Radio calls ... What not to call your boat

[Nostrodamus]

I have seen some funny, some stupid and some ridiculous boat names but what should you never name your boat to stop you feeling a total prat on the radio.

 

[TheEcho]

I am sure these people's mistake would not have made the local paper if it wasn't for the name.

MALDON
'Oh My Cod' we've run out of fuel - boat with daft name needs rescuing

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/...of_fuel___boat_with_daft_name_needs_rescuing/

 

[Nostrodamus]

We saw a boat with the name "Sexy".. now how can I ask the wife to make a radio call

 

[JumbleDuck]

We saw a boat with the name "Sexy".. now how can I ask the wife to make a radio call

Just use the call sign instead.

 

[causeway]

My boat is called 'Taipan'. Tai.... PAN.

I try to call her 'taipun' sort of monosyllabicly to avoid confusion.

 

[ChrisE]

The silliest one I've come across is Heyday ....

followed by Passing Wind, Y Knot, At The Office, oh the list goes on and on.

Best was Mary with a tender called Little Lamb.

 

[Neil]

A fishing colleague called his, 'Dirty Fecker'. The one time he called the coastguard on account of engine failure, at night, they thought it was a hoax at first

 

[langstonelayabout]

I did think of calling a previous boat 'Thorney Kate' but, with my Portsmouth accent, decided that might be a little harsh in polite society

 

[Davy_S]

We had two boats in our club called Masterbaker and Popeye. A call to the coastguard would have been interesting.

 

[Tony Cross]

A fried (no, really) was telling us the other evening about a yacht they saw with a horseshoe with a heart in it as a logo on the stern. They were puzzled until they heard their radio check; "Solent Coastguard, Solent Coastguard, Hoof Hearted, Hoof Hearted".....

 

[funk-an-bord.de]

I heared th coasguard caling a boat named "K2" as the mountain.
Willy

 

[Sandy]

One for sale in Topsham was called Cheeky Monkey.

 

[JumbleDuck]

We had two boats in our club called Masterbaker and Popeye. A call to the coastguard would have been interesting.

Willy Carson used to arrive at racecourses in G-WILI. His ... friend ... normally joined him, in G-PUSI.

 

[Steve_N]

A regular on the VHF in the Oban area is 'Shy Talk'.
I guess it was funny the first time..

 

[rotrax]

We heard " Lollita calling Big Boy " in the Solent some years ago.

I believe they were Gin Palaces out of Ramsgate.

 

[bert49uk]

A regular on the VHF in the Oban area is 'Shy Talk'.
I guess it was funny the first time..

That must be our old friend 'Deap sea Don' he used to keep 'Shy Talk' here in Ilfracombe before moving North, last I heard he nearly sunk in some Scottish harbour

 

[lpdsn]

My boat is called 'Taipan'. Tai.... PAN.

I try to call her 'taipun' sort of monosyllabicly to avoid confusion.

Check with a Chinese speaker, but the 'p' is quite likely used to represent a 'b' sound. The first attempt at Romanised spelling of Chinese was a bit surreal, e.g. they though Peking was a good way of spelling Beijing and many other examples.

 

[maby]

Probably a bit too raw still to describe here, but we listened to the Thames Coastguard handling a distress call at the weekend from a boat who's name had the operator close to laughter - we were cracking up...

 

[causeway]

Check with a Chinese speaker, but the 'p' is quite likely used to represent a 'b' sound. The first attempt at Romanised spelling of Chinese was a bit surreal, e.g. they though Peking was a good way of spelling Beijing and many other examples.

I'll add that to my bank of facts about 'Taipan'. Apparently it means brothel owner or triad leader in Hong Kong.

 

[chanelyacht]

We had one at a previous station called "Heyday". Regular coffee spilling and sudden sitting upright often followed them calling us...