Boat names

[johnalison]

I've always been fond of boat names in English, as displayed on foreign craft, and their sometimes curious humour. I recently came across this little masterpiece from an old slide;

What's your favourite?

 

[saltwater_gypsy]

"PASSING WIND"

A quick story about a guy who called his boat DARE and was very pleased with his heroic name until he sailed to the Carribean and at the first port of call, the fisherman on the wall called out "Hello dere!!!"

 

[Salty John]

'Cunning Linguist' owned by a professor of languages at a US east coast university.

 

[bobgoode]

"Curf" on a canal boat








it's the width of the cut (in woodwork)

 

[johnalison]

Was that before or after it appeared in a Bond film?

 

[Keith 66]

Probably the worst name i have ever seen on a boat was a tired old westerly centaur that had the name "Squitter" on it, i kid you not.

 

[davidwf]

Cirrhosis of the River.

 

[SimbaDog]

I used to have a boat called foreplay /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Iota]

Saw a boat up at the Folly many years ago

Storm

and on the tender

Drizzle T.T. Storm

 

[Salty John]

1983. When was the Bond film? It's quite a well known boat in Annapolis.

 

[johnalison]

I can't remember, but it was said by Judy Drench as M

 

[lesweeks]

Many years ago I saw a racing dinghy, 505 I think, down in Cornwall - red hull, BIG white letters along each side;
'HOOF HEARTED'

 

[samwestwood]

I remember a sail training yacht in the solent called...Yachtmaster....

Not sure what the reason was but I remember the mayday.
The woman on the radio sounded more embarrassed than scared.

 

[jbweston]

Fifty years ago my Mum and Dad had a boat called Weirbin on the Trent. She was called that when they bought her. They asked lots of people if they had any clues what it meant. Not really, people said. Perhap she was named after some romantic location in India or Russia . . .

Then one day they were motoring through Nottingham when some local lads shouted 'Weirbin, look Weirbin! Weer ya bin. Mister? Weer ya bin?'. Mystery solved.

I have fond memories of me as a four or five year old standing on a bar stool in the wheelhouse steering Weirbin down the Trent with my Dad standing behind me to 'help'. He's 84 now and still has a boat on the Hamble, although he doesn't get to it very often.

My boat's name Penguin seems rather staid in comparison.

 

[highandry]

There was, possibly still is, a small motorboat in Newhaven made by 'Fletcher' and the owner has named it Norman Stanley...(memories of Ronnie Barker).. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[BlueSkyNick]

I've seen a very nice Jeanneu (45 I think) called Luvvly Jubbly. Nothing too special in that except underneath it said London. Then under that New York, Milan, Paris, Peckham.

Made me laugh, anyway!

 

[Skyva_2]

The yacht 'Easy Vertue' always looked interesting.

 

[cgull]

"Carpark"

Because they used to make cars called "Marinas"

 

[Rivers & creeks]

Nice Hardy mobo in Woodbridge called 'Kiss Me'

 

[VicS]

Seen aeons ago at Ridge Wharf on the Frome "Mantrap" Always seemed to a sexy bird on board too.