| Changing a Boat Name | | | | champagne over the boat. |
| Most people realize that those who take to the | | | | - It is a personal choice when to do the renaming |
| water tend to have a lot of superstitions that they | | | | ceremony. You can give your boat its new name |
| follow. What I never realized is that there are "rules" | | | | right away, but some people tend to point to waiting |
| to be followed when you want to change a boat | | | | at least 24 hours. |
| name. While not everyone may believe in them, why | | | | A New Boat Name |
| tempt fate? These are the steps you may want to | | | | This may be your first boat and you purchased it |
| take when you change your boat name | | | | from someone else. Now you want to make it your |
| - Remove the old name from the boat. This can be | | | | own, and you need to choose a new boat name. |
| done by applying a heat gun or a hair dryer to the | | | | While a boat name is a personal choice, there are a |
| vinyl graphics or letters that are already there. You | | | | few legal regulations that must be followed. You can |
| then want to carefully scrape off the old name. For | | | | have the same name as another boat if you choose, |
| many this would be enough, but according to boating | | | | but you cannot use a name that is either spelled like, |
| tradition there are further steps to take... | | | | or sounds like words that would be used to get |
| - Remove anything from the boat that has the old | | | | assistance at sea. You also cannot use a boat name |
| name. This includes journals, log books, charts and | | | | that has profanity, indecent language, racial slurs or |
| papers. | | | | ethnic epithets. |
| - Remove the name completely from life buoys, | | | | Making the Boat Name "Yours" |
| transom, top-side, dinghy, and oars. Do not just paint | | | | You now have a boat name in mind, and you have |
| over it, you must remove it. For any parts that are | | | | found the perfect de-naming ceremony. Your boat |
| done with vinyl you can again remove with a hair | | | | will be located in a marina and you want people to |
| dryer or heat gun. The heat allows the adhesive to | | | | remember it. So, how do you do this? You give the |
| become pliable and can be scraped from the surface. | | | | name a little pizazz!!! The boat name can be made in a |
| - If the boat name is etched into the boat and you | | | | high performance vinyl and applied for everyone to |
| cannot remove it, it is recommended that you fill it in | | | | see. At some sign companies, you can choose from |
| with putty and sand it smooth to remove all traces. | | | | over 3000 fonts to make your boat name one of a |
| - Do not bring anything onto the boat that has the | | | | kind. One thing to remember, however is that if you |
| new boat name until you have de-named it. This will | | | | have a boat that is registered the law requires that |
| be a ceremony that should be carried out before | | | | the registration number is done in a block style font. |
| anything has the new boat name applied to it. | | | | Personalizing the boat name is all up to you. Give it |
| - Buy a bottle of champagne (and don't be stingy | | | | some personality and make it memorable. Have fun |
| and buy the stuff that costs $1 a gallon. Find | | | | and use your imagination. A boat is a work of art all |
| something reasonably priced, as this is viewed as an | | | | by itself, and the owner brings their own taste to it. |
| offering to the sea.) | | | | Letting people know what you stand for, or what |
| - Recite a de-naming ceremony of your choice. A | | | | you are like...well, that's what's in a boat name. |
| number can be found on the internet. Once you have | | | | Visit vinyl boat lettering for more information. |
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