How did you name your boat?
Dry Creek
personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
Just wondering what you out there in cyber-boat-land generally do.
Larry (DryC...@mcsi.net) (www.mountaincountry.com)
Lloyd Sumpter
Most of the time, the boats named themselves.
"Miss Fire", was, well, an 8ft hydroplane with a 4hp Briggs&Stratton:
what can I say?
"Determination" was already well-named. A 22 ft Mcgregor facing the
gales of Georgia Strait...
"Starsend" was partly named after Asimov's fabled place where the
Smart People were at, and partly because I liked to lay on the deck and
look at the stars after a days' sail.
"Far Cove" was named when I found myself deciding to go to the "far
cove" when planning where to go. When I was tacking out of English Bay
in my Mcgregor, I used to see these fast boats blow by me and sail off
the horizon (to "far coves") while I was still puttering in the bay. Now
*I* was one of those boats!
...and how my Cortina got the name "Cuddles" is a very long story...
Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Cat 36 - was named "Cooper Yachts #14" when I bought her...
Peggie Hall/Peal Products div/Raritan Engineering
Weeeelll...my late husband and I bought the first boat we owned together
before we'd even considered getting married...and it quickly became apparent
that the only name for it was "Mine Too!" We bought the last one together
after he'd been diagnosed with a terminal cancer...only if you know the
entire poem will you know why "Invictus" was the only possible name for it.
I knew long before I found my current boat that the next boat I'd own after
he was gone would be "Solitaire"--a single gem in an appropriate setting. I
leave it to others to decide for themselves whether it refers to the boat,
her owner...or both. :-)
Peggie
Jonathan Ganz
the local police boat the first time I launched her. :-) We both enjoyed
it. :-)
Jonathan
In article <3876326E...@home.com>,
Lloyd Sumpter <lsum...@home.com> wrote:
>Dry Creek wrote:
>>
>> What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
>> personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
>> female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
>> life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
>>
>> Just wondering what you out there in cyber-boat-land generally do.
>>
>> Larry (DryC...@mcsi.net) (www.mountaincountry.com)
>
> Most of the time, the boats named themselves.
> "Miss Fire", was, well, an 8ft hydroplane with a 4hp Briggs&Stratton:
>what can I say?
> "Determination" was already well-named. A 22 ft Mcgregor facing the
>gales of Georgia Strait...
> "Starsend" was partly named after Asimov's fabled place where the
>Smart People were at, and partly because I liked to lay on the deck and
>look at the stars after a days' sail.
> "Far Cove" was named when I found myself deciding to go to the "far
>cove" when planning where to go. When I was tacking out of English Bay
>in my Mcgregor, I used to see these fast boats blow by me and sail off
>the horizon (to "far coves") while I was still puttering in the bay. Now
>*I* was one of those boats!
>
> ...and how my Cortina got the name "Cuddles" is a very long story...
>
>Lloyd Sumpter
>"Far Cove" Cat 36 - was named "Cooper Yachts #14" when I bought her...
--
Jonathan Ganz
jg...@sailnow.com
http://www.sailnow.com
Dick Lucas
Dry Creek wrote in message ...
>What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
>personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
>female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
>life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
>
eagle" or something similar. Between my daughter, wife, and the 3 sons, I
was unable to get any agreement on a new name, so it ended up being named
"Indecision"
The second boat, and '88 SeaRay Laguna was trailered between California and
Connecticut, where we have a summer home on Long Island Sound. That boat
was named "C to C" and it appeared in large vinyl script on the sides of
the hull. On the stern, I had in smaller letters "Ca to Ct" in case anyone
didn't understand. Last year, I gave up on trailering it back and forth
and left it in Connecticut. Don't think I'll change the name, though.
Dick Lucas
Lloyd Sumpter
>
>
> The second boat, and '88 SeaRay Laguna was trailered between California and
> Connecticut, where we have a summer home on Long Island Sound. That boat
Man, you Americans sure like driving! I've driven across Canada once
in my life, and that was quite enough, thank you very much.
Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Cat 36 - staying on the Wet Coast!
Ed Wagner
number of books and magazines, walked around marinas and boat yards, etc.,
searching for a name that was not cute or plays-on-words, but something
straightforward and, most important, it had to be a name that could be easily
understood and readily pronounceable on the VHF and SSB.
I also did not want to copy another name, no matter how much one appealed to
me. At times I began to think all the good names were already taken.
Then, my wife suggested we name the boat for the small Ohio town where she grew
up and went to elementary school -- Gambier. The name was given to the town by
Lord Gambier, who bought land for the town and who, along with Lord Kenyon,
donated money to found Kenyon College in the late 1830's. Lord Gambier was
descended from a Norman nobleman who participated in the invasion of England in
the 1066.
Since naming all my boats, sail and power, GAMBIER, I have stumbled on a small
group of islands in the south Pacific, a small settlement west of Nassau on
Paradise Island in the Bahamas, and an island in the Canadian San Juans -- all
named Gambier.
Of all the boats I have seen over a period of 36 years of owning sail and power
boats and sailing in many parts of the world, the best name of all I have seen
is "Gallant Lady." That name has been used on any number of small and large
vessels, mostly Feadships, all owned by Jim Moran, a wealthy Floridian who owns
the Toyota distributorship for all the SE U.S. and Lexus dealerships. I suspect
he had a PR firm develop a list of possible names and chose Gallant Lady. The
name, I have heard among some locals, is protected by copyright.
The second best name, in my judgment, is INNOVISION, a Swan owned by a friend
in The Netherlands, and raced in the Med, North Sea and Caribbean. That name,
like Gallant Lady, is easily pronounced in almost any language and easily
understood on the VHF or SSB.
Good luck in your search.
Ed Wagner
Dry Creek wrote:
> What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
> personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
> female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
> life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
>
US
> Man, you Americans sure like driving! I've driven across Canada once
> in my life, and that was quite enough, thank you very much.
>
> Lloyd Sumpter
> "Far Cove" Cat 36 - staying on the Wet Coast!
Americans do not drive much. I used to drive between 3000 and 4000 miles a
week every week all year.
Now I have slowed down. Only drive that many miles during summer month then
take the winter off.
I do not think the Canadians can go that far with out stopping to say "EH".
:-))
Chris J. Scoggin
Chris
"Lloyd Sumpter" <lsum...@home.com> wrote in message
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> Dick Lucas wrote:
> >
> >
> > The second boat, and '88 SeaRay Laguna was trailered between California
and
> > Connecticut, where we have a summer home on Long Island Sound. That
boat
>
Peggie Hall/Peal Products div/Raritan Engineering
> > in my life, and that was quite enough, thank you very much.
Americans are the only people in the world who will drive 1,000 miles to
take a picture of their children standing next to their new boat on its
trailer behind their vehicle
Peggie
> >
> > Lloyd Sumpter
> > "Far Cove" Cat 36 - staying on the Wet Coast!
>
Rich Byrnes
name was Tanner, he named his first boat SunTanner, so our first boat
was named SunByrnes (Byrnes is the Irish equivalent of Burns)
Rich Byrnes
C27 #3301
SunByrnes
Lake St Clair, Mi
Jon V.
> What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
> personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
> female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
> life?
None of the above.
My criteria:
1) Can it be said? I have a friend who used to work as a marine telephone
operator (when AT&T still offered that service), and he was amazed by how
many of the names he wouldn't say on the air. URMTHRSUXDIX was one of his
favorites. Given that facilitation of communications is the only real
reason for naming a boat, that seems silly.
2) Does it fit my mood? This has little or nothing to do with the boat's
properties... for example, my current boat is named "grep", previous
names: "Malderriere" and "Insanity". Next boat? Who knows... I may take
my mothers suggestion of "Section Eight", or I may pick something else. If
I was naming a kayak I might name it "sed", but that is again just me.
3) Is it reasonably unique? I don't like the idea of a bunch of boats
named the same.... whether I own them or someone else does.
> Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
Strange as it may seem, I've never had a boat that had been named by
previous owners. If I did, I would change the name unless the boat was
historically significant IMO.
-Jon
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...All lies and jest; 'till the man hears what he wants to hear, and
disregards the rest.
-- Paul Simon
Lloyd Sumpter
>
<snip>
>
> Since naming all my boats, sail and power, GAMBIER, I have stumbled on a small
> group of islands in the south Pacific, a small settlement west of Nassau on
> Paradise Island in the Bahamas, and an island in the Canadian San Juans -- all
> named Gambier.
>
There are no "Canadian San Juans" - they're called the Gulf Islands.
And Gambier Island isn't there - it's in Howe Sound (on the mainland,
just NW of Vancouver). One of it's bays, West Bay, used to be a
favourite haunt for me in my McGregor 22 days. (now it's lined with
cottages...). Center Bay has a RVYC dock, so it's full of stuck-up
sticky-beaks. Port Graves is OK, though.
Jim Thompson
love the sea. It really seemed to satisfy him. And it comes across clearly on
the radio.
--
Jim Thompson
ji...@jimthompson.net
Tommy T / Prowler 9M
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> What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
> personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
> female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
John K
Pro Line. In fact the day we picked it up at the dealer it rained 8" that
day. Then every time we took it out last summer it seemed we were running
from one thunder storm to another, not to mention last summer's hurrican
threats. So my daughters named it "Storm Runner". I think it was
appropriate.
"Dry Creek" <dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote in message
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> What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the
boat's
> personality? > Larry (DryC...@mcsi.net) (www.mountaincountry.com)
>
>
ted...@socrates.berkeley.edu
"Dominatrix" (Santana 22, raced)
My wife's boat!
Davy Holt
<dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote
>What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
>female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
>life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
Being an avid angler, there was only really one choice, "Catchalot"
and even the new 28' cat is living up to the name :-)
When I was running the two boats before I built the cat I had
"Catchalottoo"
but the best one I've seen is "itsnopaidforyet" it still brings a smile
to my face every time I see it.
--
Davy Holt
Surfing from Clydebank,
Scotland.
The Scottish Angling Homepage
http://www.dholt.demon.co.uk/
Rhys
also the first name we could agree upon, my wife's suggestion of "The
Crimson Assurance" (see Monty Python) seeming a little obscure and
long for me...although it might yet go on the dinghy.
The author's name, "Valiente" also means "brave" in Spanish, so it was
easy to like.
On Fri, 07 Jan 2000 17:12:40 GMT, "Dry Creek" <dryc...@mcsi.net>
wrote:
>What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
>personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
>female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
>life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
>
>Just wondering what you out there in cyber-boat-land generally do.
>
>Larry (DryC...@mcsi.net) (www.mountaincountry.com)
>
>
John Lane
>> Man, you Americans sure like driving!
I knew a girl once who'd gladly drive 1000 miles to get 8 inches away from
home.
Dave Witte
and be able to write it off on our taxes. Our accountant suggested we lease
it to my corporation for entertainment and promotion. Suddenly the numbers
worked out fine and we felt like we were putting one over on the government
even though it was totally legal hence......................Boondoggle
Blue Skies,
Dave
>
> Dry Creek <dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote in message
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Allyn Boldt
Lloyd Sumpter wrote in message <3876326E...@home.com>...
>Dry Creek wrote:
>>
>> What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the
boat's
>> personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
>> female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
>> life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
>>
>> Just wondering what you out there in cyber-boat-land generally do.
>>
"The Other Woman" ....... consumer of time and money!
Ian Wright
>What made you decide to name your boat what you named it?
My boat is a Giles Vertue, Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and
Justice, the cardinal virtues, didn't sound like boat names so,
'Patience' is a Vertue, naturally,,,,,,,,
Ian, Vertue 203 "Patience".
Phoenix
and I thought it referred to the card game.
...but anyone who has meet you online or in person would say it definitely
was named after the owner. ; )
Am I still invited on board for the HBR?
--
Jim
"Peggie Hall/Peal Products div/Raritan Engineering" <peg...@bellsouth.net>
wrote in message news:xXpd4.10301$Sh2....@news1.atl...
> > What made you decide to name your boat what you named it?
>
> Weeeelll...my late husband and I bought the first boat we owned together
> before we'd even considered getting married...and it quickly became
apparent
> that the only name for it was "Mine Too!" We bought the last one
together
> after he'd been diagnosed with a terminal cancer...only if you know the
> entire poem will you know why "Invictus" was the only possible name for
it.
>
> I knew long before I found my current boat that the next boat I'd own
after
> he was gone would be "Solitaire"--a single gem in an appropriate setting.
I
> leave it to others to decide for themselves whether it refers to the boat,
> her owner...or both. :-)
>
> Peggie
>
>
>
Myles J. Swift
a Phil Bolger Micro, it is a micro cruiser. We run a software company based
on micros, so it was paid for by funds generated from microcomputer software
sales. That really makes Micro Squared, but I didn't want to jump that far
past America II.
Myles
Dry Creek wrote in message ...
>What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
Ted G
Second Boat-NEW ATTITUDE-Self explanatory.
Present Boat-CHANGES IN ATTITUDE-As I've gotten older I have moved from
Bruce Springsteen to Jimmy Buffet-my inner rebel headed to the beach....
Ted
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Larry/SF
frustrations in building her out from a bare hull. He did a beautiful
job, but I felt that 'Tantrum' didn't represent my feelings when I
sail. If you place a finger exactly in the center of a map of the
continental U.S., you will have located a little town called Salina,
Kansas---about as far from the ocean as one can get. It's flat there,
and the wind blows constantly. The wheat rolls like ocean waves.
Growing up there, I hoped some day to see the ocean. Now a long way
from home all these years, I named her 'Salina.'
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Peggie Hall/Peal Products div/Raritan Engineering
> There is a Taiwan built 40'er named Invictus sailing the South Pacific...
> So there is a real cruising Invictus out there. Maybe you can join her on
your
> Invictus.
Thanks for the thought, but even I still owned mine, I don't think she
carries enough fuel to make it quite that far! :-)
Peggie
> Peggie Hall/Peal Products div/Raritan Engineering wrote:
>
> > > What made you decide to name your boat what you named it?
> >
> > Weeeelll...my late husband and I bought the first boat we owned together
> > before we'd even considered getting married...and it quickly became
apparent
> > that the only name for it was "Mine Too!" We bought the last one
together
> > after he'd been diagnosed with a terminal cancer...only if you know the
> > entire poem will you know why "Invictus" was the only possible name for
it.
> >
> > I knew long before I found my current boat that the next boat I'd own
after
> > he was gone would be "Solitaire"--a single gem in an appropriate
setting. I
> > leave it to others to decide for themselves whether it refers to the
boat,
> > her owner...or both. :-)
> >
> > Peggie
> >
Peggie Hall/Peal Products div/Raritan Engineering
Phoenix <jfga...@spamless.mediaonedotnet> wrote in message
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> Peggie,
>
> and I thought it referred to the card game.
You obviously haven't paid any attention to the graphic in the name...it's a
diamond solitaire ring.
>
> ...but anyone who has meet you online or in person would say it
definitely
> was named after the owner. ; )
> Am I still invited on board for the HBR?
Of course...flattery will get you everywhere! :-))
Peggie
>
> --
>
> Jim
>
>
> "Peggie Hall/Peal Products div/Raritan Engineering"
<peg...@bellsouth.net>
> wrote in message news:xXpd4.10301$Sh2....@news1.atl...
james fuller
I am a long time radio control model airplane builder. I decided to build a
sailboat to enjoy at our summer place at ute lake. I decided to name the
boat "the Kiwi". The kiwi is a flightless bird, and this is the only thing
that I have ever built that will not fly.
James Fuller
"Dry Creek" <dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote in message
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> What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the
Douglas B. Wilde
sources and, I imagine, commemorate someone or something.
For instance,
Venetia My first canoe. In the book Dreadnaught there is the tale of the
First Lord of the Admiralty who fell head over heels in love the the
friend of his daughter. He proceded to to write hundreds of love letter
to Venetia. I think that kind of obsession deserves to be recognized.
Merissa My second canoe. Kind of a play on the french word for
sea/ocean. Now I'm stuck with words that end with the sound "a".
Williwaw My Windward 15. The fluky winds found in the Straits of
Magellan. Seems appropriate for a sailboat.
Fiona For my next sailboat, either Uffa Fox's Lively (from WoodenBoat,
already have the plans) or the Gulf Coast by Weber (?). Actually named
after Fiona Richie, the lovely, Scottish-voiced host for Thistle and
Shamrock on NPR.
Reverend Ramos For my mahogany runabout, Bassett's Rascal. Ramos was the
parson that patented the step hydroplane (I believe).
So I keep a pad of paper by the light and add a name when it presents
itself. The most recent came from the book "A History of God" (a
fascinating read).
Doug Wilde
Lloyd Sumpter
>
> The name for our first sailboat came from my brother in law who'se last
> name was Tanner, he named his first boat SunTanner, so our first boat
> was named SunByrnes (Byrnes is the Irish equivalent of Burns)
>
Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Cat 36 - always lots of SPF 15 on hand...
Greg Blair
and Carol? on board. Meet them in Fiji and perhaps earlier in Tonga, or the
Cooks. I believe they spent last cyclone season at Mooloolahbah, Queensland.
Don't know where they went this last cruising season.
So there is a real cruising Invictus out there. Maybe you can join her on your
Invictus.
Cheers
Greg
Peggie Hall/Peal Products div/Raritan Engineering wrote:
> > What made you decide to name your boat what you named it?
>
> Weeeelll...my late husband and I bought the first boat we owned together
> before we'd even considered getting married...and it quickly became apparent
> that the only name for it was "Mine Too!" We bought the last one together
> after he'd been diagnosed with a terminal cancer...only if you know the
> entire poem will you know why "Invictus" was the only possible name for it.
>
> I knew long before I found my current boat that the next boat I'd own after
> he was gone would be "Solitaire"--a single gem in an appropriate setting. I
> leave it to others to decide for themselves whether it refers to the boat,
> her owner...or both. :-)
>
> Peggie
>
Rick
boat's
> personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
> female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
> life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
>
> Just wondering what you out there in cyber-boat-land generally do.
>
> Larry (DryC...@mcsi.net) (www.mountaincountry.com)
>
>
Our first boat was a 22' Starcraft cuddy which we named SunChaser which
seemed to go with what we wanted, lots of sun. Our second boat was a new 26'
which took a big chunk out of our cheque book thus the name "Lien on Me" and
our present 30' we have name Tro-lyn which has kind of a fishing connection
(trolling) but in fact is named after our two grandchildren, Troy and
Brookelyn.
Rick
Ron Leigh
something like that)
Peggie Hall/Peal Products div/Raritan Engineering wrote in message ...
>
>> There is a Taiwan built 40'er named Invictus sailing the South Pacific...
>> So there is a real cruising Invictus out there. Maybe you can join her
on
>your
>> Invictus.
>
>carries enough fuel to make it quite that far! :-)
>
>Peggie
>
>
>>
>> >
together
>> > before we'd even considered getting married...and it quickly became
>apparent
>> > that the only name for it was "Mine Too!" We bought the last one
>together
>> > after he'd been diagnosed with a terminal cancer...only if you know the
>> > entire poem will you know why "Invictus" was the only possible name for
>it.
>> >
>> > I knew long before I found my current boat that the next boat I'd own
>after
>> > he was gone would be "Solitaire"--a single gem in an appropriate
>setting. I
>> > leave it to others to decide for themselves whether it refers to the
>boat,
>> > her owner...or both. :-)
>> >
>> > Peggie
>> >
Donald Lefebvre
wife I wanted to name the boat after her. Her response? "No way you putin
my name on that boat." She's an insurance agent so-Policy Maker it was.
(Also her role at home.) Although when going through locks people ask if we
work for the government. If they seem like nice folks we explain the name,
if not we tell them "yup, the IRS."
Don L.
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> What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the
pdon...@excel.net
"John K" <kru...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> My boat just kinda named itself. I finally got my new boat last
June. 19'
> Pro Line. In fact the day we picked it up at the dealer it rained 8"
that
> day. Then every time we took it out last summer it seemed we were
running
> from one thunder storm to another, not to mention last summer's
hurrican
> threats. So my daughters named it "Storm Runner". I think it was
> appropriate.
> "Dry Creek" <dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote in message
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> boat's
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> >
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Scottf
mine, we named it "Steve". We don't know anyone named Steve, and we sure
got weird looks when we talked about scrubbing Steve's bottom.
Next boat was "Grey Seal" after an Elton John song. Often translated to
Gracie L or such on the radio.
Next came "Manitou", a pleasure tug. Indian word for spirit.
After 5 years of no boat of our own, we apparently had to make the same
mistake yet again last year, hence "Err Borne".
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> What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the
boat's
DSmith3426
CADZ
>What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
>personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
>female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
>life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
>
>Just wondering what you out there in cyber-boat-land generally do.
>
>Larry (DryC...@mcsi.net) (www.mountaincountry.com)
>
>
vintage style hull - we are also near wine country
Pete
Jon
My first boat was already named "Prelude". I am a serious musician and
prelude has some musical connotations although I really doubt that a
musical prelude is what the original namer had in mine. I still have
that boat, a 1965 24 foot Cal...the first of the Cal line.
My present boat is a 30 foot Tartan. It originally had a name
{Decision} which was also the name of the boat next to me in my
marina. I changed the name so ( with the proper incantations and
sacrifices to Neptune...a can of Coors) The boat is named "Chaconne"
pronounced "sha CONE". I am a concert violinist and the Chaconne by
Johann Sebastian Bach is probably the greatest single piece of music
ever written for the violin. It is a piece I play.
An observation: I would avoid naming a boat for someone's wife or
girlfriend. If you ever try to sell the boat and the potential
customer subscribes to the theology about not renaming boats...well,
you may have lost a potential customer. Also, some names are really
worked to death. There must be six "Windsong's" in the tow marinas I
am in.
Jon Teske
Rosalie B.
>An observation: I would avoid naming a boat for someone's wife or
>girlfriend. If you ever try to sell the boat and the potential
>customer subscribes to the theology about not renaming boats...well,
>you may have lost a potential customer. Also, some names are really
>worked to death. There must be six "Windsong's" in the tow marinas I
>am in.
What Bob and I do with the boat while we own it is only marginally
affected by resale value. We want to have the boat the way we want it
so we can use it the way we want to. I'm sure we will sell the boat
eventually, but there's no point in obsessing about what some
hypothetical future buyer will want or not want.
Our boat came with a name (Incorrigible) that my husband hated. So we
had to rename it.
We brainstormed the name possibilities - thinking of appropriate names
that related to us, and I checked on the documented boat site to see
how many boats of those names were registered.
One of the names we thought of was "Whatever", which Bob says a lot.
But there were several of them. We thought of "OK", but we thought
that calling the coast guard if we were in trouble with a boat named
OK might be confusing, and we then though of the phonetic alphabet,
but that would have been "Oscar Whiskey" which didn't do anything for
me at all.
At that time, Real Quiet had won two legs of the triple crown, and
there were no boats by that name, so that was on our short list. (and
we were going to call the dink "Not So")
But eventually we decided to go with the tradition in the Chesapeake
for working boats to be named after the wife or mother of the owner.
Besides Bob says that way no one can tell whether he's yelling at me
or the boat <g>. (I would know because he hardly ever calls me by my
name.)
grandma Rosalie
S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
John Buffett
( I'm frugal) I decided that You Only Live Once hence the name was
YOLO
an acronym.
John
John Buffett
> I do not think the Canadians can go that far with out stopping to say "EH".
> :-))
Huh?
Lloyd Sumpter
>
> My first boat was already named "Prelude". I am a serious musician and
> prelude has some musical connotations although I really doubt that a
> musical prelude is what the original namer had in mine. I still have
> that boat, a 1965 24 foot Cal...the first of the Cal line.
>
But what about the venerable Cal 20? There's also a "Crown 23" that
looks a whole lot like a Cal.
Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Cat 36
previously "Starsend" Cal 25
Bruce Fountain
>
> If
> I was naming a kayak I might name it "sed", but that is again just me.
>
I think "awk" would be a good name for a small boat - it has several
possible meanings, but few people would guess "Aho, Weinberger and
Kernighan"
Bruce Fountain (brucef @ eudoramail . com)
Rick
>
> Phoenix <jfga...@spamless.mediaonedotnet> wrote in message
> news:58ud4.3944$os2....@typhoon.southeast.rr.com...
> > Peggie,
> >
> > and I thought it referred to the card game.
>
> You obviously haven't paid any attention to the graphic in the name...it's
a
> diamond solitaire ring.
> >
> > ...but anyone who has meet you online or in person would say it
> definitely
> > was named after the owner. ; )
>
> > Am I still invited on board for the HBR?
>
> Of course...flattery will get you everywhere! :-))
>
> Peggie
> >
> > --
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
, so here goes again.
And now Peggie is writing articles for the West Coast Boat Journal. Peggie
has one of her informative sanitation articles printed in the Jan. issue.
Chuck Gould has an excellent article as well.
Rick
Steph
wife vetoed tah, and noew it's "Galadriel"
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>
> Larry (DryC...@mcsi.net) (www.mountaincountry.com)
>
>
cocktail hour on our lake here west of Minneapolis.
Gin n Tonka
Brad
Rich Byrnes
Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
>
> Rich Byrnes wrote:
> >
> > The name for our first sailboat came from my brother in law who'se last
> > name was Tanner, he named his first boat SunTanner, so our first boat
> > was named SunByrnes (Byrnes is the Irish equivalent of Burns)
> >
> ...and I suppose your next one will be "Melanoma"
>
> Lloyd Sumpter
Scott
Horse's name was Carraway. A cantancerous mare, she would often take
it upon herself to go her own way...especially when returning to the
barn. So Lisa used to think of calling her "Carry Me Away." When
thinking of our boat name we thought that sounded good and came up
with Carried Away in honor of this old mare and our euphoria of buying
our first boat. Of course we needed a nautical theme and came up with
the tongue in cheek name of our boat... Carried Aweigh!
And now you know....the REST of the story <grin>.
Scott
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"Dry Creek" <dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote:
>What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
>personality? Color? How it handled? Did it seem to just "have" a male or
>female personality? Did it have something to do with a milestone in your
>life? Did you rename a used boat when you bought it or keep the old name?
>
Robert Rabe
good luck to use a name with 7 letters. Keep in mind the use of VHF so that
you aren't yelling out a tongue twister that no one can understand!
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> Well I wanted to call our Ericson 32 "Ragnar the Skull-splitter", but my
> wife vetoed tah, and noew it's "Galadriel"
>
> "Dry Creek" <dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote in message
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called so why give it a name? I named my dog and he came when he was
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gentle man, who never seemed to get angry or say anything unkind, even when my
mom would go off on one of her bitching sprees. (I now realize that she was
bipolar) But two or three times a month, I'd wake up in the middle of the
night to a wild Polish gypsy violin, and find my dad in the dark in the
living room, in his skivvies, eyes scrunched shut, playing his heart out,
letting his frustrations fly away with the music. He died of a stroke in1960
at age 45, and I've always wished he had been able to squeeze just a few more
notes out, and more often, so maybe we could have had more time together. I'm
just finishing the complete rebuild of a 42' LOD steel DeVries ketch, my first
boat in 30 years. Since it's essentially a new boat, I feel all right about
re-naming. Hoping to launch "Midnight Fiddler" early next month.
Phoenix
That is probably the best "How did you name your boat" stories I have read.
Thanks for sharing.
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good young man. :)
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Trav
I am rebuilding a 1968 30' Owens woody as well as building a
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Look for the Kathleen Louise VI coming soon.
Trav
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Dean Suminski
said Euw, it looks like a banana. hence Bananaboat.
Scottf wrote:
> First boat we had a partner, and since we didn't want to insult his wife or
> mine, we named it "Steve". We don't know anyone named Steve, and we sure
> got weird looks when we talked about scrubbing Steve's bottom.
>
> Next boat was "Grey Seal" after an Elton John song. Often translated to
> Gracie L or such on the radio.
>
> Next came "Manitou", a pleasure tug. Indian word for spirit.
>
> After 5 years of no boat of our own, we apparently had to make the same
> mistake yet again last year, hence "Err Borne".
>
> Dry Creek <dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote in message
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My five year old niece named my Laser. She asked me what was its name.
I told her, "Ah, I don't know." So she suggested "Tug". Clearly, that
would not do, but I could not get the image of this 13 foot, 130 lb sail
boat attached to a huge barge piled high with coal. So now its Tug...
dan
Michael Kallelis
Greg Root wrote:
> Larry, My father was buried on my 14th birthday. He was a kind and extremely
> gentle man, who never seemed to get angry or say anything unkind, even when my
> mom would go off on one of her bitching sprees. (I now realize that she was
> bipolar) But two or three times a month, I'd wake up in the middle of the
> night to a wild Polish gypsy violin, and find my dad in the dark in the
> living room, in his skivvies, eyes scrunched shut, playing his heart out,
> letting his frustrations fly away with the music. He died of a stroke in1960
> at age 45, and I've always wished he had been able to squeeze just a few more
> notes out, and more often, so maybe we could have had more time together. I'm
> just finishing the complete rebuild of a 42' LOD steel DeVries ketch, my first
> boat in 30 years. Since it's essentially a new boat, I feel all right about
> re-naming. Hoping to launch "Midnight Fiddler" early next month.
>
> Dry Creek wrote:
>
Shane Petterd
I believe it is also the name of a Cadillac (not too common down here in New
Zealand).
It has a Allante badge on the bulkhead so the first owner must have been a
fan.
If anyone knows the meaning of Allante I'd appreciate a reply.
Cheers - Shane
Dry Creek wrote in message ...
Steve Kuiper, CPA
something along the lines of "everything's fantastic"), but I rather liked
it's existing name of Sloopy. It once got hailed on the VHF as "Sloppy",
which my crew thought appropriate. I named the second dinghy "Hang On", on
the grounds that that was what it mostly did, and in deference to the McCoys
(the first dinghy, a deflatable, was "Rumpled Foreskin"). Among the ships
papers, I found that it had been previously named after Don Quiote's(sp?)
horse, which my crew also thought rather appropriate.
My all-time favorite boat name was "Still No Name V", which I saw in
Anguilla; all time favorite dinghy name was "Plan B", seen in The Lagoon in
St. Martin.
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Dean Suminski wrote in message <387CC12F...@pacifier.com>...
>I built a Teal as my first boat, painted it yellow and my daughters friend
>said Euw, it looks like a banana. hence Bananaboat.
>
>Scottf wrote:
>
>> First boat we had a partner, and since we didn't want to insult his wife
or
>> mine, we named it "Steve". We don't know anyone named Steve, and we sure
>> got weird looks when we talked about scrubbing Steve's bottom.
>>
>> Next boat was "Grey Seal" after an Elton John song. Often translated to
>> Gracie L or such on the radio.
>>
>> Next came "Manitou", a pleasure tug. Indian word for spirit.
>>
>> After 5 years of no boat of our own, we apparently had to make the same
>> mistake yet again last year, hence "Err Borne".
>>
>> Dry Creek <dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote in message
>> news:c8pd4.2020$%K1.1...@tw12.nn.bcandid.com...
hkr...@capuantispam.net
>
> Before I bought a boat I was going to name it Irie (Rastafarian word meaning
> something along the lines of "everything's fantastic"), but I rather liked
> it's existing name of Sloopy. It once got hailed on the VHF as "Sloppy",
> which my crew thought appropriate.
A sloppy CPA? Perish the thought! BTW, I always thought it was Saville
Row, with two l's...or is your reference more oblique than it appears?
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BW
suggested to a couple of boating buddies that we go in on it together
and buy it at the Seattle boat show next week. One of them liked the
idea and came up with the name "Thirdsies".... which was eventually
nauticalized into "Third Seas". I thought that was a pretty clever
name... though in reality a boat owned 3 ways would probably be more
aptly named "Former Friends".
BW (Jeff Buege)
Captain of "Belvedere"
Cliff Sadler
real estate prices? This seems like
a viable alternative. And, I get to use
the same beaches that I would have
had to purchase......
"BEACH HOUSE"
Pieter Wierenga (M.M.M.)
<dryc...@mcsi.net> wrote:
>What made you decide to name your boat what you named it?
Shag (one "g") is the name of mij yellow 26' Tiki cat. :-)
I chose for it because I like the bird and the simplicity.
(And may be a bit because of the suggestivity, but that's
just phonetic and the full responsabitity of dirty minds
;-))
Cheers, Pieter
Chris & Marcey Atamian
for about 4 years known as the "GRASSHOPPER" Kinda obvious...
Saw a boat down on the Colorado River in southern California, also an
inboard, similar style with the words "Test Tickle" written on the side.
Sure got a few laughs from the unsuspecting. Another named Ski Bare with a
neat little mural painted on the bow. It had a Bear on a ski losing it's
bathing suit.
Currently We have a boat named "Chapter 11" the name came with the boat
and I can't decide whether I like it or not. (At times it feels appropriate,
I got the boat as a repo from a bank. They foreclosed on a dealership, who
if you can believe it, repossessed it from the original owner)
should I be scared?
Richard Fowler
When registering it, he was asked the boats name to which he replied
"Undecided". He was told that when he did decide to let them know! :-)
Richard Fowler
Perth, Western Australia
somawas
originally named "Tara Too." I'm sure that had meaning to her former
owner, but it was way the heck too "Gone With The Wind" for us. We
tried out about a dozen or so names in conversation with each other.
At the time the receptionist in my law firm was devoutly Catholic and
full of guilt. Felt she was lying when telling a caller that I was
unavailable if I was on deadline and just didn't need to talk on the
phone. Named the boat "Another Matter" so that my receptionist could
be rid of Catholic guilt and tell callers with all honesty "He's out of
the office on Another Matter" if I decided to leave early to go sailing.
Somawas
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>
> Jon V. wrote:
> >
> > If
> > I was naming a kayak I might name it "sed", but that is again just me.
> >
>
> I think "awk" would be a good name for a small boat - it has several
> possible meanings, but few people would guess "Aho, Weinberger and
> Kernighan"
I've heard that theres one somewhere around Seattle named argv[0].
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I have a name, but don't yet have a boat to put it on.
I'm planning to build Bolger Brick next spring after
the snow goes away. I'm going to name it "Li'l Spud"
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exact inspiration for the name, but if you have ever heard it THUMPER is
a fine name.
ron
Glenn Ashmore
met an Austrailian who told her it was slang for kangaroo.
When I started the new boat I knew it would be named Ru2 which became RuTu. I
have subsequently found that Rutu was a mythical Polinesian explorer who, with
his companion Hina discovered most of the Pacific islands. I also found
that Rutu means fast in Estonian and seasons of the year in Hindi. All very
appropriate. .
Now I have a comeback when my daughter objects. Wait 'till she finds out the
dinghy is going to be RuTuToot.<g>
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Jere Lull
> Nice idea for a thread.
>
> My five year old niece named my Laser. She asked me what was its name.
> I told her, "Ah, I don't know." So she suggested "Tug". Clearly, that
> would not do, but I could not get the image of this 13 foot, 130 lb sail
> boat attached to a huge barge piled high with coal. So now its Tug...
>
Couldn't believe how much faster my Laser was than most of the boats on the
lake, so played a pun on the last name and her tendency to show other boats
her wake, thus Lull-a-Bye
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> My daughter's name is Ruth. I call her "Ru" which was fine with her until she
> met an Austrailian who told her it was slang for kangaroo.
>
> When I started the new boat I knew it would be named Ru2 which became RuTu. I
> have subsequently found that Rutu was a mythical Polinesian explorer who, with
> his companion Hina discovered most of the Pacific islands. I also found
> that Rutu means fast in Estonian and seasons of the year in Hindi. All very
> appropriate. .
>
> Now I have a comeback when my daughter objects. Wait 'till she finds out the
> dinghy is going to be RuTuToot.<g>
Georgetown (MD) Marina has a water called by two toots on the horn; their current
taxi is "Two Toots Too".
Ken
1962 model also, born in June. We named the boat "Miss June 1962", but
my wife calls her "June-Bug", so that's what I'm going to paint on her
stern.
I'm not sure which name to paint on the boat. <grin>
Ken
On Fri, 07 Jan 2000 17:12:40 GMT, "Dry Creek" <dryc...@mcsi.net>
wrote:
>What made you decide to name your boat what you named it? Was it the boat's
Herzingj
bankrupt within a year for "spending so much money on a boat". That was 8 years
ago and I have not only not bankrupt but have "added to the fleet".
james fuller
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JB
is latin for wave, as in undulate, and for a Finnish company where he earned
the money to buy it.
On his first trip he wanted to notify the coastguard of his ETA and called
them on VHF.
Solent coastguard, Solent coastguard this is Yacht
Unda.:.....:.........over. Back came the reply
make up your mind.
JB
C. Marin Faure
> Dry Creek wrote:
>
> > What made you decide to name your boat what you named it?
I am half French, so we named our Grand Banks "La Perouse" in honor of
Jean-Francois de La Perouse, a French naval officer who served in that
nation's navy in support of the American Revolution and who, in 1786, led
a French scientific exlporation to the Pacific Northwest and southeast
Alaska (and south to Monterey and then to Hawaii and on to Korea, the east
coast of Siberia, and the south Pacific). He was the first European to
visit what is today Lituya Bay in Alaska, and there is a glacier named for
him on that part of the coast. We base our boat in Bellingham, Washington
and intend to cruise the Inside Passage, so La Perouse seemed an
appropriate name.
C. Marin Faure
author, Flying A Floatplane