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Well, it went off without a hitch.  Ham, potato salad, cake and all, as well as marvelous company.  I'm the guy in the white shirt with the black suspenders by the way.



John sings a chanty to inspire the pall bearers

A few words from Herman Melville and H. D. Thoreau.  I thought the boys in the bass boat were just excited to hear some classic prose.  Turns out they were waiting on their dad, who was politely smoking a cigarette while waiting for the nutjobs to finish


Rev. Sharon administers the blessing (note my daughter taking things very seriously)






The pastor gets to be the first passenger just to make sure the blessing took.


Nearer my God to thee..


Friends pics...

Way to go big guy! Congratulations . . .

Thanks Paul!  I couldn't have done it without help from you and all the folks here on BYYB.  Thank you everyone!

Will. Congratulations on a job well done. Looks like everyone is having a good time. Nice pics, too. Looking forward to that day here....Jim Stewart

Awesome!!

Greetings Will,

I am a little confused. Your surname, Lavender, is an Old English derivation of the Norman surname Lavandier. The Normans (Billy and the boys of 1066) were Norseman who had forcibly settled the north of France. You are defacto a Viking by lineage. So why was there not the usual Viking boat launching ceremony with its attendant sacrificing of the virgin(s)? ???

Just asking ...

Tom

PS. She is very pretty indeed.

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Two word answer Tom, "City Park".  They've got signs everywhere man!  "No Alcohol Allowed."  "No Motorized Vehicles on Trail." "No Virgin Sacrifices." They just go on, and on, and on!
;-)

(Thanks!)

I have a source for virginal maiden pee, if you need it. It's guaranteed to be prepubescent and isn't especially costly. Many in your area require this "product" when renaming a yacht or the launching of specific types of boats (such as yours). Now, there's absolutely no sense in pissing off (couldn't resist) the boat gods, over something as simple as this, so maybe a 12 ounce jar, which gets poured into the bilge (with some appropriate syntax, I'd imagine) to appease the necessary deities , might bring you favor. Having gotten on the wrong side of these said deities previously, I can assure you, take the necessary precautions, so you don't end up regretting not purchasing a $10 bottle of pee. Now, technically, this bottle of yellow brine can be naturally applied, but I've yet found a willing 10 year old, that will squat in the bilge and relieve themselves. So, if short on prepubescent virgins, willing to pee in you boat, get the damn bottle, trust me on this . . .

On a more businessman approach, I can just see it now, some 52 year old, former hooker, eating watermelon by the dozen, filling bottles on a daily basis, with her pressure sensitive, virginal pee labels ready, waiting for the the next order to go out UPS.

LOL!  I was lucky enough to have John, co-owner of Hayseed which just turned 100 years old this last year, bring a Poweraid bottle full of "maiden pee" which my wife reluctantly poured over the boat prior to launch.  He's got the credentials, so I figured it couldn't hurt!

We were quite careful, as you may notice, to have representative of the holy spirit ride along on the first go 'round, just in case.