boat name change? Please HELP!

mswkickdrum

2008-12-09 05:30:58

So I got my first troller. Much to do in order to get it ready to fish 09.

Now In eed some seasoned advice from the knowledgeable and experienced.

*Here is a picture of it on Historic Fishing, I'm guessing from around 10 years ago, maybe more?

http://66.154.152.16/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album46&id=Sonna

*Here is a write up in a local paper from when it was built.

http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=1570

*Here is some genealogy on the builder/ original owner

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=klea&id=I12416

He built it in Tombstone Bay, near Hyder in 1934. It’s still in very good shape.

Old growth timber I suppose. Since he had 5 sons at the time, that might be the reason

he named it FIVE BROTHERS. Later on it became the SONNA, I don’t

know when or by who but I have met a Washington troller who knew of the boat

as the SONNA. In 1974 it was sold by a father/son pair, Charles S. Brown and Jr.

of Bellevue to Joseph Fox of Fife WA ($32000 !!!) I don’t know when Fox died or

if the boat was sold cheap out of the estate etc, but the next owner was William T.

Hilbert Jr. (went by Tom), who got the boat in 2002 and changed the name to NEVER LEVEL.

He later drown while working on another boat. The boat was already getting dilapidated since

the engine had died, then it sat for a winter in Ilwaco before I got it this last fall from

his cousin. The name Walter Wesley listed at the picture on Historic Fishing

I know nothing about. The paper work and miscellaneous records I have

only go back to Fox’s purchase. If you have any info about this or any of these

fishermen I would greatly appreciate it!

TO THE POINT:

1. Can I change the name of the boat??

2. I don’t like NEVER LEVEL at all.

3. There is the thing about “bad luck” in changing the name, is that set back to normal if you change it back? What would I need to change it back to?

4. What if I name it after my grandmother and great aunt, which I’d like to do? That can’t make it any worse can it?

**I have to send in my paperwork to change the documentation to me this week, and

if I’m going to change the name, (can’t stand the current one) I should to do it now on the form.

Thanks,

Marshall

tacorajim

2008-12-09 12:51:17

Although I haven't seen him since summer, I suggest you call Kirby young. He had the double ender Quest for ages. He knew Joe Fox, several Kristovichs, and could fill in the gaps since the '60s. He's in the Pacific County phone book.

The Sonna looked fairly sharp in 1990, but the seller didn't do squat to her for several years except install a stereo and barbeque. He wanted $35K for the boat & WA troll permit. (Kirby talked me out of buying it, mainly warning about the Ford Lehman that ate its lunch after Tom bought her.

Sorry I can't advise on old nautical superstitions. I had my best troll trip in 20 years leaving Pelican on a Friday. Good luck.

tacorajim

2008-12-09 14:04:57

Correction to post above should read . . . "Sonna looked fairly sharp in 2001", not 1990. (Need coffee:)

sven

2008-12-11 06:49:34

As far as changing the name it can be done, especially if the current name is lousy. Here's the deal. When you christen the boat with the new name you need to have a virgin maid pee on the deck to appease the sea goddesses and pour a bottle of champagne in to the water to appease King Neptune. It also helps to invite all of your friends and have plenty of drinks and toasts. It worked for me. Although my daughter was 2 yrs old at the time so peeing on the deck in front of a crowd was no problem. Oh yeah and you must purge the old name from the boat before christening with the new name. So white-out or remove all the documents that have the old name from the boat.

Good luck

ata

2008-12-25 21:48:22

And what about the silver dollar under the mast - and writing your name under the stove? And...

It's an age-old and precise process..best to get all the details straight. Dem gods don't mess around!

dk=)

mswkickdrum

2009-01-07 19:24:35

Thanks for the insight and jokes. I'm going to name it after my mom, that can't be too bad.

Since my mast is steel and I don't feel like unbolting it to slip a silver dollar under it, I'll stick

on under the engine somehow when I install it. I knew about the silver dollar from years of sailing but

didn't think it applied to powerboats. Name under the stove is a new one to me.

MSW

tacorajim

2009-01-08 00:50:18

There was this top-heavy-roof-mounted metal A-frame the guy put on for crabbing the Tacora. I put back a traditional wood mast and boom and reduced the weight up there by 150 lbs.

What I'm getting at is when I stepped the mast I used a 1918 (year boat was built) mercury-head dime, because my nautical law books all say "silver coin", not a dollar. Not that I'm that cheap you understand . . . I actually paid $8.50 for that dime on eBay.