Boat names with numbers. What are the rules?

[DoubleEnder]

Thinking about U.K. boats, registered on SSR.
It is fairly common to see a boat’s name with a number, (sometimes Roman) after it. Eg SAILYBOAT 2. or SAILYBOAT XXI. Or 99 PROBLEMS.
Are there any rules about this, do you think?
could a boat be called just a number? 23?
Or maybe one letter and a number K23?

or would this get confused with sail numbers do you think? And would that matter if it were just a little cruising boat.?

 

[DoubleEnder]

Is the SSR searchable, if so does anyone have a link? Could answer my question

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I thought you could call a boat whatever you like, as long as it’s not obscene .

 

[dunedin]

A boat registered under Part 1 needs to have a unique name - hence a lot of people add something after a name “MyBoat of MyTown”. I don’t believe that applies under Part 3 / SSR.
Some of the MyBoat VIII type are serial boat owners who like to keep the same basic name but differentiate the “new” boat. Often race boat owners - eg Oystercatcher IX.
Some are just having a larf - “Final Fling 2”
Suspect a boat named as a number might be better registered as words - eg “Twenty Three”

 

[Praxinoscope]

Only my tenders get a number, as they always have the same name, but have been replaced over the years, now on 3.

 

[Boathook]

Thinking about U.K. boats, registered on SSR.
It is fairly common to see a boat’s name with a number, (sometimes Roman) after it. Eg SAILYBOAT 2. or SAILYBOAT XXI. Or 99 PROBLEMS.
Are there any rules about this, do you think?
could a boat be called just a number? 23?
Or maybe one letter and a number K23?

or would this get confused with sail numbers do you think? And would that matter if it were just a little cruising boat.?

The only searchable database for boat names would seem to be Ship Station List (itu.int) for those that have officially registered their VHF radios.

From the SSR application form -
Ships will not be registered if they have undesirable or offensive names or which may cause confusion; e.g. if prefixed by FV or HMS. Names such as ‘SOS’, ‘MAYDAY’ or ‘LIFEBOAT’ will not be allowed. Ships must have a name before they can be registered.

 

[laika]

could a boat be called just a number? 23?
Or maybe one letter and a number K23?

You're either Bill Drummond or Jimmy Cauty and I claim my £1m worth of ash.

 

[Dellquay13]

The SSR will most likely reject just numbers and letters as too confusing.
In the past I have had confusion refusals for ‘The Good ship Venus’ shortened to ‘Good ship Venus ’, ‘The Pequod’ shortened to ‘Pequod’, and the phonetic ‘F’ re spelled ‘Foxtrot’, even though I already had all 3 first choices on their ships vhf license.
God knows what they would have made of my initial thought of having the phonetic F spelled in morse code

 

[ProDave]

The only searchable database for boat names would seem to be Ship Station List (itu.int) for those that have officially registered their VHF radios.

From that I find there are 5 other boats sharing our name, 4 un the UK

 

[Leighb]

For Part I as said above the name must be unique, For that Port of Registry, so you can have SeaCat registered in London even if there is another one but registered in Hull. If you particularly wanted to register your boat in Hull and name it SeaCat, it would have to be SeaCat II or SeaCat of Hull, etc.
For SSR any duplications are no problem.

 

[laika]

For Part I as said above the name must be unique, For that Port of Registry, so you can have SeaCat registered in London even if there is another one but registered in Hull.

sorry, incorrect. I confirmed this with the registry last time someone posted this

 

[jac]

sorry, incorrect. I confirmed this with the registry last time someone posted this

I think the confusion here is the “for that registry”

the key is that the name is unique. So Myboat 2 or Myboat 3 or Myboat of Southampton or Myboat of Hamble Could all be acceptable boat names

 

[Leighb]

sorry, incorrect. I confirmed this with the registry last time someone posted this

Thanks for the correction, maybe it is Fishing Boats that only have to be unique in their Port?

 

[laika]

Thanks for the correction, maybe it is Fishing Boats that only have to be unique in their Port?

Exactly that. I think everyone gets confused by this (I certainly did before asking them )

 

[Stork_III]

From that I find there are 5 other boats sharing our name, 4 un the UK

From the link, I find that boat I sold 5 years ago, is still registered in my name.

 

[Bilgediver]

From the link, I find that boat I sold 5 years ago, is still registered in my name.

Oh dear. Better correct that immission before some one sends joy berthing and canal dues.

 

[Bajansailor]

My optician has a nice speedboat called 'Twenty Twenty'.

 

[davidej]

I challenge you to find a marine in the UK that doesn’t have at least one boat called Carpe Diem. And usually a Moody Blue as well.

 

[dunedin]

I challenge you to find a marine in the UK that doesn’t have at least one boat called Carpe Diem. And usually a Moody Blue as well.

And in Scotland rows of boats named Ceol na Mara

 

[jlavery]

I challenge you to find a marine in the UK that doesn’t have at least one boat called Carpe Diem. And usually a Moody Blue as well.

There's a Carpé Diem (yes, with an acute accent) in Milford Marina. I have to resist the urge to go all "John Cleese in Life Of Brian" and lecture them on the difference between Latin and French.