Boat naming ideas

[JPA Cate]

How about "Bob": 1 word, 1 syllable. Means to float in the water.

Or Ika, Marshallese for "fish", one word, 2 syllables?

or Aka, Hawaiian for "reflection", one word, 2 syllables?

Way fast on radio for emergency comms. But already used, of course, folks we've met.

Ann

[wrwakefield]

We met some boaters who were very proud to have named their 48 ft trawler combining portions of the names of their 4 [5?] grandchildren. It was 12 syllables of gibberish. No one could pronounce it [even they said it differently between them… I never wrote it down.]

If they only used DSC on their VHF radio it didn’t matter. Otherwise they were hailed as ‘Su·per·ca·li·fra·gil·is·tic·ex·pi·a·li·do·ci ous’ [only 2 additional syllables over the name they chose, but more widely known…]

Hopefully a lesson demonstrated…

Cheers, Bill

[Iron E]

"eenymeenyminy"

you can name your dinghy "Moe"

[Lindsaymcm]

Originally Posted by Kettlewell

Personally, I want a single-word boat name that is easy to pronounce and spell above all else. I don't want to spending every day on the radio spelling it out and then finding that absolutely nobody spells it correctly on forms etc. anyway. Clever names are like today's fashions--they will be cringe tomorrow.

“Mayday” should fit the bill. Also would get everybody’s attention

[Tupaia]

Originally Posted by wrwakefield

We met some boaters who were very proud to have named their 48 ft trawler combining portions of the names of their 4 [5?] grandchildren. It was 12 syllables of gibberish. No one could pronounce it [even they said it differently between them… I never wrote it down.]

If they only used DSC on their VHF radio it didn’t matter. Otherwise they were hailed as ‘Su·per·ca·li·fra·gil·is·tic·ex·pi·a·li·do·cious’ [only 2 additional syllables over the name they chose, but more widely known…]

Hopefully a lesson demonstrated…

Cheers, Bill

Knew a couple with a Feeling yacht that named it Independent Feeling


India, November, Delta, Echo, Papa, Echo, November, Delta, Echo, November, Tango, Foxtrot, Echo, Echo, Lima, India, November, Golf.


It's now called "If" - India, Foxtrot

[JPA Cate]

Yes, Tupaia,

Our Insatiable II, to us and our friends, is I-2. I just timed it, and it took me 9 seconds. ...Fortunately, I've had a lot of practice with the phonetic alphabet, but it IS way longer to spell out than is optimal. However, I would not choose "OK" either. Confusing with a "panne panne".

Ann

[Bowdrie]

For God's sake stay away from names like; "Betty Sue", "Barbara Ann", etc., etc.
They're just worn-out hack names for old rusty fish boats.