Cheesy boat names

[IanH]

My favourite is a converted butty that I saw on the Grand Union years ago - she was called Chip /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[sailorman]

WATS YOUR GAME YOU CHEESY GIT. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
wat wrong with Jolie Brise then /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Whitelighter]

I kid you not that my previous boat, a Chris Craft I bought blind from the US came with the awsomly cringeful name of 'The Other Woman II'.

There was a 32 foot (ish) sailing boat on the Beulie river called 'Bollox' a few years back. Would have made radio comms interesting.

 

[Whitelighter]

SWMBO named our current boat - part of the deal when she allowed me to buy it, seemed fair at the time.

Apparently a 'Whitelighter' is a white witches guardian angel, so I feel ok with it as it happens.

My Mum named our last family Moody 'Wychcraft' - Wych meaning salt in old english. Every marina we ever went into spelt it 'Witchcraft' though - ho hum.

SWMBOs seem to give a bit more thought to the name, and as others have said, will provide a bit of a connection to the boat which isnt a bad thing.

 

[williamshugh]

Definately apply the VHF test irrespective of who comes up with the name. Ask yourself - will I have to spell it out to HM Coastguard every time I contact them. I failed to apply this test to SWMBO's proposal and now all I can hope is that the coastguard get there act together and link their DSC radio to a PC so that they get an instant display of vessel name from the MMSI number.

 

[Kilter]

My game? A wordsmith am I! I thort it wos a rarther jolie pun and cheesie too boot!

 

[sailorman]

smells more like Chaumes 2 me

 

[demonboy]

Spirit of Blakeney
Princess of the Norfolk Seas
Moonlight Shadow of East England

It's all a load of c0ck. VHF test is essential, followed by the 'does it sound like a race horse' test.

Our boat was originally called Bona Verba, which was then changed to Dersu Uzala. I mean, WTF????

Check out our web page on the naming game and the dilema we had. Why We Called Our Boat Esper

 

[bilbobaggins]

'Double-Dee'
'Colostomy Bag'
'F-f-f-f-forget it!'
'ProphylacticMaid'
'TaxSwizzleToo'

 

[Porthandbuoy]

No no no no. Picture SWMBO spelling it out phonetically to some aurally challenged marina berthing master. This rules out "Fleur de Bracondeux" or anything Gaelic or Welsh. Name it after your wife.

 

[phatcat1]

Did see one in the solent called "Slartibartfast"

Thought that might be interesting in a MayDay situation! Just pray the Coast Guard id a Hitchhikers fan!

Come on then what are the WORST!!!

 

[ex-Gladys]

We are chagning Gainsborough Lady specifically because of the VHF test. It's a nightmare saying it three times without gabbling it.... and as for phonetic alphabet....

 

[IanH]

Our boat was called Pride of Valletta - not our choosing but too lazy/superstitious to change. Fortunately lived on the Thames so didn't need to worry about VHF.

 

[cliff]

Piston Broke
aka "pissed 'n' broke"
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"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"

 

[Fergus]

Uwch-y-don for a friend who's moving to France - Wot will they make of it??! Apparently "over the waves" in Welsh. Oh well..

 

[Stemar]

Tide up in knots?

 

[BrickSailor]

We thought that if we ever got a sleek racy machine we ought to call it "May contain nuts"

 

[Jezlyn]

"SWIMBO"

 

[cliffdale]

In my student days we raced a boat called Kop-u-Later .