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05-21-2021, 03:44 PM
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City: Vancouver
Join Date: Nov 2019
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Boat names that just have to be shared.
Saw one today with the name "Wasted Seamen"
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05-21-2021, 03:51 PM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2021
Posts: 12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Catimann
Saw one today with the name "Wasted Seamen"
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You must have been at my marina :-). Only a few slips down from mine is a boat with that name.
Another is Knotty Boys.
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05-21-2021, 03:55 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 21,129
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I don’t understand people that don’t respect their boats and put names like that on the boat. Lack of maturity???
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If you aren’t one, there is no explanation possible.
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05-21-2021, 04:04 PM
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Member
City: Vancouver
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AlpinaRanger
You must have been at my marina :-). Only a few slips down from mine is a boat with that name.
Another is Knotty Boys.
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Actually it drove past me on a trailer. Plagiarism lives.
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05-21-2021, 04:14 PM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2021
Posts: 12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Comodave
I don’t understand people that don’t respect their boats and put names like that on the boat. Lack of maturity???
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Imagine calling over the VHF radio to a marina or draw bridge operator?
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05-21-2021, 04:24 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
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A lot of people view boats without the romance of the sea some have.
Look at all the different activities people use boats for where the boat is just a means of doing it.
TF is a different world than most boaters live in.....everything from naming them to caring for them.....etc....etc.....
Many other boaters belly laugh at the subjects from here I bring up at dock talk happy hour.
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05-21-2021, 04:54 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Janesville WI
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 26
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I saw a boat in Bermuda while walking around named
"Fugly"
It was, and I was rolling around laughing.
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05-21-2021, 05:06 PM
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Guru
City: Gulf Islands, BC Canada
Vessel Name: Sea Sanctuary
Vessel Model: Bayliner 4588
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 4,993
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I named one boat "MissStress"
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You only need one working engine. That is why I have two.
Sea Sanctuary-new to me 1992 Bayliner 4588
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05-21-2021, 05:37 PM
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Guru
City: Cary, NC
Vessel Name: Skinny Dippin'
Vessel Model: Navigator 4200 Classic
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5,841
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We saw a "Bow Movement" the other day
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(NOT a trawler)
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05-21-2021, 05:46 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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Gawd!
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05-21-2021, 05:51 PM
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Member
City: Seattle
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 7
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My father has had three boats over the course of his eighty seven years.
Lathos, Lathos II and Lathos III. Lathos is a Greek word meaning mistake.
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05-21-2021, 05:56 PM
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Guru
City: San Diego
Vessel Name: SEA WOLF
Vessel Model: 1979 CHB 41 Trawler
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 996
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Comodave
I don’t understand people that don’t respect their boats and put names like that on the boat. Lack of maturity???
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Have you seen some of the boats that have those names? Usually big express cruisers with lots of colored lights and huge sound systems that never leave the dock (and watch out if they ever do!)
My favorite boat name of all time: Never Again II
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05-21-2021, 06:03 PM
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Guru
City: Southport, FL near Panama City
Vessel Name: FROLIC
Vessel Model: Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,977
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Maybe a half point for creativity in some cases and lots of negative points about character. psneeld has it right; there are just plenty of folk with no respect for either themselves or the poor boats they inflict these names on. It just doesn't bother them, just like the neighbor with the overgrown yard and junk lawn mowers rusting away.
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FROLIC (2005 MainShip 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area
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05-21-2021, 06:44 PM
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Member
City: Seattle
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 7
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For the record, with the exception of weekend toys, I too think that a boat should have a dignified name.
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05-21-2021, 07:06 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 28,119
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RobK
For the record, with the exception of weekend toys, I too think that a boat should have a dignified name.
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And feel free to do so, but our feelings aren't worth a spit to many boaters.
Many respect me and my experience, but could care less about naming their boat.
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05-21-2021, 07:22 PM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor, WA
Vessel Name: MoonShadow
Vessel Model: Wendon Skylounge 72'
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 718
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We all come to the sea for different reasons and the boat's name is part of an expression of ourselves. In the UK where I was born it is common to name a boat after a lady; your mother, spouse or another important figure in life.
In life we judge new acquaintances by their words, demeanor, dress and accoutrements. The crass name provides another helpful identifier. However don't write them off. They may be going through a phase! I once named a motor boat Mate Tricks, thinking it was a cool play on the current movie of the time Mattrix. Most were not amused
At the same time I had a sailboat which I named Basic Mazecraft, which I instantly regretted as I had to explain the name to everyone I came across.
I am now in a Moon theme: MoonStruck, MoonDance, MoonShadow.
~a
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05-21-2021, 07:30 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
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Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 28,119
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My point exactly....
Many boaters in the US don't come to the sea.....in the romance of cruisers, voyagers, seamen, etc.....
They buy boats to fish, drink, party, water ski and the like, lay around, have a place at the shore to hang, go fast....etc...etc.... Look at how many are abandoned or abused....so what's in a ridiculous name to them?
They could care less about what their boat name means to anyone else other than what they think it does...
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05-21-2021, 07:45 PM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor, WA
Vessel Name: MoonShadow
Vessel Model: Wendon Skylounge 72'
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 718
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Quote:
Originally Posted by psneeld
My point exactly....
Many boaters in the US don't come to the sea.....in the romance of cruisers, voyagers, seamen, etc.....
They buy boats to fish, drink, party, water ski and the like, lay around, have a place at the shore to hang, go fast....etc...etc.... Loook at how many are abandoned or abused....so what's in a ridiculous name to them?
They could care less about what their boat name means to anyone else other than what they think it does...
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I thought this name singularly appropriate.
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05-21-2021, 08:07 PM
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Guru
City: West Coast
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,789
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The most humorous I have seen was Ship Happens. The funny part was its dinghy: Piece of Ship
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05-21-2021, 08:42 PM
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Member
City: Mid atlantic
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 5
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While I agree that boats should have a dignified name, there are some people that have quirky senses of humor, and try to keep the mood light. I am a former captain and mate on large sportfishing yachts. Two names that come to mind are “Plastic Toy” and “Poverty Sucks”. These names were on the back of multi-million dollar sportfishing yachts, with full time professional crews, and were maintained with an open checkbook. The owners of both of these yachts were the nicest most respectful people that you would ever meet. They just didn’t take themselves so seriously.
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