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30-08-2011, 14:25
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#16
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 182
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Re: Can't comit to name...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Acedude
Monsieur du vent?
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Too flatulent.
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30-08-2011, 14:25
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#17
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Southampton UK
Boat: Jaguar 22 mono called Arfur.
Posts: 1,220
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Re: Can't comit to name...
Imagine spelling it out by phonetics over the radio. If you can live with that it's fine!
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Ex Prout 31 Sailor, Now it's a 22ft Jaguar called 'Arfur' here in sunny Southampton, UK.
A few places left in Quayside Marina and Kemps Marina.
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30-08-2011, 14:27
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#18
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Boat: Beneteau FIRST 42
Posts: 1,836
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Re: Can't comit to name...
I think you've got the name in the heading..................
Can't Comit
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30-08-2011, 14:31
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#19
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Charleston SC
Boat: cal 40
Posts: 89
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Re: Can't comit to name...
keep it simple, less than 5 letters, and one syllable.
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30-08-2011, 14:48
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#20
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,082
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Re: Can't comit to name...
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Originally Posted by jobi
... I've worked and studyed Varanides (monitor lizards) aka DRAGONs for more the 25years ...
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Varanides might work.
Victor Alpha Romeo Alpha November India Delta Echo Siera
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Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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30-08-2011, 15:20
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#21
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
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Re: Can't comit to name...
Quote:
Originally Posted by jobi
as for dragon, iv worked and studyed Varanides (monitor lizards) aka DRAGONs for more the 25years.
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I vote for Varanides.
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cruising is entirely about showing up--in boat shoes.
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30-08-2011, 15:28
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#22
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Seabrook, Texas
Boat: Vagabond 42
Posts: 292
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Re: Can't Commit to Name . . .
Just remember that what ever you name her, you may be saying over the radio as you enter a foreign country or are looking desperately for help. Suddenly "cute" names likes "Son's Tuition" or "Bonnie's Diamond" sound a little silly...
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30-08-2011, 15:39
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#23
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Abaco, Bahamas/ Western NC
Boat: Nothing large at the moment
Posts: 1,037
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Re: Can't Commit to Name . . .
Sorry I can't resist: If you fart alot how about "Dragon Wind"
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30-08-2011, 15:43
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#24
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: North of Baltimore
Boat: Ericson 27 & 18' Herrmann Catboat
Posts: 3,798
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Re: Can't Commit to Name . . .
Quote:
Originally Posted by jobi
Witch do you like best, once it's painted on it stays!!
Monsieur du Nord
Wind Dragon
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Keep looking
#1 IS icky
#2 IS awful...too cuets poo.
Most boat names are awful.....
I vote for Draco (constellation)
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30-08-2011, 15:49
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#25
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 182
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Re: Can't Commit to Name . . .
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chief Engineer
I vote for Draco (constellation)
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I vote for Rambo (bad-ass). To keep the pirates at bay.
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30-08-2011, 15:53
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#26
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Guest
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 843
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Re: Can't comit to name...
Quote:
Originally Posted by GordMay
Varanides might work.
Victor Alpha Romeo Alpha November India Delta Echo Siera
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not surprised at all, comming from you.
exelent and bilingual...not bad at the port of entery but not so sure for mayday's
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30-08-2011, 16:00
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#27
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Boat: Rhodes 32
Posts: 317
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Read this boat naming article awhile ago and thought it was pretty good:
http://sailmagazine.com/cruising/appellation_controlee/
Make sure you christen your yacht by crushing a virgin under your keel and bathing in her blood.
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30-08-2011, 16:00
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#28
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,082
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Re: Can't Commit to Name . . .
Varanus?
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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30-08-2011, 16:09
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#29
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Central California
Boat: M/V Carquinez Coot
Posts: 3,782
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Re: Can't Commit to Name . . .
How's about "Vent du Jour"?
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Kar-KEEN-ez Koot
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30-08-2011, 16:41
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#30
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Can't Commit to Name . . .
norse dragon would be good for the boat ....
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