The Perfect Gift For the Sailor who has everything

Renaming your boat

The ceremony that will save you and your crew from calamity...

“Renaming Your Boat” is a humorous take on the superstitions surrounding changing a boat’s name. Therefore, it promises to be the perfect gift for “the sailor who has everything.”

It offers a ceremonial procedure that the skipper and crew can follow to avoid bad luck and calamity.

The book offers more than a read. It allows you to record the ceremony’s participants and their comments, making it a great memento for years to come…

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Renaming your boat
The perfect gift

So, you bought a boat. It is beautiful, gracious, and even elegant. Unfortunately, its name suggests otherwise.

Boaty McBoatface wasn’t precisely what you were looking for in a boat name. Neither was the name “Master Baiter” or “Filthy Oar”. And “Bikini Inspector” and “Wasted Seaman” were also not quite to your taste.

You need to change the name of your boat. But before you do, ensure you read this book, for failure to adhere to the name-changing ceremony could lead to the sinking of your boat…

The Book of Maritime Idioms

Many old sailing, maritime, and nautical terms have found new meanings in modern English. From feeling blue to showing your true colours, from pipe down to eating a square meal per day, all these modern expressions find their origin in the maritime industry.

The comprehensive list of 200+ idioms will surprise you. Beautifully illustrated, this book covers the idiom’s etymology, current meaning, and an example of how we use it in modern-day speech.