Boat names ending in "Too"

[tony_lavelle]

I've asked his before and not had a sensible reply. Why are there so many boats with names ending in "Too"?

If it's because they are second boats, why not II, 2 or even "Two"? Is there some superstition about not using a number?

It used to bother me occasionally but now more so as I've recently acquired such a vessel and the original owner is sadly no longer with us.

 

[jac]

I would assume the play om words. Too also meaning as well.

 

[Poignard]

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Well... @TangaraToo can maybe explain...

 

[Elessar]

There must be a timbuck?

and a hither?

a mee?

and in South Wales a where?

 

[MOBY2]

Mine was originally Bo Jo Too ... Launched in 69 ... Maybe somebody

 

[Turnnidge]

My Grandfather’s boat was Blaze, as he he was in the fire service all of his working life, My Father, who was also in the service named his boat Blaze Too as he felt it nicer than Blaze II. Also less complicated to spell out over the radio. Tango Oscar Oscar.

 

[BabySharkDooDooDooDooDoo]

Well... @TangaraToo can maybe explain...

Sadly passed away last month

https://forums.ybw.com/index.php?threads/rip-dave-tangaratoo-on-the-forum.551711/

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Sadly passed away last month

https://forums.ybw.com/index.php?threads/rip-dave-tangaratoo-on-the-forum.551711/

Oh I didn’t know, I’m very sorry to hear that.

 

[Cantata]

I've asked his before and not had a sensible reply. Why are there so many boats with names ending in "Too"?

If it's because they are second boats, why not II, 2 or even "Two"? Is there some superstition about not using a number?

It used to bother me occasionally but now more so as I've recently acquired such a vessel and the original owner is sadly no longer with us.

I guess it's just the way some people think.

"What shall we call our new boat, now that we've sold Bo Jo?"
"Well dear we could call the new one Bo Jo, too"

Don't worry, I'll get me coat.......

 

[Quandary]

Guy in Ireland owned three Lasers in succession.
Called 'Lazy'
'Too Lazy'
and then 'Lazy Turd.'

 

[Frogmogman]

Guy in Ireland owned three Lasers in succession.
Called 'Lazy'
'Too Lazy'
and then 'Lazy Turd.'

That really is a shit name.

 

[laika]

I had a memory that it was related to a prohibition on being able to put "Something II " onto the part 1 register unless you were the owner of "Something" but not only have I found nothing whatsoever to support that, we don't even know if the boats concerned are on the part 1 register. The closest I found in schedule 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations is a prohibition on:

any other word, pre-fix or suffix which might cause confusion as to the name of the ship.

...which wouldn't seem to cover it

So unless someone can provide some supporting evidence for this theory I'll say discount it

 

[Clancy Moped]

Boat name: Touch.

Dinghy name: Tender Too Touch.

I'll get my coat..

 

[mjcoon]

Boat name: Touch.

Dinghy name: Tender Too Touch.

I'll get my coat..

"Too tender to touch" makes sense, "Tender Too Touch" doesn't.

 

[Zagato]

"Heave to" meaning! When you get so seasick you have to heave to...

 

[STATUE]

There must be a timbuck?

and a hither?

a mee?

and in South Wales a where?

... and in Cornwall - its Celtic !

 

[Graham376]

Boat in the yard "Martini Too", no idea who named it.

 

[Portland Billy]

Too (two), and buoy (boy) seem to show a distinct lack of original humour.

 

[Poignard]

"Heave to" meaning! When you get so seasick you have to heave to...

When you feel like heaving-up, heave-to!