Boat name help.

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Our old boat is in the same marina and it still has our old name on it. Can we name the new boat with the old name without adding II to end of it?

The name is SlГЎinte which literally translated means health and it is used as a drinking toast.
 
SlaintIER? :D

You might discuss the issue with the folks you sold the old boat to, to keep things friendly in the marinahood. Heck, you might start a trend & everyone in the marina might rename their boats Slainte & hang around more often toasting each other and in turn getting , ah, toasted.

But consider, multiple boats with the same name in the same marina or local area, though not uncommon, could conceivably cause confusion for yard workers or rescue entities. Perhaps the owners of the old boat are not as attached to the name as you and would consider a change to a preferred name if you were to , say, offer to donate all or part of the transom re-lettering .
 
I've never heard a yard worker refer to a boat by it's name, it's always the model, owners name or "that blue POS". Rescue workers only use the name to get you to answer the radio so unlikely to cause confusion unless you're both sinking at the same time. SAR etc is all based on size and type, if they are close enough to read the name the rescue is over!

Just use the name and forget about it.
 
Not helpful to you now but this is sometimes discussed pre-sale. I know of several sales between people who were somewhat friendly beforehand and there was agreement as to whether the sold boat would keep the name or not.

It wouldn't hurt to ask, maybe they plan to change it and are just waiting on an artist, signmaker, etc or it just happens to not be high on the list of things they want to deal with.
 
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Originally posted by ronp

Not helpful to you now but this is sometimes discussed pre-sale. I know of several sales between people who were somewhat friendly beforehand and there was agreement as to whether the sold boat would keep the name or not.

It wouldn't hurt to ask, maybe they plan to change it and are just waiting on an artist, signmaker, etc or it just happens to not be high on the list of things they want to deal with.

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I know a guy who sold his boat a few years back and written into the sale agreement, the buyer had to change the name.
 
This subject actually took me by surprise. When I sold my old boat the owner ended up keeping the name "Wocket". That was fine with me but we named it after a Dr. Seuse Book my kids loved so it was special to us. Couldn't really see why he'd want it.

But we had no intention of naming the new boat the same thing. There will only ever be one "Wocket". But it seems much more common for people to keep the boat name and use it on subsequent boats. My boat is like my kid.. And unless you're George Foreman, I could never use the same name for a different boat.
 
While I would not want an buyer to retain the name of the boat, I don't see it being an issue as far as the marina goes... after all, how many marinas don't have a couple boats named "Aquholic" :)

I always add a II or even a III after the name when I reuse it on a new boat.
 
There are some people who are very superstitious and believe that renaming a boat is big time bad luck. I'm not one of them - having renamed 3 of my 4 boats and didn't bother to do the re-naming ceremony.
 
I had a friend who named every boat he had "Dolphin".
If the new owner didn't change it, he didn't care.
 
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