The evening before the naming ceremony we had 13 guests on board plus two cooks to feed us.

Angelo from my preferred Munich restaurant Bellini has given us this bottle to make a picture of it on the boat.

Of the 13 guests 11 slept on board, so some had to sleep in the cockpit.

Before the name was given to the boat we heard a poem from my mother.

My daughter Savita did the throwing of the bottle ...

... hoping that the mechanism for crashing the bottle works ...

... and hugely relieved and excited when it finally worked out!

The rest of the bottle was mounted on a board and given to my daughter to thank her for giving her own name to my catamaran and to remind her of this exciting moment.

Here's a picture of the entire party group.

Next day we did the maiden voyage on the newly named boat.

Paul and Helen cooked a wonderful meal for us.

On a neighbor boat the forestay needed a fix.

A restaurant in Las Palmas.

Thank you to everybody who made this event possible and such a wonderful success.