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Re-Naming Our Boat (stuck in maritime purgatory)
February 15, 2026 · 12 min · 413K views · Lemmer
Boat glides through calm river, cutting a sharp V-wake.
What this video covers
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 video 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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