I am not a great fan of changing the name of a boat. I am not really all that superstitious about it, but having sailed around the world a couple of times, I have seen first hand what old Neptune can throw up at you, and don't really like to push my luck, even after performing the well documented name changing ceremony.
When we bought the boat she was called Nostra Signora Dei Turchie - Italian for 'Our lady of the Turks' A bit of a mouth full really and has no meaning to us.
So keeping in mind that we didn't want to change the name, we simply shortened it to 'Nostra Signora' or 'Our Lady', presented a suitable offering to Neptune, and away we went.
However at the same time, one or our friends who has the ability to look at a situation from a parallel universe, theorized that because the boat was built in Taiwan and that she is a trawler yacht, the only possible name for the boat was the 'Prawn Cracker'. This has since been shortened into just the 'Cracker'.
So unless we are announcing ourselves over the radio to a marina or some other such official requirement, to one and all she has affectionately become known as the 'Prawn Cracker' or 'Cracker' for short!
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