Another outstanding bad boat name
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I haven't been to the board for quite some time, however I couldn't help but notice all the class and pinosh within this post, so I felt compelled to share that a powerboat one finger over from where I keep my C-22 is called....wait for it.....
"Not for Sail". Well, at least they're not confused....
Regards,
"Not for Sail". Well, at least they're not confused....
Regards,
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Putting in a good word for a friends book: "The Art of Boat Names" by Laurie Churchman, Int. Marine/Magraw Hill, trade paperback, 24 bucks.
Well worth a look
Well worth a look
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As an earlier post said, how do you call this in over the radio?
Stolen from another forum, and proud of it.
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When my father bought his Cheoy Lee Offshore 41, the previous owner was a bachelor who liked to entertain the ladies on the boat (so we were told). The boat was named "Named After You" so he could truthfully tell each one . . .
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"Whisky-Tango-Foxtrot" reporting in Sir!One Way David wrote:
As an earlier post said, how do you call this in over the radio?
Stolen from another forum, and proud of it.
An entertaining aside - screening parts of the movie "Patton" for my students a few days back, the sign on the side of the halftrack George C. Scott is riding on - big white letters Army style - says "WTF".
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Still own Old Town Millenium 160 kayak.
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Viewed last week at the Golden Gate Yacht Club on a 30-something sailboat out of San Diego: "Rode less traveled".
For some reason, "rode to poverty" immediately came to mind.
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For some reason, "rode to poverty" immediately came to mind.
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A name once proposed yet thankfully never employed: A Lackey of Judgement :D
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Yer killin' us sir Fig.
"Cosmic Ocean Dancing Wind Glider"
Hippies with a boat that has a wide transom.
"Fat, Fast, and Pointy"
Some obnoxious frat boy owner of a racing sled.
"The Reel Wife"
I think we all know this guy.
"Blue Winnabago"
Quaint Illinois couple with a home built 50' ferro-cement sloop they "sail" on a near by lake.
"Massive Vessel of Power"
Mr. Joe Throttle.
A distinguished black gentleman who had a boat down the dock once suggested I name my modified Santana 22, "Little Black Yawl".
I told him I was a bit to Irish to pull that off at the Berkeley Marina.
cheers
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"Cosmic Ocean Dancing Wind Glider"
Hippies with a boat that has a wide transom.
"Fat, Fast, and Pointy"
Some obnoxious frat boy owner of a racing sled.
"The Reel Wife"
I think we all know this guy.
"Blue Winnabago"
Quaint Illinois couple with a home built 50' ferro-cement sloop they "sail" on a near by lake.
"Massive Vessel of Power"
Mr. Joe Throttle.
A distinguished black gentleman who had a boat down the dock once suggested I name my modified Santana 22, "Little Black Yawl".
I told him I was a bit to Irish to pull that off at the Berkeley Marina.
cheers
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Tim wrote:
No doubt the flag ship for the fleet....
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Well, if this boat (Herreshoff AMERICA) has the original "optional" sail...... It would feature a large American Flag graphic.Ceasar Choppy wrote:Tim wrote:
No doubt the flag ship for the fleet....
I've attached a sistership photo.
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1979 O'DAY Day Sailer II
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I wish I had photos, but no such luck. I was given a boat with the name "Three Sheets" The dinghy was named "Short Sheet"
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I know that boat - I believe it to be a sister of my Mariner, currently owned and operated by the NY Seascouts - she was donated by the previous owner....dandowneast wrote:Spotted on Long Island NY- " Mast Confusion"
Some of the names listed here are great!
I actually thought of naming one of my previous boats "April Fool" - as in one who waits for April...
Then I thought of calling in a mayday --- "This is April Fool, April Fool...."
A boat moored a few over from mine is a trimaran named "Nice Tri"
I also have seen the name "My last boat... II"
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My first attempt to post a picture. Here is a power boat in Belfast harbor that lived up to it's name. It sat on a mooring, neglected for several years until she broke loose in a storm.
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A self-fulfilling prophecy...
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Funny, there's a "Not for sail" powerboat in my dock too.Tony wrote:I haven't been to the board for quite some time, however I couldn't help but notice all the class and pinosh within this post, so I felt compelled to share that a powerboat one finger over from where I keep my C-22 is called....wait for it.....
"Not for Sail". Well, at least they're not confused....
Curiously enough there's also a sailboat named "4 Sail".
Wonder if those guys are friends and the names are meant as a semi-private joke...
On the good side, one of my all-time favorites (really, not kidding), a boat in Seattle named Y-Knot
On my dock there's also a Dufour 38 Classic named "Omega", in which each letter stands as the initial for one of the five co-owners. Pretty neat, once you know the meaning.
Cheers!
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Hey, I've seen that boat!ddsailor25 wrote:I have seen many bad names. My number one is, "DON'T PANIC!" and it's written upside down.
Dave
Can't remember where I saw it - oh yes I can - in Deltaville, VA, slowly cruising past the docks of Norton Yachts.
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Just saw one that I think deserves a place in the thread. You can't read the name in this photo, but it's...
A-SALT-WEAPON
A-SALT-WEAPON
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On a macregor 26: Passing Wind.
In fairness to the owner, that was the name of the boat as it came to him. I think its kind of cute, though!
In fairness to the owner, that was the name of the boat as it came to him. I think its kind of cute, though!
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In my younger, irresponsible days, I organized a drunken boarding party onto motor yacht docked in Kennebunk because of its obnoxious name: Cash Flow.
In retrospect, I feel quite badly for any fear caused to its occupants.
That said, I think the least tasteful boat names are those that (even obliquely) reference the source of the funds that purchased it.
In retrospect, I feel quite badly for any fear caused to its occupants.
That said, I think the least tasteful boat names are those that (even obliquely) reference the source of the funds that purchased it.
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Seen on a power boat (or is that redundant?) on the Chesapeake last Sunday: "IV Play"
I thought maybe the owner was a doctor.
I thought maybe the owner was a doctor.
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Seen on a couple center consoles:
"Filet and Release"
"Cal's Cutta"
"Filet and Release"
"Cal's Cutta"
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Forgot about this thread, thanks...
Spied on the transom of a sailboat on the hard in the Deltaville (Virginia) Boatyard:
"Cra'Sea N'Ocean"
One that I saw that I actually liked is called "Tiramisu". Hee! I love tiramisu, and I think it makes an excellent sailboat name.
Spied on the transom of a sailboat on the hard in the Deltaville (Virginia) Boatyard:
"Cra'Sea N'Ocean"
One that I saw that I actually liked is called "Tiramisu". Hee! I love tiramisu, and I think it makes an excellent sailboat name.
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"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." - T E Lawrence
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On a very nice MacKenzie Cuttyhunk in Newport harbor: Pogy and Bass
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Well, I must admit.... my boat is called "Jet Lag" for two reasons : because it is a B-Jet and because I earned the money to buy it working in the US, with a few jetlags... (that's probably what you call "obliquely" :) )Jeremy wrote:I think the least tasteful boat names are those that (even obliquely) reference the source of the funds that purchased it.
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This old lady has been around the marina for about 5 years now. Left the dock twice, IIRC - once to the yard, and another time on a two-hour tour. There is a brand new 10' FoldABote (PortABote?) in her cockpit, left right where it was delivered, its' packaging decayed around it. Never even been assembled. This picture makes her look good - trust me!
Ladies and Germs, may I present:
Sea Czar Palace.
(I think that's pronounced "See SAR's Practic... er, Palace...")
Ladies and Germs, may I present:
Sea Czar Palace.
(I think that's pronounced "See SAR's Practic... er, Palace...")
Kurt and Barque, the CrewDog.
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Melelani, Islander 36 (shoal)
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Just a few days ago I was reading about Boat U.S.'s annual survey of most common boat names. Number one on the list was "Wet Dream." Not only is it unoriginal, it's also not half as clever or funny as those choosing it evidently think it is.
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"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." - T E Lawrence
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This is a very entertaining page, keep them coming !
Saw a large cabin cruiser in New Harbor, Block Island called "Gas Pain"
Saw a large cabin cruiser in New Harbor, Block Island called "Gas Pain"
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I saw a powerboat named "Double lick" last week. Seems like it would be a bit awkward (three times in a row, no less) on the radio.
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heard over the radio this weekend:
- "A Pension Deficit"
- "Guys" (hailing goes like this.. "Guys, Guys, Guys"
- "A Pension Deficit"
- "Guys" (hailing goes like this.. "Guys, Guys, Guys"
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Seen on the transom of a big old 50-foot 1970's motor yacht:
Miss Mymoney
urgh.
Miss Mymoney
urgh.
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Richmond, VA
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." - T E Lawrence
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Seen on the transom of a quohogging skiff in Rhode Island : "Clam Destined Operation"
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever"
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On a good sized sailboat in Boston Harbor. "Debt Propelled"
We were both sailing under the Logan Airport glide path at the time. Neat name but worthy of this list.
We were both sailing under the Logan Airport glide path at the time. Neat name but worthy of this list.
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THE INCIDENT
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I saw a boat this past week in the local Navy marina (our tax dollars at work - they pay something like $1/ft) that was home built, a bit oddly designed and named "Hoof Hearted".
If you don't find it funny, say it faster.
If you don't find it funny, say it faster.
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"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." - T E Lawrence
Richmond, VA
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." - T E Lawrence
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Hope they never have to call the Coast Guard for anything... sheesh. That makes the "Never mind" fellow's misunderstandings seem like child's play.
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You know, it's pretty sad how so many people think they are so much more clever than they actually are.
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Richmond, VA
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." - T E Lawrence
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The sad part is that they walk amongst us and worse yet, they vote.
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Interesting. Maybe the new forum iteration doesn't allow a post without text? (I'm pretty sure the old one did... right?).Northstar wrote:"Your message contains too few characters."
I also noticed something else interesting: A few posts up, mdidriksen posted a bad-boat-name photo of a boat named "Ship Faced." Now it has been cut off on the right hand side, except, when I went to write this reply, and scrolled down in the "thread review" that you can look at while you are posting... well then the whole image shows up again. I even went back to the thread to see if I had just not scrolled over or something, but no, in the thread it went back to being cut off.
I wonder how this might affect other (past) forum photos?
(Not that I'm complaining, but just noting new things when I see them.)
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Rachel
I see the whole "Ship Faced" post.
I see the whole "Ship Faced" post.
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Ha ha!
Well that's interesting, because I only see part of it now (but I could see the whole thing when it was first posted). It's not taking up my whole monitor, nor is there any way to scroll right. Weird!
Even weirder, when I use "topic review," the whole things shows up.
Am I haunted?!?
:tries a few things:
Aha, I think I have figured it out! You see how now (at least for me), our avatars and user info are on the right, whereas they were on the left before? Well that right side border (between the post box and the avatar area) seems to be "flexible." I always keep the browser window as wide as it can be on my screen, but for an experiment I moved it over (so that the left part of the browser window was "off screen" to the left and no longer visible to me), and then I "tugged" on the lower right corner of my browser window and moved the the right edge over farther to the right. Voila! the whole "Ship Faced" was visible again.
However, I do think this must be some sort of change, because with the prior forum software (same browser and screen on my end), I could see the whole photo. It's like that other software (or tweak or version or whatever) automatically made it fit.
But like I say, in "topic review" when I'm typing a reply, I can see the whole photo.
Rachel
Well that's interesting, because I only see part of it now (but I could see the whole thing when it was first posted). It's not taking up my whole monitor, nor is there any way to scroll right. Weird!
Even weirder, when I use "topic review," the whole things shows up.
Am I haunted?!?
:tries a few things:
Aha, I think I have figured it out! You see how now (at least for me), our avatars and user info are on the right, whereas they were on the left before? Well that right side border (between the post box and the avatar area) seems to be "flexible." I always keep the browser window as wide as it can be on my screen, but for an experiment I moved it over (so that the left part of the browser window was "off screen" to the left and no longer visible to me), and then I "tugged" on the lower right corner of my browser window and moved the the right edge over farther to the right. Voila! the whole "Ship Faced" was visible again.
However, I do think this must be some sort of change, because with the prior forum software (same browser and screen on my end), I could see the whole photo. It's like that other software (or tweak or version or whatever) automatically made it fit.
But like I say, in "topic review" when I'm typing a reply, I can see the whole photo.
Rachel
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Oops, sorry about your computer ;)
Actually, it's not exactly "working," because I have the choice of either not seeing the right half of the photo (and I would presume, other photos?) in its entirety, or not seeing the left half of everything. What was successful was that I figured out what was happening.
It seems as though the previous forum iteration would size things to fit one's browser width (?), whereas this one does not, but instead "secretly" tucks things into an expandable "edge" on the right (where the text part of the forum meets the avatar column. An odd thing about it is that my monitor is already wider than it is high (1280 x 800)
I haven't noticed this effect on any other site, so I still kind of wonder about it. I guess I'll keep an eye out, and if I see it happening with any other photos, I'll start a thread in the "forum questions" area.
Actually, it's not exactly "working," because I have the choice of either not seeing the right half of the photo (and I would presume, other photos?) in its entirety, or not seeing the left half of everything. What was successful was that I figured out what was happening.
It seems as though the previous forum iteration would size things to fit one's browser width (?), whereas this one does not, but instead "secretly" tucks things into an expandable "edge" on the right (where the text part of the forum meets the avatar column. An odd thing about it is that my monitor is already wider than it is high (1280 x 800)
I haven't noticed this effect on any other site, so I still kind of wonder about it. I guess I'll keep an eye out, and if I see it happening with any other photos, I'll start a thread in the "forum questions" area.
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- Boat Name: Triton
- Boat Type: Grand Banks 42
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Re: Another outstanding bad boat name
Perhaps because it was my first weekend on the water in a while, or perhaps it was just a good weekend for bad names:
30' speedboat: Miss Used
J24: For $ail
Boat with broken mast: Breaking Wind
30' speedboat: Miss Used
J24: For $ail
Boat with broken mast: Breaking Wind
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- Damned Because It's All Connected
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- Boat Name: Triton
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Re: Another outstanding bad boat name
oh! almost forgot....
An Ensign: Triton
(not that it's a BAD name, just funny in this context)
An Ensign: Triton
(not that it's a BAD name, just funny in this context)
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Re: Another outstanding bad boat name
A Salt Weapon
(and not even the same boat that Rachel posted)
(and not even the same boat that Rachel posted)
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- Skilled Systems Installer
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- Boat Name: Mahana
- Location: Bristol, Maine
Re: Another outstanding bad boat name
1986 Tayana 37 MKII cutter on Ebay named "Anchor Management"