john: renaming can be done safely ... if you keep neptune happy. see - http://www.globalpsychics.com/amusing-you/superstition/boat.shtml my favorite is 'Vigor's Interdenominational Boat Denaming Ceremony' (this was on 48north's www-site ... but the web-link is no longer active). i encourage think about coming north for the Mboat owners in the san juan and CN gulf islands june 13-27, '09. if you cannot go for two weeks think about the going for the first week. good time to meet and sail with Mboat owners. dave scobie M15 #288 - SCRED visit Scred's www-site - http://www.freewebs.com/m15-named-sced --- On Mon, 3/16/09, John Ledger <johnledger@aoi.org> wrote: Bones, Thanks, Actually I'm John with a M-15. At 58, this is my first sailboat and, after searching the internet, appears to be just just the right size and a high quality boat It's great knowing there is this resource. I am sure I'll have lots of questions such as "when it goes in the water, which side goes up?" Lots of places to sail in Northwest Oregon. Can't tell you how much I am looking forward to it. Whole new world for my wife, our dog, and me. It it bad form to rename a boat?