Boat names unsuitable for radio

[FWB]

There’s a yacht on the Helford called Allo Allo.

 

[Leighb]

There used to be a yacht moored at Pin Mill called OJONOTAGEN !?? One does have to wonder at the origin of the name.?
I never heard them on the VHF though.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Our first boat (Leisure 17) proudly boasted the name ‘Eskimo Nell’.

Berthed alongside the good ship Venus!

 

[Praxinoscope]

Berthed alongside the good ship Venus!

It didn’t have a figurehead though!

 

[Clancy Moped]

It didn’t have a figurehead though!

And a wh....... perhaps not go there...

 

[Frogmogman]

Our first boat (Leisure 17) proudly boasted the name ‘Eskimo Nell’.

You’d probably need to change that to Inuit Nell nowadays.

 

[Praxinoscope]

You’d probably need to change that to Inuit Nell nowadays.

And Dead Eye Dick is probably transitioning.

 

[WoodyP]

Love in the Mist, or known as Shag in the fog?

 

[freespiritdavid]

'Get Knotted' which was a GK. This made interesting listening when the skipper was asking help from the coastguard.
Name of vessel Get Knotted came the reply.
unfortunately the vessel was wrecked outside Penzance a couple of weeks later after dragging its anchor one night .

 

[Neil_Y]

Heard this exchange a couple of days ago

'Wet Dreams, Wet dreams this is Nauti Crew'.

What boat names would you not want to have to call out over the radio?

We stuck with with the name our boat came with "Honey Pot"
fine when you saw the graphics on the boat as Winnie the pooh, but on the radio people had a different understanding

 

[Aussie farmer]

Boaty Mcboatface
Ahhhh soul

 

[newtothis]

Boaty Mcboatface
Ahhhh soul

There's a rather good boot maker in London called R. Soles.

 

[mjcoon]

There's a rather good boot maker in London called R. Soles.

Parents wouldn't be so cruel; would they?

 

[Deleted member 478]

Parents wouldn't be so cruel; would they?

Yes they would. I have a friend by the name of Richard Head.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Yes they would. I have a friend by the name of Richard Head.

And I knew a guy called Rupert de Barre

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Yes they would. I have a friend by the name of Richard Head.

I read that in the voice of Monty Python’s Pontius Pilate. Do you also have a fwiend in Wome, called Biggus Dickus?

 

[Praxinoscope]

We stuck with with the name our boat came with "Honey Pot"
fine when you saw the graphics on the boat as Winnie the pooh, but on the radio people had a different understanding

At least it isn’t called ‘Honey Trap’.
Our club used to have a Cornish Cobble named ‘Llareggub’.

 

[nicho]

Yes they would. I have a friend by the name of Richard Head.

There was a Mr & Mrs Carte in Leeds who christened their son Orson.

 

[Misterbreeze]

There is/was a small Solent based club called Llados in the same vein as Llareggub.

 

[mjcoon]

Yes they would. I have a friend by the name of Richard Head.

"I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue" (ISIHAC) seems to have given up their once-popular round of announcing arrivals of "Mr & Mrs X and their offspring ..." Maybe they don't want to encourage the real parents?