on largs areas of the hull to bring it up good, and you wont have any scratches with the 1200#.
C_W