telford_mike
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Can't Ski - Fiscardo June 2008
Memorable boat names
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titsey
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Fast racing boat seen in Chi harbour sailed by elderly couple: "May Contain Nuts"
E39mad
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Names seen on Multihulls:
Catmando
Double Jeopardy
Nose Diver
Catmando
Double Jeopardy
Nose Diver
Seajet
...
I had that painted on the underside of my Scorpion dinghy, in the same ' large friendly & comforting ' font as ' The Hitchikers' Guide To the Galaxy ' which used this as a motto.
When we deliberately capsized by the slip one day to do a mandatory buoyancy test, a chap came running forward.
No, the **** wasn't coming to help, he was waving a camera.
I took the hint and became a photographer.
Amulet
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At least I had the good grace to admit that it wasn't me that spotted it.
Zanziba
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Yes... I was down looking at a really disapointing Jeanie at the time and went to see that one whilst I was there. Lovely yacht, really interesting layout inside.
The owner (name escapes me) offered for me to sleep at his house that night as I'd driven from the North but I decided to camp instead near the sea. Really nice bloke and I hope most boat owners are so endearing.
rickym
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Peter Pan's tender was.....Tinkerbell!
Seajet
...
Well,
I had a Zodiac tender called 'Steve'; ( you have to remember Fireball XL5 ) and another called 'The Beer Hunter', I must say rowing ashore in that, even against a strong tide was much more enjoyable than the film of a similar name...
I had a Zodiac tender called 'Steve'; ( you have to remember Fireball XL5 ) and another called 'The Beer Hunter', I must say rowing ashore in that, even against a strong tide was much more enjoyable than the film of a similar name...
Bobc
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That belonged to a friend of mine, and it was purchased with her father's inheritance.
nortonmotors
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several years ago now - the Dart in Holyhead "Strewth!".
skip50
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A Fireball dinghy (again)------Orchitis.
If you don't know, look it up
If you don't know, look it up
Sybarite
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A cadet dinghy at the Strangford Lough Yacht Club called "SLYC Chick".
Sybarite
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A large yacht belonging to the head of a well-known PR firm "Merci Béré" after Bérégovoy the Minister of Finance brought in a law allowing the 100% write-off of cost against income.
Grumpybear
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Jaftica: Just Another F***ing Toy I Can't Afford
LittleSister
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Catamaran - 'Twin Tub'. Has somehow stuck in my memory for about 40 years since I used to see it lying on the muddy shore about Leigh from the Southend to London train.
Jamesuk
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THE BEST
!!!!!!!!!!!!---MISS GOOD BODY---!!!!!!!!!!!!1
WHY?
Oh well every time it visited the Caribbean and the Bahama's in the 80's it had not just hot chicks but Hot chicks that worked in the Top 30 Gentleman Clubs around the USA so you can imagine the stir it caused when visiting marina and anchorages.
The Captain who ran it is a good friend of mine who I have sailed with on many occasions. He said that it had such a reputation in the 80's 90's that when a marina was full and no one could get in. He would get on the radio and say "This is 'Miss Good Body' requesting a berth for the night" and would get a call back saying that something had been made available with 4 deck hands on the dock waiting to give assistance. On one occasion someone was actually asked to move.
Brilliant! Although I wish it was my story and not his :-(
Now that's a name worth having in the 21st Century but I do not think a yacht forum such as YBW.com has the members who could launch such a vessel. Although the Owner was happily married and would come on the Cat with his top girls and of course his wife.
!!!!!!!!!!!!---MISS GOOD BODY---!!!!!!!!!!!!1
WHY?
Oh well every time it visited the Caribbean and the Bahama's in the 80's it had not just hot chicks but Hot chicks that worked in the Top 30 Gentleman Clubs around the USA so you can imagine the stir it caused when visiting marina and anchorages.
The Captain who ran it is a good friend of mine who I have sailed with on many occasions. He said that it had such a reputation in the 80's 90's that when a marina was full and no one could get in. He would get on the radio and say "This is 'Miss Good Body' requesting a berth for the night" and would get a call back saying that something had been made available with 4 deck hands on the dock waiting to give assistance. On one occasion someone was actually asked to move.
Brilliant! Although I wish it was my story and not his :-(
Now that's a name worth having in the 21st Century but I do not think a yacht forum such as YBW.com has the members who could launch such a vessel. Although the Owner was happily married and would come on the Cat with his top girls and of course his wife.
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Clyde_Wanderer
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Years ago I worked for a property developer in Ireland, this guy owned a light aeroplane but due to his bad speach impedament and habit of not refueling and making neumerous emergency landings he lost his pilots licence mainly because of his "HAY DAY, HAY DAY, HAY DAY" calls.
It was a standing joke among the locals.
A few years ago when I bought HB and was driving into Kip marina I spotted a little red boat on the hard and just burst out laughing.
It was called "HAY DAY".
Brought back memories.
C_W
It was a standing joke among the locals.
A few years ago when I bought HB and was driving into Kip marina I spotted a little red boat on the hard and just burst out laughing.
It was called "HAY DAY".
Brought back memories.
C_W
boaterbaz
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A friends father sold his enterprise which subsequently appeared on ebay a couple of years later as a real bargin. The son purchased ex family enterprise and re named it Da´s Boat.
rjcoles
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I have been waiting for this name to come up, but not so far, so here goes:
Blow Job
on a Fireball in the late 70's...
Blow Job
on a Fireball in the late 70's...
