When conducting a burial at sea, the direction of the wind is of utmost importance. Make sure the ashes will scatter off the stern properly to avoid obvious embarrassment. Tradition calls for the vessel to fly it's flag at half mast, and the following prayer may be used:
"Unto Almighty God we commend the soul of our (brother) (sister) departed, and we commit (his) (her) body to the deep; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection unto eternal life." At the words "commit (his) (her) body to the deep," the person holding the cremated remains then scatters them off the stern of the vessel.
Me take out to hundred fathom and heave me over!
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