A boat without a name," wrote BOOTE editor Rainer Bergmann years ago, "is in a way characterless."
According to our senior boss, it doesn't matter whether it's named after the loved one or the grandma who donated the boat, made up from the first syllables of the family's first names or linked to some memory: every boat needs a name.
And if possible, it should keep this name for the rest of its life. A change of name, as the seafaring people know, brings bad luck. The origin of this superstition lies in earlier times, when there were still real "unlucky ships".
Once the ship had earned the reputation of not sailing under a good star, no honest seaman would go on board. It was only logical that only the harbour riff-raff who had stayed behind could be shanghaied.
It goes without saying that with this horde of conscripts on board, accidents were bound to happen. Very clever shipowners then tried their luck with an unencumbered name. Of course, the seamen soon found out about them and the game started all over again.
Hence the tip: the cautious skipper refrains from changing the name. According to ancient tradition, female ship names are said to bring good luck.
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