MOLLYdownUnder
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What relevance does your boat name have? Funny Stories or important reasons for its name, like NatWest cos they lent the money for her!
regards Nick
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Boat Names
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My boat's called "Let's Drive Into Jimi's Boat For a Giggle VII", but there's no real reason for the name, and no story behind the name at all.
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MOLLYdownUnder
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Sure your boats not called
SARCASM
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SARCASM
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StugeronSteve
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"Two J's III". Third boat named after our kids, James and Jennifer. We had another name in mind for the Oceanis, but put "2J's3" down on the order as a "working title" and decided to stick with it.
<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.
<hr width=100% size=1>Think I'll draw some little rabbits on my head, from a distance they might be mistaken for hairs.
MOLLYdownUnder
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Nice One and faling that go for the advertising revenue having Stugeron in big letters on the stern, same as your username!
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mikewilkes
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Sarcasm
A word defined as " lowest form of wit " therefore must be the basis of all humour.
Did you loose yours by going down under perhaps?? /forums/images/icons/smile.gif /forums/images/icons/smile.gif
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Ceum ur
A word defined as " lowest form of wit " therefore must be the basis of all humour.
Did you loose yours by going down under perhaps?? /forums/images/icons/smile.gif /forums/images/icons/smile.gif
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MOLLYdownUnder
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Re: Sarcasm
Hey I Am trying to maintain BRITISH Standards down here............ and just how do you get those little smiley things after your text? is it html code inserted after the text?
regards Nick
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Hey I Am trying to maintain BRITISH Standards down here............ and just how do you get those little smiley things after your text? is it html code inserted after the text?
regards Nick
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geoffatstanpit
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When I bought my boat she was called Ronlinda (guess who owned it before!). Since my next door neighbours are Derek & Linda I thought it best to rename her lest people think I'm Ron. On the voyage home I thought about the families of swans who decorate the area where my mooring was to be and I thought of Cygnet - it being a little boat.
Then, what was the name of the first boat I passed on the way into my new home port of Christchurch? Cygnet !
So - I thought Cygnets are dirty brown and immature whereas my boat is white and perfectly formed so it must be Cygnus.
Incidentally I seem to be cursed with buying boats with ghastly names - My first was Miss Noma Too and my second Manglewurzel. They were both changed with no unlucky repercussions.
Geoff
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Then, what was the name of the first boat I passed on the way into my new home port of Christchurch? Cygnet !
So - I thought Cygnets are dirty brown and immature whereas my boat is white and perfectly formed so it must be Cygnus.
Incidentally I seem to be cursed with buying boats with ghastly names - My first was Miss Noma Too and my second Manglewurzel. They were both changed with no unlucky repercussions.
Geoff
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MOLLYdownUnder
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Hi Geoff, my first sailboat was called Yeast as she always rose up out of the water when capsized, I never renamed her, I just sold her.
I have read all of the rules for the ceremony of naming your boat, it sounds like fun but probably is a very serious affair until the champagne is opened. http://www.boatingoz.com.au/news03/1103b.htm
I was going to rename Molly, to what I had not decided but my mother (still in UK) informed me I had a great Aunt Molly in Canada somewhere so I decided to leave the name be.
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I have read all of the rules for the ceremony of naming your boat, it sounds like fun but probably is a very serious affair until the champagne is opened. http://www.boatingoz.com.au/news03/1103b.htm
I was going to rename Molly, to what I had not decided but my mother (still in UK) informed me I had a great Aunt Molly in Canada somewhere so I decided to leave the name be.
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mikewilkes
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Re: Sarcasm
Simple [ smile ] which comes out as /forums/images/icons/smile.gif if you leave out the spaces.
User options , help , mark up tags - I think thats where it all is.
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Ceum ur
Simple [ smile ] which comes out as /forums/images/icons/smile.gif if you leave out the spaces.
User options , help , mark up tags - I think thats where it all is.
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MOLLYdownUnder
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Re: Sarcasm
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mikewilkes
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Re: Sarcasm
There you go - you got it.
BTW. Ceum ur has tow meanings according to the Gaelic speakers.
Either " Next Step " or " Step New ".
Both quite appropriate really.
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Ceum ur
There you go - you got it.
BTW. Ceum ur has tow meanings according to the Gaelic speakers.
Either " Next Step " or " Step New ".
Both quite appropriate really.
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MOLLYdownUnder
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Re: Sarcasm
<font color=blue>Thanks MIKE</font color=blue>
Now why didn't I think of looking up the <font color=blue>Help</font color=blue>section
regards Nick
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<font color=blue>Thanks MIKE</font color=blue>
Now why didn't I think of looking up the <font color=blue>Help</font color=blue>section
regards Nick
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mikewilkes
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Re: Sarcasm
There you go - you got it.
BTW. Ceum ur has two meanings according to the Gaelic speakers.
Either " Next Step " or " Step New ".
Both quite appropriate really.
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Ceum ur
There you go - you got it.
BTW. Ceum ur has two meanings according to the Gaelic speakers.
Either " Next Step " or " Step New ".
Both quite appropriate really.
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MOLLYdownUnder
New member
Re: Sarcasm
I don't speak Gay lick ive had me pieces and now i'll away to ma wee bed
g'night
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I don't speak Gay lick ive had me pieces and now i'll away to ma wee bed
g'night
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snowleopard
Active member
times crossword clue:
Large cat, small weight (5)
geddit?
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Large cat, small weight (5)
geddit?
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Evadne
Active member
That\'s no leopoard....
that's a catameringue.
I never could do crosswords.
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that's a catameringue.
I never could do crosswords.
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Ohdrat
New member
Re: Seun
.. when I bought her she was and always had been called Charisma.. Although the concept of Charisma or Kharis (ancient greek) is rather a good one for a CO26.. it is a rather over used boat name so I decided to try and translate it into gaelic as she's lived on the W Coast of Scotland all her life.. probablem was of course that common translation problem that there isn't an exact translation of Kharis into Gaelic (anyone with a ancient greek to gaelic dictionary please let me know).. Seun is one of the closest to the ancient greek concept.. lots of consulting with gaelic speakers and teachers.. and strictly speaking Seun is more Irish (Celtic) Gaelic than Highland Gaelic.. but Seun appealled as it is short and un fussy and so far I haven't come across another boat with the same name..
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.. when I bought her she was and always had been called Charisma.. Although the concept of Charisma or Kharis (ancient greek) is rather a good one for a CO26.. it is a rather over used boat name so I decided to try and translate it into gaelic as she's lived on the W Coast of Scotland all her life.. probablem was of course that common translation problem that there isn't an exact translation of Kharis into Gaelic (anyone with a ancient greek to gaelic dictionary please let me know).. Seun is one of the closest to the ancient greek concept.. lots of consulting with gaelic speakers and teachers.. and strictly speaking Seun is more Irish (Celtic) Gaelic than Highland Gaelic.. but Seun appealled as it is short and un fussy and so far I haven't come across another boat with the same name..
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Rabbie
New member
12 years ago we bought a house titled 'GEVERA' (yeccch!) after George & Vera, the previous owners. We couldn't wait to change it to something just as ridiculous but more appropriate to us. A few months later, I was sailing into Portsmouth when I saw, yes, you've guessed it, a boat with 'GEVERA' on the dodgers. CXouldn't believe my eyes!. Very nice owners told me it was named after Geoffrey & Vera. Apologies if you have this boat and you like the name.
Rab.
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Rab.
<hr width=100% size=1>A day not spent on my boat is a day in my life wasted.
FullCircle
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Had a Minisail called 6 7/8" - i.e. Capsize
Also had an Evolution 25 called Chou-Fleur III (Cauliflower to the uninitiated)- the bloke who named had had 2 before it!!! (PS anyone seen it? It is Brown and Beige)
Our current boat is called Second Chance because Lynn and I were childhood sweeties who didn't see each other for 28 years, and now we are together again, for real this time. We bought the boat together (our first joint purchase) and refurbished it together.
Our new boat, delivered in March will be called Full Circle (accidental credit to Ian Baker, who, on hearing our story, said we 'had come round full circle'). We just knew that is going to be the right name for her.
Jim & Lynn
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Also had an Evolution 25 called Chou-Fleur III (Cauliflower to the uninitiated)- the bloke who named had had 2 before it!!! (PS anyone seen it? It is Brown and Beige)
Our current boat is called Second Chance because Lynn and I were childhood sweeties who didn't see each other for 28 years, and now we are together again, for real this time. We bought the boat together (our first joint purchase) and refurbished it together.
Our new boat, delivered in March will be called Full Circle (accidental credit to Ian Baker, who, on hearing our story, said we 'had come round full circle'). We just knew that is going to be the right name for her.
Jim & Lynn
<hr width=100% size=1>Jeanneau 35 - only 13,272 lbs displacement, not even 6 tons,what a lightweight!!!
