Need a name for a Drascombe Drifter?

[Fantasie 19]

Always thought that if I had a new boat I'd call it after that John Martyn album ... "Solid Air"

 

[Searush]

Paint it brown & call it Floater.

 

[Zagato]

Lol, it will be about as fast as one Rushy under my direction

I'm discovering that not many people know about them (only about 100 built!) so really ought to call it Drifter

You know I quite like that................!

 

[rotrax]

I'm struggling to think of a name for my Drascombe Drifter....Any ideas?

Sandpiper is probably the most commonly used name for a Drascombe, i.e. Estuary bird!

Only come up with 3 so far...

Dawn Drifter
Calidris
Drift Away

What about "Boardwalk"- was'nt that by the Drifters?

 

[Penton Hooker]

Or even 'Board Stiff' as our good friend waits for the rising tide at Emsworth-Upon-Mud!

 

[Kelpie]

"Lucky Bugger"

I spotted a lovely wee boat in Ardfern this year called "The Buckie Lugger"

 

[jakeroyd]

My old Centaur used to be called "Dawdle" because it did.
Might be a good name for a Drascombe , they do as well

 

[Zagato]

Or even 'Board Stiff' as our good friend waits for the rising tide at Emsworth-Upon-Mud!

Could be me next year in Bosham, JM (sorry mate, penny has just dropped !)

 

[Thistle]

Flotsam?

 

[Lakesailor]

Ugby Lugger

 

[maxcampbell]

As testified by the fact that one of our boats is "Whisper", a Secret 20 class boat, and the other is "Sheik", a Shimmy class dinghy, I do like names relevant to the design, how about..

Hobo?
High Plains?

 

[Thistle]

Ugby Lugger

Are you referring to me, Sir?

 

[Zagato]

Well she is called Smuggler at the moment and having talked to an owner from nearly thirty years ago (she has had 4 previous owners!) she was called Smuggler then also so perhaps I should keep the name. He used to sail her annually to a rally in Brest and said he was approached by customs quite a bit!!!!

 

[Lakesailor]

Are you referring to me, Sir?

Only if your face fits

 

[Penton Hooker]

My old Centaur used to be called "Dawdle" because it did.
Might be a good name for a Drascombe , they do as well

That all depends on the helmsman! It's actually possible to plane a Drascombe Long Boat, full sail and a gale, and great fun it can be too.

Because a Drascombe is seen, rightly, as a safe boat they do tend to attract cautious owners as well as the more foolhardy!

 

[chinita]

How about 'Two Drifters' (you and the boat) - from the song Moon River.

It will be going around in your head all day now - as it is in mine!