Dinghy Name?

[skipmac]

Originally Posted by Jason Flare

Our boat's name is MISTRESS. Would the Cruisersforum braintrust like to suggest a name for the dinghy?

Harsh?

[Prairie Chicken]

I posted this on another thread, but this thread seems appropriate too. Every time I walked past this pair it made me smile.

[Sandero]

Originally Posted by skipmac

Harsh?

slave?

[Jason Flare]

Originally Posted by Sea Dreaming

The possibilities are disturbing. I can't think of anything polite.

Mrs. Flare and I are not prone to using offcolor words in public. We chuckled but ruled out, "Little Bastard." I like, "Oops!" or, "Oopsies!"

Originally Posted by skipmac

Harsh?

Good one. Hadn't thought along those lines. I like it.

Originally Posted by Sandero

slave?

See above. Mrs. Flare is going to laugh at this one.

What is funny is that the boat was named MISTRESS when we bought it and having a mistress, of any kind, was never on my radar. (Pun intended.)

[StuM]

Originally Posted by skipmac

Harsh?

- > Moon
- > TAANSTAFL

[skipmac]

Originally Posted by StuM

- > Moon
- > TAANSTAFL

Ah. See there is at least one more scifi reader in the thread.

Guess no one caught the reference to Keats, Fitzgerald and/or Jackson Browne.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by skipmac

Ah. See there is at least one more scifi reader in the thread.

Guess no one caught the reference to Keats, Fitzgerald and/or Jackson Browne.

I caught the Fitzgerald. "Tender is the..."

Missed the Keats (?). Had to google to find out who Browne is

[DailyLunatic]

Originally Posted by Herreshoff

Once I saw a yacht named 'titanic'. 10 points if you can guess the name of its white tender.

Well, Titanic was on the White Star Line. I'll guess "Star".\

-sterling

[SailingFan]

Originally Posted by DailyLunatic

Well, Titanic was on the White Star Line. I'll guess "Star".\

-sterling

Gonna say, "Sea Ice" or "Berg" because that is rude enough for some fool to do...?? Or "Molly Brown" perhaps...

[Herreshoff]

We are just checking with the judges if this answer is acceptable.

Yes it's close enough. The answer is Ice berg for 10 points. Well done.

[Rugger]

I'm going with "bubbles" for obvious reasons...but "blaster" for the inside joke with my friends

[SailingFan]

Originally Posted by Herreshoff

We are just checking with the judges if this answer is acceptable.

Yes it's close enough. The answer is Ice berg for 10 points. Well done.

Why, thank you all my friends and neighbors afloat! I want to just thank the judges, and all the people who are in attendance, my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Kelley, my makeup artist, Marco, and his fabulous assistants, I want to make the world a better place by......