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Nikki and Jason Wynn reveal that their new aluminum boat, purchased at auction and delivered unused, came named Yeti — a name they never intended to keep.▶ 0:30 They chose Undra, a Swedish word meaning to be in awe, to wonder, to be curious, as the next evolution of their previous boat Curiosity.▶ 6:54 The name fits their planned Scandinavian and Arctic cruising, including a projected passage to Svalbard, and a Marine Traffic search confirmed no other vessel carries it.▶ 7:41 The catch: U.S. registration, delayed by government shutdowns and a processing backlog, has not arrived, leaving the boat legally named Yeti while AIS broadcasts that name to bridge operators and local authorities in the Netherlands.▶ 5:53 The transcript covers the traditional maritime renaming ritual in detail — striking the old name from every document, life ring, and manual; a denaming ceremony asking Poseidon to remove the name from his ledger; offerings of champagne and wine poured to all four compass points; and only then a formal rechristening.▶ 3:18 Nikki and Jason have performed none of it, rationalizing that the boat sits in one to two meters of fresh inland water and has not yet gone to sea.▶ 9:44 They also describe researching Scandinavian folklore and rejecting candidates including the goddess Nehalenia (pronunciation too difficult) and Runa (thousands of existing vessels).▶ 8:50 The tension between maritime superstition and modern digital record-keeping — governments want the full name history preserved, Poseidon wants it erased — runs through the discussion.▶ 10:56

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