Finally………The Boat Naming Ceremony
                                                            

                                                                     

           

                                                         

The day has finally come where we get to “oficially” rename our boat.  Our boat is registered with the US Coastguard so they have to give permission before it can be renamed.  Finally we got the OK to change the name.  According to legend the name change is supposed to be very unlucky unless you go through the proper procedure to change it.  Apparently you need to appease Poseidon the god of the sea and purge the boats name from the ledger of the deep and Poseidon’s memory. No one really believes this stuff, but almost all boat owners do this ceremony not wanting to tempt fate (and besides its fun!).  Apparently the Titanic never had a boat naming ceremony and the USS Arizona used water instead of champagne in their ceremony. 

For the ceremony Bill and I stood on the deck of the boat with all our friends on the dock in front of us.  Bill read the 2 pages of the official renaming and then the naming ceremony – a lot of long old fashioned words that could barely be pronounced.  He threw a fake gold coin with the name “Entrée” on it into the water.  I poured the champagne for him as he said the correct words. He threw the champagne to the north, south east and west and then christened the boat with it.  So, in a nutshell the ceremony involved a lot of words you can’t pronounce and a lot of champagne!  Now our boat can have good fortune, be lucky and live up to its new name, “Perfect Day”.

It was very cool that so many people came to our boat naming ceremony.  Al, (from our flotilla) went down the dock inviting all the Loopers around to come over.  We probably had 20-25 people there.  We  had a cake with the boat's new name, a lot of champagne and food.  Charlie, Al, Dennis and Carole gave us the icebucket, champagne and glasses as a gift.  It was very fun!!!