Tradewinds
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There's a small oldish yacht at SYH called 'gruntled'.
Always makes me smile.
Always makes me smile.
Nicest / most endearing / best boat names
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Kilter
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jimi
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Apparently a lady called Di owns it..
Flapjack
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Sadly they didn't, she married someone else and he moved to Thailand to teach English about 7 years ago now, last I heard from him he was still out there.
Duffer
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Presumably the battle to get a boat or a new extension.
I liked the old clinker rowing tender apparently named after the old Dick Emery catchphrase:
"Eau you are oarful but I like you!"
There wasn't room on the transom for more than "Eau!"
Rum_Pirate
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Litotes
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And, of course, the "Kindly Light". I can hardly imagine a nicer name for a pilot cutter than that.
The Kindly Light is also known to some as the "Theodora", which was her name when she was being sailed by the old Ocean Youth Club, many long years ago.
aquaplane
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When my parents bought a new Leisure 27 they called it Fari, my dad's pet name for mum, derived from her maiden name.
Sans Bateau
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As TK says, you always like the name of your own boat. Our last boat was named by us and still carries that name as the person who bought it from us wanted to retain the name. Since sold again, the boat is now owned by another forumite.
When we named the boat we wanted the name to express the happy days we expected to have on her, which we did, she was called Out To Play.
When we named the boat we wanted the name to express the happy days we expected to have on her, which we did, she was called Out To Play.
flipper
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Cheers Andy, not a bad ending really...Married to ageing Greek bird Vs living in Thailand...
chinita
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I used to own a Vertue II named 'Padlock'
I thought it a strange name and when I asked the reason I was told it derived from a poem by the 17th Century poet Matthew Prior.
"Be to her virtues very kind
be to her faults a little blind
let all her ways be unconfined
but clap your padlock, on her mind"
Very clever, I thought.
I thought it a strange name and when I asked the reason I was told it derived from a poem by the 17th Century poet Matthew Prior.
"Be to her virtues very kind
be to her faults a little blind
let all her ways be unconfined
but clap your padlock, on her mind"
Very clever, I thought.
Robin
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I did the 1962 Tall Ships Race on Theodora. Hammond Innes used her in his stories in the Evening Standard (I think) too after he sailed on her, but changed the name to Dorathea.
MissFitz
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Sea Hound is no longer ours but I still think it's a lovely name, particularly for a solid, tubby, reliable boat like a Centaur.
Baggywrinkle
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When I was a kid in the 80s, one of the highlights of our summer holiday was a visit to Ardinamir Bay on Luing. We'd sign Irenes book and walk over to Cullipool to check out the sea state and get a lemonade before being swept through the Cuan Sound to continue our journey North. Irene was a real character, and she had an awesome cat called McKelvie (how I've always imagined the spelling). Well they've both long since passed away but McKelvie lives on in the Adriatic.
reginaldon
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My wee boat is 'Little Madam' my M in L's name for swmbo.
Litotes
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I think I was sailing with the OYC at about the same time as you. Sailed in all three of their boats at that time - Theodora, Equinoxe (that was a real old tub!) and Duet.
Duet was recently, and probably still is, based at Ipswich, sailing with another youth organisation (Cirdan Trust) and looking good. Last time I was up there I had a long chat with her young, Scottish skipper.
Kindly Light was one of the fastest and most profitable of all the pilot cutters and it's good to see that she is being restored and has reverted to her original and beautiful name.
Good times.......
Robin
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All three were on the 1962 Tall Ships but only Theodora finished the race. Duet lost her topmast soon after the start IIRC and Equinoxe I think was later dismasted completely, it was pretty rough right from the start and got worse. My parents were somewhat alarmed to see a picture taken from a search aircraft out checking, a full page picture on the front of the Mirror showing us hove too riding out a gale.
I've seen Duet many times since, often down in southern Brittany, but never Equinoxe.
As you say, good times. Cost me a fortune ever since in boats and gear of my own!
ffiill
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Thanks for that info-now named Lucy Ashton built circa 1978.-still a nice Motor sailer-think it changed hands several times back in 1990s until last owner bought her in 2000 or therabouts.
I like Lucy Ashton as well.
Litotes
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Must have been an exciting ride. But you had the right boat for it.
A rather different memory of the Theodora/Kindly Light stands out for me.Do you remember her heavy, gimballed aloon table? Now, of course, gimballed tables can be disorientating because your brain "corrects" what you see according to expectations and it appears that they, and not the cabin around them, are tilting.
We were sailing in Southampton Water with a party of dignitaries on board. I think the OYC was trying to extract money from their wallets. Flat water, but a fair bit of wind and we were heeling significantly. Lunch was prepared - salads, cold meats, cheese, pickles and chutneys, bread, butter, plates, cutlery - all laid out ready on the saloon table. A veritable groaning board.
Then someone came below and, instinctively, without thinking, stretched out a hand and put the table straight......
You should have seen the mess! (No, it wasn't me wot dunnit
)
DanTribe
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There used to be a boat in our yard called The Office.
Handy when someone calls and you can honestly say "I'm in The Office"
Handy when someone calls and you can honestly say "I'm in The Office"
