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12-06-2013, 15:31
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CLOD
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: being planted in Jacksonville Fl
Boat: none
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
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Originally Posted by Rakuflames
I can't figure out what part of a woman's body the boat is like, though.  |
This would make a good new thread!
Olny the brave would post though.
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12-06-2013, 16:14
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#122
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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Mines a 43 year old gypsy....that lets a fair bit of water through her cockpit at the moment ill leave the rest to you guys....
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12-06-2013, 16:48
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#123
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Boat: Dragonfly 1000 trimaran
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
I wonder what the owners of this ship are like...  
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12-06-2013, 16:56
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#124
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: sydney, australia
Boat: 38 roberts ketch
Posts: 1,309
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Re: What does the name of your boat say about you?
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Originally Posted by denverd0n
A lot of the boat names I've seen seem to say about the owner...
"I have embarrassingly small and useless reproductive organs, and I'm trying to compensate by naming my boat something that sounds imposing to me (though I'm oblivious to the fact that my over-compensation is all-too apparent to everyone else)." |
bugger - i was going to use the above name - but i couldnt fit it on my transom
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12-06-2013, 18:00
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#125
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Frenchmans Bay, Ontario
Boat: Bayliner 3988 MY
Posts: 49
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
Says it all
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12-06-2013, 18:04
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#126
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: North Carolina, USA
Boat: Big brick box and a '62 Airstream Ambassador. Formerly Pacific Seacraft
Posts: 1,017
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
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Originally Posted by monte
In the celestial heavens, there is a constellation which depicts a sailing ship (Argo)
"Argo," the constellation pictured as a ship. Its name means "company of travelers." The brightest, or, alpha star is "Canopus, Some other star-names are: "Markab," (returning from afar) "Sephina," (the multitude or abundance). We named our Yacht Sephina as a combination of the star and also a combination of Jen and my middle names joSEPHsabrINA, so it works for us  I actually tried a couple of other names first but they were rejected by AMSA or already registered (little wing, dreamtime) We are happy with Sephina, it suits her and us fine. |
So you have to have an original name in Australia to register with a national registry? Bet there's a lot of ab-original names
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12-06-2013, 18:45
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#127
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Singapore
Boat: Riviera 33'
Posts: 53
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
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Originally Posted by akkebeng
The name came with the boat.
She is a Great Dane 28, so we for a brief moment thought about rechristening her to Grand Danois...
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I'd have called the boat Hamlet. He was a Great Dane. 
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12-06-2013, 18:46
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Stuart, FL
Boat: MV Jefferson Rivanna 48
Posts: 4
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
Thinking about renaming newly our purchased 1998 40' Mainship Sedan Bridge "Can of Worms", do you think it's too cynical?
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12-06-2013, 19:54
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#129
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South East Asia
Boat: Hans Christian 48T
Posts: 381
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
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Originally Posted by senormechanico
I wonder what the owners of this ship are like... |
I saw this boat in the Johor anchorage, this year if memory doesn't fail. My thought was, 'they are taking the p1ss'. Now that I think of it, I was right!
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12-06-2013, 22:07
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Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gigigetter
Thinking about renaming newly our purchased 1998 40' Mainship Sedan Bridge "Can of Worms", do you think it's too cynical?
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Thought provoking - not rude - short - catchy - witty - got personality. All good criteria for an appropriate name. If it does not contradict anything you would like to stand for - go for it. The Pardeys introduced the notion that a neat ship is a good calling card for the skipper. Similarly with the boats name if you ask me.
No, I don't think there is any element of scorn in acknowledging that a boat has a big potential to put you in many unimaginable situations.
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12-06-2013, 22:35
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
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Originally Posted by gigigetter
Thinking about renaming newly our purchased 1998 40' Mainship Sedan Bridge "Can of Worms", do you think it's too cynical?
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Not until you try to sell it.
A better name might be, "Don't buy this boat."
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13-06-2013, 06:56
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#132
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Stuart, FL
Boat: MV Jefferson Rivanna 48
Posts: 4
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
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Originally Posted by Bash
Not until you try to sell it.
A better name might be, "Don't buy this boat."
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I'm glad I threw it out there, good thought. It will have to be our unofficial nickname for her from those of us that know and love her. We'll try to come up with a name that she can aspire to. Right now we are trying to recover her from years of neglect (prior owner is ill and didn't care for her). Our surveys only skimmed the surface of how bad off actually she was. Also thought of Pandora's Box. If nothing else, we are getting to know all of her operational systems well before we actually venture far from home.
Gigi
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13-06-2013, 07:17
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Chicopee, MA
Posts: 606
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I completely understand your situation!
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13-06-2013, 07:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Texas, USA
Boat: Jeanneau 44DS
Posts: 269
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
My last name is "Word" and, as such, we named ours: Word Play as a bit of a pun on that and on the American proclivity towards witticism in boat names.
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13-06-2013, 21:22
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#135
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Pasito Blanco,Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, España
Boat: Beneteau Oceanis 40
Posts: 83
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Re: What Does the Name of Your Boat Say About You?
My boat is called "Caballito de Mar" (Sea horse)
I love to ride waves, he,he,he
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