Boat Names Tom Cunliffe
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- In this video I dare to tackle the vexed question of changing a boat's name. Should you do it? Or is it sure-fire guarantee of 17 years bad luck?
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Lovely story, well told. We have similarly changed our boat name and as you, we do bubbles, prayer and semi formal ceremony etc. The big difference is that we place a bottle of the finest bubbles in the anchor locker for 12 months. As the front of the boat is prone to bouncing around, we find it prudent to check the quality each month by substituting a fresh bottle on each occasion.
Nice one Terry. There's no end to the ingenuity of seamen when it comes to getting a drink!
Hey Tom. Thank you for sharing your prayer. We are going to use your prayer for the renaming of our boat. You really have done a beautiful job at finding the right words and not leaving anything out. Cheers!
Fair winds to the new ship.
Tom, awesome as always. Your thoughtful prayer brought tears to my eyes.
No bs, no waffle. I could listen to Tom for hours. So knowledgeable about the the sea.
Keep on doing it Tom.
Thanks Ray. I enjoy doing these videos and it makes my day to know they are appreciated.
Lovely prayer, beautiful boat. Thank you for sharing
My boat is Marihøna, Norwegian for ladybird. As she was being built in Risør, Norway a ladybird landed on the workbench, and the little creature provided a name. No reason to alter it. Interesting film Tom, thanks, Jerry.
Lovely prayer. Our yacht is called Amber Sand. I don't dislike the name but often thought about changing it to something more personal. But then again, she entered our life as Amber so I decided to stay with it. We love her name and all.
What a lovely and thoughtful prayer, thanks Tom
I may need to use your prayer as well. We recently moved up to a bigger vessel and while she has a name that’s nice, it has no meaning for me and my family so a re-naming is coming soon. Thanks for the inspiration.
Lovely story and a lovely prayer. You got me!
Beautiful prayer for a beautiful boat.
Came here to say exactly that, you beat me to it 👍
A truly lovely prayer.
I love how you have a story behind everying you say, and I have to admit that I found your prayer surprisingly emotional ❤️
I will rename my boat in the coming weeks. And when I do, I will use this prayer or one close to it. Thank you, Tom.
Beautiful 😊❤️⛵️
I was missing some good Tom Cunliffe narrative, after not seeing anything pop up for quite some time. So I searched and found your latest videos, this is the first one I watched this evening. Thank you Tom, for sharing such an insightful look into a boats naming, and sharing your personal experience with your lovely vessel Constance. What a wonderful event that must have been, such a fitting prayer for her, and an honorable and respectful way to bring her into your family. After such a blessing, how could she do anything less than serve you very well? ☺️🙏🏻
As it happens, my late wife’s family farm in Guatemala was called La Constancia, it is where she was born in 1954, and her name was Gisela Constancia Droege. Needless to say, her beautiful spirit remains within our family. Fair winds, from Paul in Port Orange, Florida 🙏🏻☺️⛵️
Touching. Great episode.
Great words Tom, thanks.
lovely Tom, thanks for sharing.
Excellent video, Tom! Excellent prayer! Thank you for this.
Another delightful video. My 67 year old wooden sailboat has had three names. The last name has been with her since the 1970s. I would not want to to change it. And, I certainly would not want to commission new carved trailboards and sternboards. Cheers.
What a wonderful post Tom, thank you so much for sharing that
A lovely poem to end another interesting video. Thank you Tom.
Nice one Tom… my boat was called Artemis by the first owner in1987 , and Artemis she will stay… just seems right somehow. Thanks for more of your wonderful wisdom 😊
Nice tale and a lovely poem...if only more people in a position of influence, tried to steer a 'true course' we'd all be the better for it...
Thanks
Thanks Tom you are always an inspiration. Nice little edit I now have a boat of my own and I need to change the name so perfect timing
Wonderful and love all your videos - great topics and thrills that you've experienced along your seafaring journey! Cheers!
Amen, indeed. Regards from the Solent Coast. AJ
Hi Tom, thank you so much for sharing your prayer and thoughts on (re)naming one’s sailboat. I’ve just come into the possession of a Seaward Fox sailboat that had no name to my knowledge, so your words are timely. I was thinking to name her after the town where my Mother was born in the Welsh valleys (Six Bells). My other Sailboat has a made up name (Beech Island) that I came up with in honour of two of the ships my father sailed (well perhaps not ‘sailed’ as these were BP tankers) around the globe. All the best from across the big pond, Ian
i bought a 22ft ferro falmouth oyster dredger. changed her name to defiance, one of nelsons fleet then sailed her 4 times singlehanded across the atlantic .perfect name for her.
A fine prayer. Amen to that, and "I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar."
My boat name will be: Adventure!
When first time I visited to Isle of Wight (I am Hungarian actually) and my girlfriend went for shopping to Boots I popped in to a bookshop. There I found Tom Cunliffe's: The Complete Yachtmaster book. I opened that randomly and I got surprised when I saw a quote from my favorite writer, GK Chesterton: "An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered"! Then I knew that I have to move here (although I had some boating experience but only on lake Balaton in Hungary) and sail. Now I've been living here, in East Cowes, for 5 years, racing, building miles (we just made the Round The Island) and getting close to make my yachtmaster certificate.
Thank you Tom!
When you look in the mirror you must see your mother fondly looking looking back at you. Keep that lovely smile and good spirit and Constance will always be.
Truly Wonderful.
Another magnificent yarn from the master. Cheers Tom
You are a class of your own Tom.
spot on.
Lovely episode Tom.
A Lovely Name aLovely Prayer, Thank you
Beautiful prayer
Thank you Tom for your very informative videos. My friend has just got a 24 foot sailing boat called October Storm which I like. I have just got a Venturer 22 sailing boat with the name Blue Treacle. I do like the name Blue Treacle so I will be keeping that name.
another great episode tom.
'Effervescence ' double ff for flying fifteen and uffa fox the designer
Interesting episode. There are loads of sailing superstitions, including renaming a boat. Probably enough material for a whole series! The sailing channel, Another Adventure, performed a very different ceremony when they renamed their boat in the episode "The SandBox is born" Apparently it's how they do things in the Caribbean! One to watch for a comparison perhaps.
Crewed by strangers, like a ghost from another life. A fine boat very likely has good days and bad as we do. But given her share of luck, she'll see us all through. Stella Maris 2022. Mr. Cunliffe will recognize this prayer as the sincerest form of flattery.
Great event Tom, it was really touching that pray.... that was really good to know you have faith and believe in God.... God bless you even more your life and journey, in Jesus name, amém... Good video.... waiting for the next hehehehe.
A really touching prayer Tom. Yours Aye, Buster.
Wonderful payer. Those who are virtually onboard via CZcams are also included. Thanks Tom!
Change a boat name is not to take easy on. agree with you. My new boat (she's an old lady from the 70ties. but a great boat.. I will have her renamed as "Mahana". will you help me with a prayer maybe? great episode!
She's more than a boat, Tom. She's your constant source of direction,
Lovely episode, thank you. When we bought our small yacht she was called Amneris, after the character in Aida, and Amneris she has remained - for no other reason than we like the sound of it as a boat name.
I can think of no better reason! It's a lovely name and unusual too.
My father, being Australian, pondered the name for my new to me Contessa 32. He noted we are from Terra Australis, but that spelt Terror Australis is perfect for his wayward son's boat name. The dinghy was named Lil Terror of course.....
Amen indeed.
Amen!
Great prayer Tom.
My tub came called Jabiru, and she will carry it on as long as shes mine.
Hi Tom, I realy enjoy all of your interesting and fasinating blogs if I may call it that way. Thankyou for sharing! I had a mind breaking time finding a name for our boat. Her name is now "DreamAway" as we are always dreaming of going on adventures and she takes us there. I just felt like sharing that with you ;-)
We had a boat called Gedomach, George,Doris,Mathew, Charlie. Ghastly name and I came to dislike the boat as well. We then had a boat called Fabiola named by previous owner after his wife. Unfortunately she left him for another man, almost as dangerous as having the girlfriend
‘s name tattooed upon your back.
A lovely Prayer. may I remember it if I ever get another boat.
Of course you may Peter. All good wishes
Tom
My Seasprite 23 came to me named "pickpocket" , somewhat of a curse. I renamed her "Delight". My Eastward Ho 24 arrived with name "Sea Ape". Talk about a run of bad luck. She is now named "OkeeDokee". Sometimes a boat has to be renamed. They say life is too short to own an ugly boat. I say the same applies to an ugly name.
So nice.
Dads boat was Petra, she sailed against other boats with romantic names.
Mine were odd in comparison, Chelsea Morning, Romper and we sailed against the Randy Robber. Must have been a 70’s thing.
My boat is called Golden Grain, her first owner being a Master Baker. Golden Grain, sometimes shortened to GG, was my daughters name, she sadly died of cancer in 2000. Needless to say I shall not be renaming the boat! I believe I came across this boat by divine intervention of some sort.
Grand name. One of Kipling's WW1 trawler/minesweepers was called 'Golden Gain'. I always loved that name. The rest were 'Unity Stormcock, Claribel and Assyrian'. All winners. Google them and enjoy the poem.
My personal favourite was a boat I saw called “Unsinkable 2”
My Macwester Rowan, 22 foot, must have one of the longest names for such a small boat - Appledore Belle. Built in 1975 for her owner in Alderney, we sailed her there to find the original owner in the hopes of finding out why he so named her - no Appledores on Alderney of course. Unfortunately he was no longer with us, so I'll never know. I am the 7th owner, and have had her 22 years now. Her name has never been changed of course.
Tom, lovely video, thank you.
Your prayer reminds me of this passage which I have in the back of my log book.
Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters,
They see the works of the Lord,
And His wonders in the deep.
For He commands and raises the stormy wind,
Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
They mount up to the heavens,
They go down again to the depths;
Their soul melts because of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits’ end.
Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
Then they are glad because they are quiet;
He guides them to their desired haven.
Psalm 107.
Thanks for the reflection on name changes. I don't particularly like the name of my boat, but my name-change dilemma is enhanced because the original owner of Desire wrote a book on the history of ship names. His book informs us that the first historical record of a ship name change was in the 2nd century BC, when the Lady of Syracuse was changed to the Lady of Alexandria.
Beautiful.
Armen.
I only have a cruising dinghy, unfortunately the previous (dutch)owner named it "gekke henkie" meaning crazy henky. Too lazy to replace it though, and the previous owner assured me it was bad luck for at least 7 years. And I'm looking for a new boat anyway. My next boat will probably be a traditional dutch flat bottom sailboat. Maybe a Botter or zeepunter.
I always thought the names my parents, grandparents and uncle gave to their home made kayaks back in the 70's were pretty good, they are still used today. They are called "Belenos" (a gallic god), "Clovis klets", "neteklude" (named after local river), Wannes Raps (local folk figure), and Aragorn.
I also really like a local boat named "Erebus", I'm sure the owner named it after the mythological creature, and I hope he wasn't aware of the fate of it's namesake.
As much as I like my current yacht, I bought her on the strength of the name, Songbird. If she'd been called Passing Wind, I may have thought twice?
I got a Catalina 22 that was a project boat. The boat last name was Little Pig. I removed the name and can’t think of a new name. I was thinking of using my Mother’s first and middle initials.
We once delivered a yacht from the Med to UK after the owner's marriage broke up. They had named the boat "you and me" . Tempting fate!
I renamed my Francis Kinney Pipedream 37 as Flamenco. Gave her the full ceremony.
Wonder what you make of Lizzie Dripping ?
My father called one of his ships, an ex Admiralty MFV, GEVARH (Gwendoline Elsie, Victoria Agnes, Richard Herbert). Which was my mother, sister and I. Everyone was convinced he had found an old Celtic name.
My youngest daughter is named after one of his most successful little coasters (Lady) Sonia. When it was coming up to her 21st birthday she was pestering me as to her present. All I said to her was that I was going to get her something to make her "complete". So I bought her one of those fake titles. 😄
Cacoethes (an itch to do something foolish. The tender - ‘Itch’ tender to Cacoethes. We did everything thing we could to live up to her name.
I must admit I thought about changing the name of my boat "Annie Lou", but she came with personalised crockery! And a nice old-fashioned cast/engraved tonnage plaque.
However, having heard a number of Pan-Pan & Mayday conversations with the Coastguard over the years, I would suggest that whatever name you pick, it should be unambiguous how to spell!!
Wonderful Prayer Tom
Is it your prayer or can i perhaps source it?
Regards 🙏
i view name-changing of a boat as causative of bad luck, and i am not even superstitious.
Beautiful, Tom. I am very particular about boat names. I've never changed a name because if the name suits, it would be like changing the name of an honored pet. Why would you do that? I do not favor "funny" or "clever" boat names because they do not seem to give proper reverence to the ocean on which she will roam. The ocean may be lovely, fierce, bracing, and terrifying. But I have never found it flippant. I also tell my students to imagine hailing the Coast Guard when in distress, something I've thankfully not had to do. "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, this is "Party All Night."
Once my boat is painted I hope to name it " Sandagain!!!
I renamed a boat. I poured a libation to Poseidon. Seemed to work. Choose your deity wisely.
When I bought my 37 ft Ranger 1 Ton she was called HUSTLER. I suspect after the Paul Newman movie "The Hustler". In modern times that name had become somewhat offensive given the publication of the same name. I struggled for a year to try to find a name suitable for my flat-out racing bloat that had not already been used or overused. A year after I bought her, while sailing up the Chesapeake Bay, returning home from a two-week vacation my Lady Friend started nagging me for the 30th time about cleaning out her garage. I turned to her and said "You are relentless about that! And a boat name was launched. We sailed RELENTLESS in races and vacations for the next 30 years.
Great name for a race boat!
When I bought my boat, she was called Pia. The former owner told me she had that name when he bought it and he liked it so he never changed it. I was thinking of changing it when I bought her but couldn''t come up with anything so I registered as Pia for the time being. Now I've got accustomed to the name and I'm leaving it as it is. One of my very first girlfriends as a young boy was called Pia and it's a very practical name for spelling over the vhf.
I rather like it myself too. Nice comment.
I've owned five boats large enough to carry names. I kept the name for the first, reverted to an earlier name for the second, renamed the third, deleted the name for the fourth, and renamed the fifth. Only for the third did I have an official renaming ceremony. It was officiated by a virgin - my twelve year-old niece - and included a bottled libation for Neptune. I only owned that boat for two years and blew up two engines during that time.
My boat was named 'Cirrus'.
You may see some videos of WHITE LADY on my channel. I'm the 3rd owner and when I learned her original name I gave it back to her. She's a 1967 27' Maine wooden pleasure cabin launch with traditional lobster boat lines. Although some don't understand the name and think it is inappropriate I use such an occasion to educate about the folklore motif White Lady. WHITE LADY's two tenders; a wooden pram and a fiberglass dink, are PEARL and OYSTER.
I am not a religious man so when it came to rename my boat, It was a third of a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue label for the Boat, a Third for Skipper (and Crew) as the boat will look after us and we will look after the her and a Third for the sea to pay our respects .
Sound plan to respect the sea, whatever your beliefs! Thanks.
Quite a Prayer
upon which to stand
through crashing wave
evermore
roll on, roll free
when stone crumble from land
this verse is
To Be
brass placard etched
a lead fore a sprit
above figured head
cast the Salts weighted worth
from Constance pulpit.
What about how the Vikings changed a boat name? Nobody brought that up :)
I read somewhere that when naming a boat one should consider what it will sound like when being hailed on the radio. My mother was quite tickled when I told her the boat I was building would, as she was, be named "Marianita". Rarely a bad choice to honor the women in your life.
...and consider what it sounds when a bloke says it, over the radio. Kept our boat's name anyway for the history and because it somehow does suit her, but... well... Shady Lady, over. 😊
In Argentina is bad luck to change the salilboat´s name
As I said, it's often considered bad luck here too, but what if she's already had 5 names?
The old addage was purely for safety.
Leilissima. Named after a girlfriend about three girlfriends ago… or was it four.
S/V Koinonia
No. Wait. It was 35 times!
It is said to be bad luck to rename a vessel!
Yes, Tom mentioned that but his Yacht had been renamed six times and most of the Vessels he talks about have been renamed multiple times
@@kevnwarriner8819 I called our yacht "Kaffe". I do not know the earlier names of the 55-year-old yacht. New life- new name.
Yes Tom mentioned that! Didn't you watch the video. The origin of the bad luck idea is that once a ships name was carved into its stern into a key beam. If the name changed this carving was chiseled out and a new name chiselled in. This action sometimes so weakened this key beam that in the next storm the ship broke apart and sank. Hence the myth its bad luck to change a name.