Can You Force Buyer to Change Boat Name?

[svHyLyte]

The various "Bumblebees" (up to Bumblebee V) were owned and raced by John Kahlbetzer and were rather well known but the renaming story sounds like a little bit of yacht club Bee Ess, no? Or maybe not!

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by Jolly Roger

"What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

Originally Posted by Maren

I think if you substitute rose with a word like rectum, portajohn, slaughterhouse or autopsy you might be struck but just ridiculous that statement is.

Are you (Maren) suggesting that merely coining a euphemism for rectum (et al) would materially change it’s odour - that a rectum, by another name, might not smell as ... er, whatever?
Methinks J Roger, anjou, & W Shakespeare got it about right.

[Bash]

I've been thinking of changing my boat's name to "West Marine." That way I won't have to pay for custom monogramming on weather gear">foul weather gear, et cetera.

[sneuman]

Originally Posted by Bash

I've been thinking of changing my boat's name to "West Marine." That way I won't have to pay for custom monogramming on foul weather gear, et cetera.

ha ha! Good one!

[sailingmonica]

Originally Posted by Dave the Canuck

Hi Monica. A very sad tale. Many do believe in superstition regarding naming/renaming a boat. Here is a link to a site that explains how dename and then rename a boat. FYI, I followed this ceremony when I got my new boat and, if anything, I've been a lucky boater since then.

Hope this helps.

48° Vigor's Interdenominational Boat Denaming Ceremony

I totally understand and appreciate everybody's opinion in this thread.

I forwarded the info provided by Dave the Canuck to my elderly friend (as it seemed to be what he was looking for), he marched over to the new owner with it and they had a lovely renaming ceremony. Thanks, Dave.

[Perfusser]

It might be better if he changed the name of his kids...no superstitions broken them!

[fstbttms]

You can tell the noobs by the years-dead threads they revive.

[Ryan H]

Or the extremely bored....

Either way if he had started a new thread about it at least a hand full of other extremely bored guys would've complained that he didn't read this thread first....

Of course if that did happen there would have been at least a few other even more bored guys that would've complained about that too....

And then even more exceptionally bored guys would have complained about the complainers.......

Is it summer yet? We all really need to go sailing or something......

[Cormorant]

Maybe we need to check in with SailingMonica to see if the renamed boat was struck by lightning / run aground on rocks / dismasted / destroyed in a propane explosion / attacked by Somali pirates on the lake . . . . thus proving the so-called "superstition."

[brantleychuck]

Originally Posted by fstbttms

You can tell the noobs by the years-dead threads they revive.

This is for fstbttms. " noobs". Real nice way to welcome a newcomer , think about it

[fstbttms]

Originally Posted by brantleychuck

This is for fstbttms. " noobs". Real nice way to welcome a newcomer , think about it

Oh brother.

[bizzy]

if you sell a Ford ,would you ask the new owner to change the badges to a Chev ?

[Ballenxj]

Originally Posted by Cormorant

Maybe we need to check in with SailingMonica to see if the renamed boat was struck by lightning / run aground on rocks / dismasted / destroyed in a propane explosion / attacked by Somali pirates on the lake . . . . thus proving the so-called "superstition."

YUP! That'll make or break that superstition.

[David_Old_Jersey]

Post sale = no.

pre sale the easiest way is to change boat name yourself.

Of course that requires a bit of foresight, so not a route open to all..........

[virginia boy]

Originally Posted by brantleychuck

This is for fstbttms. " noobs". Real nice way to welcome a newcomer , think about it

Agreed...it's condescending.