|
|
14-05-2013, 16:12
|
#46
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Central California
Boat: M/V Carquinez Coot
Posts: 3,782
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
A name on a dinghy isn't required, and at least in California, needn't be registered or numbered if solely manually powered.
The other day saw a dinghy named Legal Tender.
|
|
|
14-05-2013, 16:31
|
#47
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Montegut LA.
Boat: Now we need to get her to Louisiana !! she's ours
Posts: 3,421
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
Most all places in the USA do not require regestration numbers on dinks powerd by oars or sails. But do require them if power is used ! we have a sail- row dink and have no numbers on it ! when ya go to other places, it's quite common to use a outboard and not have any numbers ! We have done this for years and have never had any problems ! The only time we ever had any problems of any kind was in FLA, where a so called water Police man tryed to ticket us for sailing our un-numberd dink around the area we were anchored in ! He just did not wish to listen to our reasoning about the un-powerd dink, so we took his ticket, when we went to court we brought the proper rule numbers and such with us and the ticket was dismissed! and the Officer was chewed out for wasteing the courts time !! Our dinks name is Lightning, we will let ya guess the ships name LOL
__________________
Bob and Connie
|
|
|
15-05-2013, 09:32
|
#48
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central California
Boat: Catalina 30
Posts: 879
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
gettinthere:
From Google: Alligator mascot?
__________________
Bill
...........................................
You can't buy happiness, but you can buy ribeye.
|
|
|
15-05-2013, 09:39
|
#49
|
Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Oct 2007
Boat: Endeavour 42CC
Posts: 1,182
|
Hint #2: popular 80's TV show
|
|
|
15-05-2013, 11:08
|
#50
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Punta Gorda, Florida
Boat: Cruisers Yachts 420 Express
Posts: 1,429
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
Our boat is "Camelot" which is stenciled on the side of the dinghy with a TT designation... The actual name of the dinghy is "Merlin".
I don't buy into the theory that thieves look for your dinghy on shore to determine if you boat is unoccupied by using the TT Name... When I want to know if someone in the anchorage is on the boat, I look to see if your dinghy is tied to the back of your vessel. If it is not attached to your boat, obviously you are not on board... I believe the criminals do the same, so unless you have a decoy tender tied to your boat, most likely criminals will guess your not home regardless if you dinghy has a name on it or not.
On the other hand I have been seen dinghies recovered after they floated away or were stolen, because the boat name was on them... Also the TT Name on the side of the dinghy will help when you dock your dinghy with 100 other gray ribs to identify it, like at Catalina Island or any other large anchorage.
__________________
Tom Jeremiason
Punta Gorda, Florida
|
|
|
22-05-2013, 08:34
|
#51
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Seattle
Boat: Wauquiez Centurion 49
Posts: 783
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
Had a friend with a 60' Hatteras sportfish, "Fistfull of Dollars" in the exact font as the movie (burned 110gal/hr). The 13' Boston Whaler on the foredeck . . . "For a Few Dollars More".
|
|
|
23-10-2016, 17:33
|
#52
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Reno / Bodega Harbor
Boat: Bruce Roberts Offshore 44
Posts: 303
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
(There's nothing like posting to an 8 yr old thread.)
We have purchased a Fatty Knees dinghy for Blind Faith. Decided to name the dink, "Can't Find My Way Home"
__________________
Rick
S/V Blind Faith
Bodega Bay, CA USA
|
|
|
23-10-2016, 18:17
|
#53
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Whoo! Finally made it back to Mexico!
Boat: Cheoy Lee Offshore 38
Posts: 1,458
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
Old threads are good. : )
No groovy names to add though...
__________________
If toast always lands butter side down, and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if you strapped toast to a cat's back and dropped it? - Steven Wright
|
|
|
23-10-2016, 18:43
|
#54
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Posts: 39
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
Do the right thing. A dinghy/tender is a vessel in its own right and deserves its own name; not just "Tender To".
|
|
|
23-10-2016, 19:08
|
#55
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 4,413
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
Ours is named after the grand daughters Lani and Dani (Alana and Daniella). It's called the LaniDani and the motor is named after the step sister ChaCha.
|
|
|
23-10-2016, 20:18
|
#56
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea
Boat: FP Belize Maestro 43 and OPBs
Posts: 12,891
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirror16
Do the right thing. A dinghy/tender is a vessel in its own right and deserves its own name; not just "Tender To".
|
In many jurisdictions, "Tender To" is obligatory unless the tender is registered as a separate vessel.
|
|
|
23-10-2016, 20:23
|
#57
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Oahu, Hawaiian Islands
Boat: Nauticat 43
Posts: 412
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
Our boat's name is Bountibou. Our dinghy's name is Bouncibou.
|
|
|
23-10-2016, 20:27
|
#58
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Green Bay, WI
Boat: Com Pac 27
Posts: 63
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
Whether powered or not, don't some jurisdictions have an exemption for boats under 8 feet?
|
|
|
23-10-2016, 20:38
|
#59
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Green Bay, WI
Boat: Com Pac 27
Posts: 63
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
In answering my own question, I found a list of exemptions for the state of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Boat Registration Instructions | DMV.org
It says non motorized sailboats under 12 feet are exempt. Any manually propelled vessel that's not furnished with a motor or sail. This includes canoes, kayaks, and rowboats. Also ship's lifeboats.
So if your dinghy is your ship's lifeboat it would be exempt in Wisconsin, but I don't know if it has to be labeled as such. Clearly, with no motor and under 12 feet if equipped with a sail it is exempt.
|
|
|
23-10-2016, 20:56
|
#60
|
Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: aboard, in Tasmania, Australia
Boat: Sayer 46' Solent rig sloop
Posts: 29,769
|
Re: Dinghy Name?
If one is interested, the dinghy will find its own name and let you know. Not everyone cares to give it a name. It has to do something special to earn it. Our first, "Zod the Magnificent", was a go fast, fun inflatable hypalon Zodiac. The second, was "Disby", a DSB, German boat, for "Dis Be the New Boat." Then the present one was nondescript, and it took a long time to discover its name, as Jim wrote, a few years back.
Ann
__________________
Who scorns the calm has forgotten the storm.
|
|
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Advertise Here
Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor Spotlight |
|
|
|
|
|