Help! Boat name conundrum!

[agurney]

Keep the name and just hope that nobody prepends a 'P' and appends an 'h'

 

[Rivers & creeks]

Boat names should be fun. Lazy Kipper had a perfectly nice name (Norsela) before we bought her but we loved the old Manx proverb and named the boat after it.

 

[jbweston]

Change the boat's name to whatever you want.

But when you choose a name, pick one that people can understand and spell and which doesn't make you sound like a Ken Dodd on steroids, a character from an elf fiction comic or a sarf Lundin pimp laundering his earnings by buying a boat.

 

[BarryH]

Change the boat's name to whatever you want.

But when you choose a name, pick one that people can understand and spell and which doesn't make you sound like a Ken Dodd on steroids, a character from an elf fiction comic or a sarf Lundin pimp laundering his earnings by buying a boat.

My boat was named Progress when I bought it. The name was registered on the SSR. So Ileft it as was. I couple of work "mates" and I use the term loosely, know where the boat is kept. Whilst working down tha way I thought I'd pop in and check on the boat, seemed silly not to. The cheeky so and so's had been there without me knowing. Crossed out the name with a whiteboard marker and renamed it "Tinytanic". Now they all call it Tinytanic when mentioning it in conversation.....the gits

 

[markhomer]

I always thought sailing and superstition went hand in hand , when Ive strayed , not often , Ive been taught a lesson , I shortened the name of a unicorn catamaran I had from A Kind Of Magic , to Plain ole Magic , never sailed it again after that , a car ran into it whilst towing to club , I was stationary waiting to turn , whole boat shortened and written off !


sorry If ive repeated this

i took this as a lesson .

last boat we had had no name as owner retained it , current one we asked owner to retain name , he seemed hestant , dont think he understood , I made it a condition of sale , he did then ..


another boat I have we added a bit to it , by way of more descriptive than adding and changing , bit of a phoenix job the boat is .

changing names of other peeps boats thats what darknness and imagination is all about , never mind closing times , pontoons have made this a lot easier

 

[LadyInBed]

Change it to Eristoff - http://www.eristoff.com/gl/lda
Comes 'From The Land Of The Wolf' apparently

 

[interloper]

I looked at a boat last week. The wind was howling and the air temperature wasn't much above freezing. I resolved that if I bought the boat I would rename it "Brass Monkey" because I was freezing my balls off.

 

[lpdsn]

There are two possibilities: either there is a goddess of trouble & strife called Eris or there isn't.

1) If there isn't, then it's an ok sounding name.
2) If there is, and she's probably quite pleased to have had a boat named in her honour, would you really want to p**s her off by renaming the boat.

 

[Ravi]

There are two possibilities: either there is a goddess of trouble & strife called Eris or there isn't.

1) If there isn't, then it's an ok sounding name.
2) If there is, and she's probably quite pleased to have had a boat named in her honour, would you really want to p**s her off by renaming the boat.

I love that sophistic logic. :encouragement: And, yes, Eris is a pretty name (and short and practical for VHF transmissions) so I am inclined to leave her as she is. For the former reason, of course, since I am not superstitious. Fingers crossed that it turns out too be the right thing.

 

[ronmarson]

It's a good job you are not superstitious 'cause my mum says its unlucky to be superstitious

 

[rosewood]

I think you should stick with conundrum

 

[oldbilbo]

To avoid the wrath of the godess, you could keep the name Eris and just add a few letters, That way you can argue to her that the original name is still present, you have just added to it eg:

I'm attracted to this suggestion, so I'd offer the name of the rather lovely Hebridean island 'Eriskay' ( unless, of course, Kay was the name of a favourite old g/f )

There's a beautiful song.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzxdgsSCth4&feature=kp


and the Eriskay Ring...

I reckon that, should you make a sacrifice to your present-day goddess in the shape of the Eriskay Ring, her good favour should fend off any wrath from the old one.

Seemples!

 

[Austerby]

You could adopt a lisp and call her "Erith" after one of the jewels of the tidal Thames, a town with a noble connection to the river.

 

[laika]

I, once, bought a boat with the horrendous name of "The Beast".

What was its SSR number out of interest?

Eris is also the name of a dwarf planet, discovered in 2005, so you could say that the boat is named after the planet??

Good point. Ravi can rename his boat "Xena" and bring balance to the universe...

 

[Malcb]

According to the ITU site there is only one Eris in the UK with a call sign of MKCU8 - yours?

So it's pretty unique. There is another in Germany and one in Greece with an Eris III in Norway.

In that case I would leave it as it is.

 

[Ravi]

What was its SSR number out of interest?
...

"The Beast" was a little Osprey dinghy, so no SSR. If I had to announce myself to marinas as "The Beast", the name would certainly have been changed! Years ago, I also had a little dinghy with the name Mithral, which is my favourite. The boat that I just sold was called Ariel. Lovely also, and perfect for VHF.

I'd offer the name of the rather lovely Hebridean island 'Eriskay'

That is a lovely idea. Apart from the beauty of only requiring only a little extra paint, my old Mam's family are from the West Coast and I love it up there. You have me thinking, now.

I reckon that, should you make a sacrifice to your present-day goddess in the shape of the Eriskay Ring, her good favour should fend off any wrath from the old one.
Seemples!

If only life was that simple. I suspect that it will take more than an enchanted ring to win the good favour of my present-day goddess, since I am disappearing off to the Med for 6 months.
I suppose that I have lived long enough that I should have known that "You go off to the Med for your adventure. I don't mind. Honest! Enjoy it. It's your dream and you have been planning it for so long" actually means "Well, of course, now that you have met me, you couldn't possibly want to go, could you?!"

Yes, perhaps an Eriskay ring would be a good start in damage limitation. Probably a lot less painful than the sacrifice she would like me to make!

I really do like the idea of "Eriskay" as a name, though. (And fortunately, there is no "Kay" in the past - otherwise all the jewellery in Caledonia wouldn't save me!

 

[Ravi]

According to the ITU site there is only one Eris in the UK with a call sign of MKCU8 - yours?
So it's pretty unique. There is another in Germany and one in Greece with an Eris III in Norway.
In that case I would leave it as it is.

It is the one in Greece. It is Greek registered at the minute.
I am very taken with the idea of the name "Eriskay". There are only 5 "Eriskay"s on the ITU site and all in the UK.

 

[Sybarite]

Help!
I am NOT superstitious. In fact, I pride myself in being a scientist; a rational being above such mumbo jumbo. True, I touch wood, cross my fingers and don't walk under ladders but, I am NOT superstitious.

One thing that I am NOT superstitious about (but have always avoided) is renaming boats - even when I, once, bought a boat with the horrendous name of "The Beast".

So, I was quite pleased to find that the boat I am buying has the rather lovely name of Eris. A very pleasing and enchanting sounding name. The name of a Greek Goddess, no less.

Until I was told that that Eris happens to be the Greek "goddess of chaos, strife and discord". Of course, these Greek Gods are complex deities open to various interpretations, ..... so I Googled. Nope. Nothing else. Just Chaos, strife and discord. No redeeming features whatsoever.

I am about to register her on the SSR which would allow me to change her name to anything I like. So, my dilemma is ... change the name and risk the wrath of Eris ( who I don't believe in) and also break the sailors law of renaming a vessel (which I don't believe in) or change the name to something which won't seem so appropriate when the crew are arguing about who's fault it is that we are drifting onto a lee shore.

The non sailing people in my life do not seem to understand the enormity of changing a boat's name - especially as I am NOT superstitious!

So, all you boaty people.. please ... ????
(a) Keep the name
(b) Change the name
(c) Suggestions for a name (that is slightly more cheery)

On the Goddess theme : Lilitu

"Another possibility is association not with "night", but with "wind", thus identifying the Akkadian Lil-itu as a loan from the Sumerian lil, "air" — specifically from Ninlil, "lady air", goddess of the south wind (and wife of Enlil) — and itud, "moon"" Wiki

Or use anagrams SIRE RISE

Random : A Frayed Knot; Meg à l'eau, Prix Mate à l'eau, Dun Werkin, Dun Enuf,

 

[Daydream believer]

Of course there is one other option
Flog the boat & buy one with a name you like

 

[laika]

"The Beast" was a little Osprey dinghy, so no SSR.

Well that's a revelation. Not Bruce Dickinson's old boat then?

I still say "Xena": No bad luck in simply reversing the mistake of the IAU. And besides, would you rather call your tender "Disnomia" or "Gabrielle"?