Renaming Your Boat

To change the name of your boat without fear of reprisal, first you must obliterate the old name everywhere you find it. For example, run a piece of sandpaper once across any surface where it is displayed, including the transom, bow, superstructure, tender, ship's log (log's are often retained by new owners for their maintenance schedules), life ring, life raft, salt and pepper shakers, and so on. You can also draw a single line through the name everywhere it appears with a marker. 

Now write the soon-to-be-exorcised name on a piece of paper, fold the paper, and place it in a small cardboard or wooden box. Burn the box. Scoop up the ashes and throw them into the sea on an outgoing tide. If you live on a lake, do it at night and only during a new moon. River dwellers should send the ashes downstream. 

You may now change the name everywhere on your vessel without fear of invoking bad luck. 

Design your boat name now.