Names for stuff!

[Jimmy20V]

Still glowing from the success of my "Favourite Boaty Word" thread, I am determined to carry on....

Anyway, My parents are very very good at this "names for stuff" thing. For example...

"Pete" the Pinta (Autopilot)
"Freddie" the Outboard (Yes, its a Mercury *groan*)
"Win Chandal" ...
"Tommy" the Tohatsu (Freddie is dying)
"Desmond" the GPS/Plotter (used to be a Decca)
"Polly" Perkins... *sob* (And you wonder why I need councilling)

The list goes on and on, but I'm interested to know if I'm the only one who has put up with this?

What ya got?

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[sailbadthesinner]

Olly the overdraft /forums/images/icons/frown.gif

<hr width=100% size=1><font color=red>if guinness is good for you. i must be very very good</font color=red>

 

[MADFISH]

Nigel - Mainsail

Sly Pig - Cunningham

Genuinley used on the last raceboat I drove...

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[Neraida]

Cliff or rat grinder - outboard
George - tiller pilot

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[sailbadthesinner]

Day skip instructor always refered to the act of locating the halyards away from the mast to stop them frapping as 'de-spanking the clankers' we have stuck with that one

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[PaulR]

ernie-echosounder (electric random number indicator)
Thumper-our diesel inboard
whimper-rather smaller 2hp outboard
captain - anchor-throw the captain over (from captain hook!)


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[VicS]

EBR...... paper kitchen towel.....(elephant bog roll)

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[polarity]

filling in the log (large crewed vessel) with vis, sea state, wind etc. would occasionaly appear

Visability: D (Dark)

Sea state: FAC (Flat Arse Calm)



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[david]

Re: Pontius

Pontius our auto pilot gedit /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[qsiv]

Re: Pontius

The Bishop - as in Bishop Desmond Tutu - the 2.2oz kite

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[phanakapan]

Betty- the tiller pilot (Betty Boothroyd ex Tiller girl)

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[plombier]

Hissing Sid - Seatrek autopilot
Old Nick - Aires Windvane (after the inventor)

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[Richard_Blake]

We have a close partnership between Master Perkins and Miss Meadows. (She'd be called TMP these days).

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