Sailors have a lot of superstitions about naming boats, and some consider it very bad luck to rename a boat. However, when a boat changes owners, her name may be changed if the proper precautions are taken. I have been referring to the SC27 as Furthur, but until recently she still had Saltshaker on the side. Cody removed the old name, and now we are really flirting with disaster.
To remedy the issue and get rid of bad Juju from the name change, you have two choices. First, you can create an effigy of the boat with the old name on it, then set the spirit of the old name free in a viking funeral. Or have a virgin pee in the bilge. Because virgins are hard to find at Eckerd College, and because I don't feel like sponging their piss out of the bilge, I am opting for the first option. Hopefully, once this is done our bad luck will gone for good.
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Latitude 38 has a de-naming ceremony here: http://www.latitude38.com/features/dename.htm. If you want it's OK to use either tequila or rum in place of champagne.
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