Radio calls ... What not to call your boat

[Tex]

Saw this interesting one in Sweden recently.

 

[Daedelus]

We were directed to moor alongside "Fat Bottom Lady" in Yarmouth once.

Crew and I chickened out of called to woman sat in cockpit that we were coming alongside and eventually - "Er, excuse me.."

SHe later said her husband was given the task of calling on the VHF as she was fed up with it.


ALso remember coastguard had a little fun with a boat called "Don't Panic" who had some sort of problem.

 

[RAI]

I saw a boat in Chatham proudly named: "I say Ding Dong". Maybe he didn't have a radio.

 

[doris]

I saw a boat in Chatham proudly named: "I say Ding Dong". Maybe he didn't have a radio.

Thought it was 'Oh I say, Ding Dong'. A Stewart 37 maybe?

 

[Daydream believer]

Saw this interesting one in Sweden recently.

Yeah- cannot imagine anyone wanting to call their boat a Contessa.

We had a local ski boat called Wet Dream

 

[westhinder]

I saw a mobo last year on the East Coast that was called Inflated Ego.

 

[RAI]

Thought it was 'Oh I say, Ding Dong'. A Stewart 37 maybe?

Probably.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I saw a mobo last year on the East Coast that was called Inflated Ego.

Melted Welly would be a great name for a modern curvaceous motor boat.

 

[PabloPicasso]

A local gin palace called sin king

 

[cliffdale]

I used to team race in boat called 'Kop U Later'.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Always fancied naming a boat after C S Forrester's hero, Fellatio Hornblower.

 

[Cloven]

Used to be a "Clapped Out Toy Boy" in the Oban area.

 

[Lakesailor]

 

[Twister_Ken]

Seen today, a small angling boat, "Don't Panic".

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. Don't Panic, Don't Panic, Don't Panic.

 

[BelleSerene]

ALso remember coastguard had a little fun with a boat called "Don't Panic" who had some sort of problem.

So do I!

I heard a boat on the radio this weekend called 'not me'.

 

[Blue Drifter]

Leg

 

[Daydream believer]

If one were a Beatles fan then " Help me if you can" would be fairly useful

I did call our yacht club for a radio check once when my wife was on bridge duty
I put on a different accent & gave my boat name as " I want sex"
However, she is too long in the tooth for that & she replied " station calling " etc
Still--anything is worth a try !!!

 

[Sybaris]

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

We heard a VHF call to "Heyday" on a cruise in Holland 8 years ago. The person calling was slightly aggravated, and with our VHF speaker not being of hifi quality they had us scared for a while. We were all in a small canal leading up to Goes.

Per

 

[ditchcrawler]

In Zierikzee in Holland some years ago I saw a Dutch boat called Never Mind.
Imagine the mayday.
Mayday mayday mayday
Never Mind
Never Mind

Well do you want rescuing or not etc etc

 

[KenMcCulloch]

There used to be a boat our way called 'Knot Sure'.
" coastguard, this is Knot Sure'
"Station calling, this is coastguard, say again the name of your vessel"
"Knot Sure, Knot Sure"
Etc.