Sailing on Ceremony

My husband is no longer allowed to make fun of me for my woo woo ways.

Last night on our dock with our neighbors, he performed a boat re-naming ceremony, blessing the G-ds, throwing cups of champagne in all 4 compass directions to ensure protection and safety for us in our travels, toasting me as his first mate, and Isaac as second mate, and then our neighbors jumped in to toast us and the boat. Apparently re-naming a boat has many superstitions surrounded it, so it has to be done in a very specific way and I have to say, that Leo did a wonderful job as the boat rabbi.

Thankfully we also have one neighbor who is very knowledgeable and sticks to the script verbatim. He is one of those neighbors you are glad is there with you to shed light on the situation and bring order to chaos, unless you are at an HOA meeting and you want the meeting to only last an hour. But Rob made sure that we all took it very seriously, he even brought a camera to commemorate the occasion which I loved and appreciated.   But the best part was Isaac throwing his beloved pacifier in the water after seeing his Papa's ceremony and wanting to do his part.

Adrianna is a beautiful boat, and she seems even more resilient with her new name. Wish us safe travels and good luck with the sailing G-d’s, and please email info on the importance of leaving the boat as it is after the re-naming ceremony so I can convince Leo that he does not need to clean the sticky, champagne-drenched bow. I would like to actually get Leo, Isaac and I out on the boat tonight for Father’s Day.