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22-03-2018, 08:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Orange County, CA
Boat: Cheoy Lee Pedrick 41' 1986
Posts: 139
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Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Greetings,
So I hear two trains of thought on the naming of my new dinghy.
1. Put a name on it so it is easier to identify if it goes missing and maybe be less attractive to theft because it has a name painted on?
or......
2. If you put your boats name on the dinghy people will know if your at the dinghy dock that you are not on your boat making the mother ship susceptible to break in?
Thoughts.....?
Thanks
CR
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22-03-2018, 08:55
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Grand Rivers, KY
Boat: Hunter 2003 356 - Persistence
Posts: 609
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Our dinghy doesn’t have a name placed on it, but we call it Patience. Our boat name is Persistence. Give it a different name and put it on the transom.
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22-03-2018, 09:14
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#3
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Orange County, CA
Boat: Cheoy Lee Pedrick 41' 1986
Posts: 139
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Perfect solution, I like it. Thanks
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22-03-2018, 09:17
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#4
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 5,985
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Never have a problem identifying our dink so don't need a name. Who knows, another few years I might have to add one.
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22-03-2018, 09:23
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#5
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Brazil
Boat: Custom Swedish Vindö 50 (35 ft)
Posts: 807
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
I think it's better to put your name on your dinghy, as the vast majority of people are honest, and, should you lose your dinghy, someone will return it (if it has an identification). I suppose it does announce that you're ashore, but if you lock the boat when you leave (in dodgy places, anyway), that should solve the problem.
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22-03-2018, 09:52
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#6
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Marmaris Turkey
Boat: Jeanneau Sun Odyssey DS43
Posts: 135
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Identifying your dinghy TT to your boat name was a requirement from our insurer to provide coverage. Beside I agree that people are mostly honest at least in the Med where we sail.
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22-03-2018, 09:54
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: channel islands
Boat: lancer 36
Posts: 322
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
mine is named, "ROW VS WADE."
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22-03-2018, 10:02
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dauphin Island, AL and Bradenton, FL
Boat: 1996 49' Krogen Express
Posts: 108
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Our dinghy hangs on the stern of our boat and blocks the boat's transom name. We added it to the side of the dinghy plus a "Too", as in:
"Free At Last - Too" so boat could be identified from the rear.
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22-03-2018, 10:02
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#9
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Manila, California
Boat: Cape George pilothouse 36 and a Cape Dory 25
Posts: 608
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Putting your boat's name on your dinghy is not necessarily the same as naming it. My boat is named "Mana", but her tender is " Mintberry Crunch". I don't really need to tag my belongings to recognize them.
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22-03-2018, 10:15
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#10
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Bend, OR
Boat: Brewer designed Pacific 43 in fiberglass. Center cockpit set up for long-distance single handing.
Posts: 472
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
There was a time when painting TT or "tender to" followed by mothership name on your skiff essentially exempted your shore boat from local regulations regarding registering your dinghy and outboard with the local government in many countries.
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22-03-2018, 10:34
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Quote:
Originally Posted by jrbogie
mine is named, "ROW VS WADE."
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Nicely played, sir.
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22-03-2018, 10:38
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#12
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Boat: Looking for a new boat
Posts: 2,571
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Ours was 'Short Bus' not very PC but worth a chuckle or two.
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22-03-2018, 10:39
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#13
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Columbus, OH
Boat: '86 Catalina 25, swing keel
Posts: 80
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
We have Haven and the dinghy is Lil' Haven.
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22-03-2018, 10:39
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: FL
Boat: Trans Pacific Eagle 40
Posts: 82
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Randy
Greetings,
So I hear two trains of thought on the naming of my new dinghy.
1. Put a name on it so it is easier to identify if it goes missing and maybe be less attractive to theft because it has a name painted on?
or......
2. If you put your boats name on the dinghy people will know if your at the dinghy dock that you are not on your boat making the mother ship susceptible to break in?
Thoughts.....?
Thanks
CR |
So my sailboat is named FUNGIRL. Dingy is FUNGI of course.
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22-03-2018, 10:42
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#15
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
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Re: Dinghy, to name or not to name?
We have a Portabote and a nesting dinghy:
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